Wow, it was that easy to solve?! Makes you wanna live in the Czech Republic, doesn't it! Political efficiency at its best. We could all take a leaf out of the new Czech environment minister's book. brnodaily.com/2025/12/16/n...

A new report from @politico.eu on "Europe's Omnibus Fever" is damning in its criticism: "What the Commission frames as simplification is, in practice, a downward drift in regulatory reach that erodes the informational foundations of effective governance." #deregulation #omnibus #RuleToProtect

⚠️Defence as a justification for deregulation: the military caveat in the Climate Law🌍 Climate goals should not be pursued if seen as a “burden” on the EU’s military priorities 🪖says new Climate Law More 🛢️🛢️🏭🏭 in name of defence? Read more on 🔍Deregulation Watch🔎 corporateeurope.org/en/deregulat...

📣 New article out: ☠️ Pesticide lobby opportunism: using farmer protests in attempts to slash EU safety rules for #pesticides. #deregulation #omnibus 👉 But free trade deal #EU-Mercosur opposition shows farmers' and pesticide industry's interests do not align. corporateeurope.org/en/2025/12/p...

Ever heard of cheesing?* 🧀 It's the perfect way to describe the game that's played by decisionmakers to destroy environmental & human rights protections: 1. Cheap tricks 2. Unfair 3. Overly easy Watch & let us know who you nominate for BIGGEST cheese⁉️ #Deregulator youtu.be/IyWvUzR5y2M?...

DE-RISKING? The heavily-criticised #Hyphen project in Namibia, intended to export green hydrogen+ammonia to Europe, has secured a $10m loan from the African Development Bank to "de-risk" the project. De-risk or bail out European capital/investors? www.hydrogeninsight.com/production/h...

Corporate lobby groups demand a “social omnibus” to roll back workers’ rights ⚠️ Lobby groups linked to BusinessEurope call for #deregulation of the pay transparency directive, posted workers directive, etc. Read more in our new post on 🔍 Deregulation Watch 🔎 www.corporateeurope.org/en/deregulat...

Swish... the #revolvingdoor spins again... Klaus Dieter-Borchard, who spent 20 years in the EU Commission before becoming a gas lobbyists, is BACK! His ex-employer has appointed him Coordinator for Central and South-East European energy interconnectivity... 🤨 energy.ec.europa.eu/news/new-eur...

"With this eighth so-called omnibus we can see the European Commission continues to prioritise the short-term interests of industry over the health and environmental concerns of citizens." #EnvironmentalOmnibus

EU Commission needs to focus on the real crises facing our communities, not the lobby demands of big business falsely complaining about over-regulation. Take action today to defend pesticide regulations! corporateeurope.org/en/2025/12/t...

🔴 NEW - Mapped: Pro-Trump Heartland Institute’s European Network The U.S. climate science denial group is attempting to forge a global anti-green alliance. 📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social

It's official: last year exceeding 1.5oC wasn't just a blip. According to the EU's Copernicus, the average for 2023-2025 is on track to exceed 1.5C for the first time. The chants of "1.5 to stay alive" from Pacific island communities at COP is ringing in my ears. www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...

Israel's biggest defence firm #Elbit Systems has been barred from competing for new NATO tenders amid a massive corruption scandal. That's the same arms company whose targeted by Palestine Action in the UK. www.ftm.eu/articles/isr...

Trump's new National Security Strategy is a mask-off moment, it reads like it was written by a cartoon fascist. The US aims to save Europe from itself by [checks notes] backing far right parties in the EU and restoring our “civilizational self-confidence and Western identity”…. 1/

The Commission's Industrial Carbon Management Forum #ICMForum starts MONDAY. Decision makers and fossil lobbyists will plan how to roll-out #CCS, a proven-to-fail technofix that allows polluters to keep polluting at great public cost. New briefing: corporateeurope.org/en/2025/12/m... @ec.europa.eu

Fossil-fuel billionaires bought up millions of shares after meeting with top Trump officials. Surely this is insider trading and corruption... or just another day under a Trump Presidency? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

If you're in Vienna on 16 March, come and watch our new documentary, The Scramble for Hydrogen in South Africa. We're organising and screening and debate with @attac.at Months away, I know, but you gotta book these things in early! www.wuk.at/programm/the...

