Here is your daily reason to get off the hook of gas dependence. High levels of the carcinogen benzene have been discovered in the domestic gas supply for four cities in the UK by researchers. Highly concerning in UK, NL, IT. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

just opposite the EU Commission's building in Brussels, Europe's "unofficial government", for years, one could spot the beautiful mural on the left. "The Future is Europe". Now, there's an Amazon Ad. @ec.europa.eu nothing to say about this? When did symbolic action lose relevance?

🇪🇺 Independence kits for Europe! To achieve energy independence, we must scale and combine clean heat solutions where they’re most needed. As @davidesabbadin.bsky.social highlights, €78bn/year is missing to deliver this by 2050. This gap must be plugged and reflected in the next EU budget.

🛢️In a time when energy is being used as a weapon to undermine the policies and autonomy of entire economic regions such as the EU, empowering citizens to control their own heating and cooling should be a priority. 👉It’s also a measure that brings positive political momentum for legislators.

Another war. Another fossil shock. As violence escalates in the Middle East, civilians face devastating consequences. But the energy fallout is already hitting Europe. Gas prices up 50% in hours. This is what fossil fuel dependence looks like. 🧵

NEW | New technologies are unlocking the EU’s geothermal potential 🇪🇺 Across the EU, new geothermal tech could access 43GW of deployable geothermal capacity - replacing 42% of ALL coal and gas electricity generation. ember-energy.org/lat...

Last week I attended the European presentation of the World Nuclear Industry Report, a massive research that every year delivers some 600 pages of data and analysis on this industry. Outcomes are quite counter-intuitive, and one of the chapters that got my attention was the one about the USA.

Sometimes, oversimplifying concepts is good to bring the discussion back to the bare facts. This here is valid for Europe, but it's also valid for any other economy strongly dependent on energy imports, increasingly annoyed by wannabe dictators who used to be your friend. Just saying.

this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities

introducing what seems the obvious to me: we need a portfolio or renewable and efficiency technologies, pivoting on heat pumps, to curb energy costs and increase energy independence. My OpEd and podcast here 👇

The EU’s reaction to the Venezuelan coup is so weak that it amounts to: “Take what you want; we will not lift a finger". The EU is too divided to agree on any foreign policy, and its political, economic, and geographical space is now up for grabs. Greenland might change its flag in months.

❄️ Cooling is the next big climate win nobody told you about New EU rules are pushing supermarkets and big retailers to switch from harmful F-gases to cleaner, climate-friendly refrigerants. Our expert @davidesabbadin.bsky.social breaks down what’s happening in the sector, and why it matters. 👇👇👇

If there ever was need to prove nonsense, going at war with a latin country on the account of drug wars and at the same time pardoning the head of a narcostate is there to serve as solid proof. All of it being the head of the largest army in the world is just incredibly close to a nightmare.

🍀🇪🇺Today at the #CleanTechForEuropeSummit I underlined a simple truth: Europe cannot lead the green transition with an incomplete Single Market. We still face bottlenecks that slow down investment, innovation and scale-up. 1/2

We’re hiring! The EEB is looking for a (Senior) Policy Officer for Industrial Decarbonisation (CBAM) to join our Zero Pollution Industry team in Brussels. 🟢 Full-time 1-year contract. 💶 Salary from €3,041 or €3,716. 🗓️ Deadline 25 Nov 2025. 👉 Apply here: shorturl.at/TYqhb

The perfect plan Now, read this. This is no conspiracy theory; it is happening now. (while civil society is threatened in many other ways in the USA, too) euobserver.com/eu-political...

Our @davidesabbadin.bsky.social was at the European Heat Pump Summit 2025, catching the latest trends and policies pushing the heating transition in Europe. More insights here 👇 sway.cloud.microsoft/OObBei6EQ8kJ...

Is China destined to be monopolist for PV production? An interesting read: ‘Solar modules could be produced in Europe at €0.15/W’ – pv magazine International share.google/VZ2YyyzgLfUT...

🚨 The EU Commission caves to pressure to weaken ETS2! Flooding Europe’s new carbon market for 🚗&🏠 with more pollution permits won’t protect people, it’ll reward polluters. Worried about high carbon prices? Cut fossil demand now and use ETS2 cash to help citizens, not to buy time for fossil fuels.

A powerful way to discuss climate greenwashing with #youth: turn it into a game. Role-playing the roles of policymakers, CEOs, and activists reveals just how complex the fight is. And it empowers them to see through the green sheen and recognize real vs. bogus claims. #Climate #Greenwashing

Very interesting visit to a farm in #Leuven (Belgium) testing different types of AgriPhotovoltaic panels (producing cabbages) and groundbreaking tech producing H2 from the air with electricity from the sun. Modular, can work anywhere on earth. On the market in 2028. Future in the making.

Some good ideas on how to decarbonise homes in Europe without helping Trump or Putin.

