🎥 Film screening + debate 🎥 What: special preview screening of CEO's new doc on community resistance to the EU's green hydrogen drive. Followed by a debate + drinks 🍻 Where: Mundo Matonge, BXL When: 19h00 With: @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social @counter-balance.bsky.social @attacdeutschland.bsky.social

In Brussels on Wednesday evening? Join us for a film screening and debate on the EU's #greenhydrogen agenda and the communities in South Africa fighting projects on the ground. Film starts at 19h, drinks from 20h30.

Labour promised us 'the biggest wave of insourcing of public services in a generation.' Some @unison NHS staff are seeing the exact opposite, with plans to shift them to worse contracts with a private provider. Labour must make good on its insourcing promise and keep our #NHS public.

The science is clear: Methane poses serious health risks and the fossil fuels sector is a major source🔥 The #EUMethaneRegulation must be fully implemented to cut emissions, including those from imported energy. And we need a full fossil gas phase-out by 2035 ❗ 🔎 Read more from @hrw.org 👇

Oil CEOs are preparing for 2.75C of warming and 6ft of sea rise. So I suggest we loudly attempt to bring them down with us all. www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

🌍 Europe bans toxic pesticides... but exports them abroad! ✊ Let’s stop this toxic trade together! #StopToxicTrade #EndDoubleStandards #PeopleBeforeProfits 🎥 Share the video from END TOXIC PESTICIDE TRADE COALITION &sign: 👉 www.foodwatch.org/en/stop-the-... 👉 www.openpetition.eu/petition/onl...

New on #DeregulationWatch: Is EU Commission President Von der Leyen getting worried about MEPs and governments not buying into her #deregulation agenda? In a speech last week, VDL rallied called upon lobby groups to get their "influence to the table" 🤔 ➡️ www.corporateeurope.org/en/deregulat...

At least he's now being honest. All the previous negotiations about Palestinian statehood were stalling tactics to pacify Palestinian aspirations while illegally occupying more and more land and killing Palestinians (which didn't begin on Oct 7th!)

I of course welcome the recognition of the state of Palestine. And there won't be a Palestinian state left if government's continue enabling Israel's unfolding genocide. Labour can't credibly support Palestinian statehood whilst also continuing to arm Israel.

Anyone else bored of hearing from political leaders that the 'economic case' of climate change (how profitable green solutions are) will deliver the change we need. It won't. Not while trashing it also remains very profitable. It's about incumbent power, stupid! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Great article from CEO explains how the EU's new plan for a "28th Regime" could undermine social and labour rights across the continent, bypassing rules in the 27 member states. Chilling stuff 🥶 corporateeurope.org/en/2025/09/s...

Even when there's public subsidies, green hydrogen still doesn't make economic sense (and let's not get started on the energetic side of things!). #HydrogenSoufflé www.hydrogeninsight.com/policy/nearl...

Colin Seeberger at @americanprogress.bsky.social shows how Trump's tariffs, plus his Big Beautiful Bill, are going to make 99% of Americans poorer. 👀 When are the chickens coming home to roost? 🐣 via @adamtooze.bsky.social's substack newsletter (worth subscribing!)

This post was 'liked' by EU trade commissioner @marossefcovic.bsky.social 🤯 He is literally one of the key guys responsible for the destruction of shrimpers' livelihoods by committing the EU to buying $750bn worth of US LNG! Maros, if you really cared...

It's not only workers suffering from heatwaves: A recent study from @granthamicl.bsky.social shows climate change led to an additional 16,500 summer heat deaths across European cities this summer. Adapting to climate change is undeniably a class issue. www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub...

Great seeing @zackpolanski.bsky.social clearly saying "the emperor's got no clothes on" while ex-Tory minister Penny Mordant basically says "serious politicians kow-tow to Trump". I don't see any serious politicians doing so, just those chasing far right votes.

