Sources are starting to talk from the inside of the Commission, and it ain’t pretty ⬇️

⚡ ⚖️ 🌐 #𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞: hearings continue at 🧑‍⚖️ Paris Judicial Court in landmark case against 🛢️TotalEnergies 🔍 Focus today: expert hearings & civil liability 🧵 Live coverage in English below 👇 🇫🇷 See also live coverage in French via @notreaffaireatous.bsky.social

⬇️ BREAKING - EU Commission answers EU Ombudswoman's findings of maladministration following a complaint by @foeeurope.bsky.social and 8 partner organisations. My reaction ⬇️

"When we destroy a forest, we are creating GDP. When we overfish, we are creating GDP" Head of the UN says the way we measure economic activity needs to change He's not wrong. The vested interests in keeping things the same are considerable, however www.theguardian.com/environment/...

📍HAPPENING NOW @xrbelgium.bsky.social and activists from Greenpeace Belgium are blocking the offices of CEFIC, the European chemicals lobby group ‼️ 50 activists have declared the area a climate crime scene!

#nottheonion If you "supply bottled water and carbonated drinks", you can be a gold sponsor of the European presidency. Yup, the Cyprus presidency is sponsored by Coca-Cola and fossil fuel company Eko. Just what we need... cyprus-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/en/presidenc...

Earlier today, a majority of members from the 3 far-right groups, the conservatives and the liberals rubber-stamped the final #Omnibus 1 🟰 Final destruction of rules to protect people and the environment from corporate harm 🫥🤯 More here ⬇️ www.linkedin.com/posts/alban-...

LNG Imports Fall in Asia, Europe. Drop-off in demand for LNG just as a wave of new production facilities come online raises questions about whether demand will ever materialize for a fuel that investors have spent huge $ to bring to market. www.theenergymix.com/lng-imports-...

LinkedIn ratio, is that a thing? www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Who’s tired of getting Facebook lobbying ads in Every. Single. Podcast. you listen to? 🙋

We are getting closer and closer to Brussels. @ec.europa.eu can you hear us yet👂👂 We do not want deregulation❗️ We want clean air, safe water, and healthy soil. Let’s protect them! #March4Rights day 2

🚨 LIVE in MAASTRICHT We're kicking off the #BackToTheFuture march! We have come together with many others to make sure EU decisionmakers hear us all the way down in Brussels: Protect people ➕ planet Going backwards is not an option! We want protections for people, communities and environment

Here's how the #March4Rights is going a couple kilometres in 🥾 Going #BackToTheFuture with @albangd.bsky.social, Winnie from @milieudefensie.bsky.social jong and Abigail from Jordens Vanner 👀

You need red tape to cut red tape.

Counting down the days! Join us at @thegreenfix.bsky.social's climate drinks on Wednesday to find out what we have in store or check out our website for info ⬇️ 📅 17 Sept ⏰ 18:00 📍 Café Le Fontainas, BXL 📱https://backtothefuturemarch.org/ #BackToTheFuture #March4Rights

S A V E 📢 T H E 📢 D A T E Human & environmental rights should never be placed at the whim of corporations. But that is what the EU is doing by revising and watering down sustainability laws! We can't let that happen. Join #BackToTheFuture ➕ sign up for updates ⬇️ www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029...

The destruction of Palestine’s only seed bank — UAWC's in Hebron — is an attack on the future of farming and food sovereignty. We stand in solidarity with Palestinian farmers. #UAWC #FreePalestine 🔗 bit.ly/3UcNNJY

Plastic is often seen as a cheap material but scientists in The Lancet argue it is expensive when including damage to health One estimate of the health damage from just three plastic chemicals – PBDE, BPA and DEHP – in 38 countries was $1.5tn a year. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I'm a doctor who worked in Gaza — and I'm disgusted at Kallas

The International Court of Justice ruling on States’ legal obligations to combat climate change, and what happens when they don’t ⬇️ Live thread by @duycks.bsky.social

📣 ATTENTION #journalists! We’re putting together a press list around the #EUIsrael Association Agreement: upcoming developments, context, reactions. 📩 If you're covering this or want to stay in the loop, DM or reply. Also happy to chat if you're keen!

Le 10 juillet 1985, un de nos militants, Fernando Pereira, mourait lors de l'attentat commis par les services secrets français contre le Rainbow Warrior. Hier comme aujourd'hui, derrière chaque militant·e réprimé·e, c’est une part de notre démocratie qui vacille. www.nouvelobs.com/opinions/202...

The European Commission is loosening rules around the use of carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic substances in consumer products. But don't worry, they trust for-profit industries will make sure we're safe 🙄 @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu

Saying it like it is when we talk about #deregulation: "the scale of the cuts in the first omnibus proposal [..] showed that the simplification argument was 'basically bollocks' [..] it’s not just weakening it a little bit [..] The heart of the proposal has been taken out.” ~ Paul de Clerck 👀 ⬇️

It's 2025 and newspapers are still using images of people playing in water to accompany stories about heatwaves. @theguardian.com

« Le monde politique non seulement procrastine, mais il enchaîne même les reculs » concernant l’environnement, déplore le Réseau Action Climat, ce mardi 24 juin 2025. L’ONG liste une quarantaine de reculs environnementaux depuis six mois.

🚨Another step towards the suppression of human rights and environmental protections in EU law 🚨 Last night, the Council of the EU agreed on a position regarding Omnibus 1. I'll focus on the attacks on the EU due diligence directive. Let's unpack ⬇️

FR president Emmanuel Macron made two horrendous moves right before Christmas: he allied with the far-right against immigrants and publicly defended a sexual predator. Now he publishes an Op-Ed in a poorly veiled attempt to deflect

Well, I'm on Bluesky now! Let me drop in with a critique of Macron's climate contradictions, confronting his unending COP speech with France's stance in recent EU negotiations. Quite predictably, he's not putting his money where his mouth is.