Green products: it's time for supermarkets to step up! Retailers must make products with the #EUEcolabel (and equivalent labels) available, visible and affordable – so the sustainable choice becomes the easy choice everywhere in Europe. Read our press release: eeb.org/cheaper-but-... @beuc.eu

⚠️ Worried about data centres’ energy & water use? Don’t forget the chemicals! Data centres use F-gases is their cooling systems - potent greenhouse gases that also leak #ForeverChemicals into air, water & soil. Europe must build its AI boom on renewable energy + safe, natural refrigerants 🌿

This is useful both in the EU and the US. 🌲Burning wood is clean, green and climate neutral, right? 🫢Nope. wrong. It's renewable, but it is far from being climate-neutral, and it is already the #1 source of air pollution in Europe. Bummer. (1/2)

Air pollution is linked directly to Lewy body dementia +Alzheimer’s PM 2.5 is found to be the culprit #CleanTheAir Monitor IAQ Ventilate filter www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The more I read of the incredible reluctance of the European Automotive industry to move forward with electrification plans, the more it seems to me a suicidal rant. And all I can think of is... well. read below 😜 🎠🛞 #realfakes #automotive #climatecrisis #AI

Five good examples from Europe of how #renewables can help #rural #communities #wind #windenergy #solar meta.eeb.org/2025/08/25/f...

Global Sumud Flotilla - Global chuffed.org/project/1388...

We're hiring! Apply to join our team as a Communications Officer: coolheatingcoalition.eu/2025/08/12/h...

The Commission proposal for the next long-term EU budget aka MFF just dropped. Its overall volume increases very moderately, but the proposal contains sweeping changes to the way the EU spends money and to budget's priorities. Here is my first quick take:

🚨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐔-𝐔𝐒 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠. At its core is a €700 billion pledge to import U.S. fossil fuels and nuclear energy over the next three years - fundamentally incompatible with the EU’s 2030 climate targets.

"It's impossible that heat pumps become a mainstream techno...oh wait.." #decarbonization #heating #cooling

Exxon spending tens of thousands of euro per week to sponsor Politico's 'sustainability' and the widely read (free) 'playbook' newsletters, pushing for more focus on plastic *recycling* instead of reducing plastic production For oil & gas companies, plastic is a way to keep drilling and polluting

📈 What stands in the way of more renewable energy? 🤫 Spoiler: It’s not nature protection laws. The real barriers? Staff shortages, rushed public engagement, and weak grid connections.

How is the EU's new Clean Trade and Investment Partnership #CTIP is helping Europe get control of South Africa's (not-so-green) hydrogen? Read this op-ed by @groundworksa.bsky.social's Yegeshni Moodley and CEO's @belenbalanya.bsky.social euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

Introducing serious filters in wood stoves is a win-win-win measure: 🎯It improves indoor and outdoor air quality, improving comfort and saving lives. 🎯It cuts on climate emissions, as these local emissions are ALSO serious climate pollutants 🎯It cuts on societal health costs A short read👇

Today, the EU Commission unveiled the long-awaited roadmap to end EU imports of Russian fossil fuels: a necessary step for peace, energy security and climate targets. Here's why it matters and our reaction 👇🧵 #EnergySky #EnviroSky

The EU wants to weaken its #methane rules to import more US LNG ⛴️ even if it raises energy bills 📈 This attack on regulations is enshrined in the EU's own Clean Industrial Deal, a dirty industry bible. Find out more in Part II of our #DirtyIndustrialDeal FAQs corporateeurope.org/en/2025/06/d...

They say you need to internalise the concepts behind the decarbonisation of heating & cooling. I am taking immediate action, thanks to the cupcakes of the @coolheatingco.bsky.social #EUSEW2025

What saddens me the most, in this latest #Gaza tragedy, is that if and when food relief will be allowed to enter, chances are that we will witness scenes of looting and assault, 'cause when we starve, we'd do anything to survive. And there's no order or police anymore there. The weakest will succumb

The EEB is now representing almost 200 European citizen environmental organisations. I am very happy to be part of this growing community, striving to make a difference for both humans and the environment.

EU-Folks this study contributes to a positive-thinking narrative around the uptake of clean, renewable heating in Europe, thanks to the funds of the Social Climate Fund and the Emission Trading System 2. It's not too geeky, I promise. check it out

🌍 We’re hiring a (Senior) Finance Officer! Join the EEB – Europe’s largest environmental NGO network. Full-time, permanent role in Brussels. Use your finance skills for public good + sustainability. 📅 Apply by 2 June 2025 🔗 More info: eeb.org/jobs

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What’s lurking behind your latte?☕ In their latest report Changing Markets Foundation have assessed 20 global companies — including Nestlé, Danone, Starbucks, Costa, and McCafé — on their #methane targets, action plans, and transparency🔍 The results❓Not good 👎 #MethaneMatters

The power of learning and innovation: As batteries get cheaper, more people buy them and as more people buy them the cheaper batteries become. Since 2010, battery costs have fallen by more than 90% - offering big opportunities to cut emissions in road transport & electricity.

a nice myth-buster about clean heating techologies, and heat pumps in particular EU-focused but also largely applicable elsewhere.

🗞️ This week’s Meta just dropped! 75 years after the EU’s coal & steel roots, leaders face a green crossroads. MEPs shut down a fake NGO scandal, but flopped on wolves + water. Agri talks missed key food links, as Denmark eyes protein gains in 2025.

🚨 LIVE FROM STRASBOURG-GOOD NEWS! The European Parliament ends the ‘scandal that wasn’t’!
Today, MEPs made it clear: funding for NGOs under the EU’s LIFE programme is legal, transparent, and essential to a healthy democracy.