The UK is not done yet telling Trump he’s not welcome here!! TODAY in Edinburgh

The German govt's new report into its energy transition shows meeting its 2030 green hydrogen target is "barely achievable". The hydrogen lobby's response? More deregulation 🤦🏻‍♂️ Calls for a "pragmatic focus on unshackling investment long weighed down by overly complex regulation" #RulesToProtect

🔴New EU data shows the number of people exposed to heat waves at work has increased by 60% over the last 20 years Workers’ rights must keep pace with climate change - we need a European directive on maximum working temperatures 📰 www.etuc.org/en/pressrele...

Such bad reporting on the speech, if you then hear what he means by "competitiveness"... unregulated tech companies, forever chemicals and combustion engines! Draghi is himself a fossil

THREAD: 1/5 Another consultation, on proposed changes to the EU #ClimateLaw, closes tomorrow. These changes will: 🙈 open the door to international carbon offsets 🙉 endorse so-called ‘permanent removals’ in the EU carbon market. Read on to find out what this means 😱 ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet... 👇

We've taken another step in tackling industry interference at the UN climate talks ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾 Sustained campaigning from the #KickBigPollutersOut coalition means all non-govt participants heading to COP30 now have to declare who's funding their attendance. kickbigpollutersout.org/COP30-next-s...

True to form, the US doesn't hold back in telling the EU what to do - "dismantle climate legislation if you want our fracked gas" #RulesToProtect #deregulation #GasLobby www.euractiv.com/news/how-an-...

4️⃣ Great to see VDL snubbing the far right in the EP during her SOTU. Let’s hope her EPP now: A. Stop doing deals with far right, B. Stop taking over their agenda like on migration and attacks on civil society and C. stop persuing economic policies that create fertile ground for fascists 2.0

3️⃣ VDL said her deregulation campaign is making life easier for businesses, saving them costs. Well, yesterday, 470 organisations showed her otherwise and denounced that people and planet will pick up the bill. Time to set the EU on a different path. #SOTEU corporateeurope.org/en/2025/09/e...

👆 They are considered as "barriers" even when they result from consumer preferences such as Italian consumers preferring Italian food. Using such figures to justify deregulation of "regulatory barriers" is seriously misleading. iep.unibocconi.eu/europes-inte...

2️⃣ On the Single market, VDL made the grossly exaggerated claim that "internal barriers" within the single market are equivalent to a tariff of between 45 and 110%! These figures come from a heavily criticised IMF study which treats any differences in trade flows between EU countries as "barriers" 👇

👆The reality is that the Omnibus packages launched on issues like corporate accountability and chemicals are very clearly about deregulation and slashing rules that protect people and the environment. #rulestoprotect

Four thoughts on the #SOTEU2025 speech: 1️⃣ On the EU competitiveness agenda, VDL was shockingly misleading: VDL claimed that the Commission's so-called 'simplication' agenda is just about "less paperwork, less overlaps, less complex rules" and reducing "bureaucratic costs for European companies" 👇

The EU's top court has just ruled that nuclear energy and fossil gas are "green" and count as sustainable investments 🤯 Shows you just how green the EU is (and the influence that the #gaslobby has over politics). Really disappointing. www.france24.com/en/live-news...

VDL's proposals on Gaza welcomed by the Greens but slammed by the Left: “It’s been 700 days of genocide, and she’s only calling now for a partial suspension. But then there cannot be any partial measures to be taken against the genocide. You need full measures.” - @manonaubryfr.bsky.social #SOTEU

Climate change makes extreme weather more likely. Yep, we get that. But seeing the numbers is mind-blowing 🤯 🔥 It made the weather conditions behind 🇪🇸 + 🇵🇹's recent wildfires 40x more likely! 🥵 It made 🇪🇸's 10 day August heatwave 200x more likely! www.worldweatherattribution.org/extreme-fire...

Le néocolonialisme a mauvaise mine - par Yves Kengen Sur la resistance à l'hydrogène vert en Afrique du Sud par des communautés affectées ✊🏼 www.entreleslignes.be/humeurs/le-n...

Drax knows it's burning virgin forests, so did its top lobbyist, but when she raised it, they silenced her. Will this new FCA investigation finally reveal the truth about Drax's polluting biomass power station, or will there be another cover up? #DraxKnew www.ft.com/content/368c...

Secret corporate courts trying to scupper UK climate policy. The infamous ISDS is being used by Singapore investors to claim compensation for lost future earnings after UK High Court quashes plans for new coal mine on climate grounds. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The UK trying to do what the UK does best: second oil&gas and arms companies into government! Such a successful tactic in the past, foreign secretary David Lammy tries it again but faces massive push back. #fossilfreepolitics www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 High Court grants full legal review of Palestine Action ban in massive blow to Yvette Cooper. Palestine Action founder, Huda Ammori, will now be able to bring a full legal review in the Royal Courts of Justice. Full Press Release: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

When are the IMF, World Bank and other global North dominated institutions going to get it: removing consumer-side fossil fuel subsidies puts people into poverty and they will fight back. Meanwhile subsidies for oil&gas producers continue. Get your priorities straight. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Who was it that said switching to LNG would increase energy security? Oh yeah, the LNG lobby. The EU now finds itself being blackmailed by Qatar - in addition to the US - over energy supplies if it doesn't weaken environmental protections. Expect more deregulation 😖 www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

How the far right and industry lobbies across Europe are weaponising social instability and economic insecurity to block progress and climate action. My latest @voxeurop.bsky.social voxeurop.eu/en/climate-a...

Great to see that PPAs are at the heart of the EU's "Affordable Energy Action Plan", which aims to bring down energy bills but really is just providing more corporate welfare through "derisking" private energy investments with public money. Heaven forbid we actually have public ownership.

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia accounts for 20-30% of all cancer cases in kids. A new study finds that kids whose parents lived within 2 km of an unconventional oil or gas well (aka a fracking site) between conception and birth were 2.8 times more likely to develop ALL.

A good first step would be to redeploy senior water company executives to dig fatbergs out of the sewers.

Hastings Council passes Gaza ceasefire motion - but without the backing of Labour It's take three attempts and 21 months, but after pressure from campaigners and councillors, Hastings finally passed a ceasefire motion over Gaza www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...

How did an airport poison the water supply of 60,000 people? ☠️ By using firefighting foam on their runways that contained toxic forever chemicals (PFAs) for decades, and not telling anyone when it ran off into the water supply. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Nestlé, Yara and Unilever are among the major international companies found to be misleading the EU authorities on their lobbying spending. 🔥🤑 @corporateeurope.org @lobbyctrl-tech.bsky.social

The meeting began w/ a special screening of our unreleased documentary, which tells the story from the ground through the testimonies of fisherfolk, farmers & indigenous leaders paying the true price of Europe’s so-called green transition 🎬Check out the teaser👇 ℹ️ corporateeurope.org/en/ScrambleF...

🚨New video! Communities impacted by green hydrogen projects in South Africa finally had their voices heard by MEPs and the European Commission for the first time. 🤥 Incredibly disappointing: the Commission denied the EU was involved in any of the projects shown corporateeurope.org/en/2025/07/h...

New report from US Department of Energy warns that 🇺🇸 will lose the AI race unless it keeps older coal + gas plants open, and speeds up construction of new ones. It's as if the fossil fuel industry is running the government... oh yeah, they actually do 🤦🏼‍♂️ www.eenews.net/articles/doe...

BREAKING: New polling from @yougov.co.uk shows 75% of Brits support taxing extreme wealth. But today Keir Starmer once again brushed off calls for higher taxes on the super-rich. When will the PM stop siding with billionaires and listen to the British public instead? 350.org/tax-their-bi...