🔴 BREAKING: Analysis from @oilchange.bsky.social and @corporateeurope.org reveals €17+ billion of public funds poured into #CCS in Europe since 2001. After decades of failures, fossil fuel ties keep influencing the EU Commission at the #ICMForum. Read more 👇 www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/fa...

Crunchtime: tonight last planned negotiation on deregulation of new GM food (#NGTs): will negotiators Jessica Polfjard and Denmark allow for no safety, no consumer choice, but patented food? Save Our Seeds, FOEE, Solidagro and CEO handed over 500K signatures from citizens who want freedom of choice.

Wow, even the lobbyists in Brussels are overwhelmed by all the new work they're getting thanks to the EU's so-called "simplification" drive (read: deregulation). A senior lobby exec quoted says they’re "barely able to cope” 🤯 #deregulation #corporatecapture www.euractiv.com/news/counter...

Six imprisoned activists in the UK have been on hunger strike since 1 November, with two now in hospital due to their deteriorating condition. Contact your MP to demand they take action: newint.org/campaigns/ri...

Must read article on how"the EU’s 'simplification' drive is turning into a bonanza for corporate lobbyists" #deregulation #corporatecapture www.euractiv.com/news/counter...

The threat to water supplies from #hydrogen + carbon capture is not just felt in countries like South Africa. A new investigation by @watershed-i.bsky.social shows it is also a very real problem in the UK. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

💥This evening we are showing the premiere of our docu "The Scramble for Hydrogen in South Africa” 🗨️ @pascoesabido.bsky.social "the hydrogen hype was created hand in hand by the fossil fuel industry, with the European Commission – even the guidelines have been written with the industry!"

🍿Last chance to catch the premiere of CEO’s documentary “The Scramble for Hydrogen in South Africa” featuring the voices and stories of some of the most affected communities in South Africa that are being ignored by EU politicians. 📅 27Nov 📍 Cinema Vendôme, Brussels 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/event/4

📣 130+ groups tell EU to scrap its #greenhydrogen import plans 📣 The statement, signed by 134 groups from across the globe, calls out the devastating impacts of the bloc’s neocolonial import plans and tells it to ditch the target of 10 million tonnes by 2030. corporateeurope.org/en/2025/11/t...

Europe's push for green hydrogen in Africa is taking away wind and solar that could be used for clean energy access and local development, says @globalenergymon.bsky.social Welcome to the EU's new approach to development - EU business interests come first. globalenergymonitor.org/report/europ...

Susanna Reid: "Most Brits, three in five, think the cost of living crisis is not just bad but will never end" As Kevin Maguire says, since 2008 workers have had the longest sustained squeeze on wages #GMB

🧵 1/ 🔥 The UK is sleepwalking into a major energy mistake: co-firing hydrogen with natural gas in NEW gas power stations Like this one on Humberside just going to national planning keadbynextgen.com Read my Substack analysis: 👉 scrapcc.org/KEADBY-RR-SST, summary in 🧵 below

#TheFarmerCase: hearings continue this Wednesday in a legal action in our #SeeYouInCourt project! The solution to the climate crisis requires multinational companies to immediately stop new GHG emissions. We hope the court will establish this responsibility. www.thefarmercase.be/en/the-court...

💫 New Civil Society Pledge for #FossilFreePolitics💫 96 CSOs unite behind one demand: climate policy free from fossil fuel influence. 1/2🧵👇 🔗 caneurope.org/96-civil-soc... @fossilfreeeu.bsky.social @corporateeurope.org @foeeurope.bsky.social

💣“They say ‘Just Transition, leaves no one behind’. But when you look at the reality, everyone is left behind.” - Zethu Hlatshwayo, South African climate justice activist featured in CEO’s documentary. Join us for the premiere in Brussels on 27th Nov at 7pm 🎬 Watch our new trailer 👇

BREAKING: EU Commission President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu says “We are not fighting fossil fuels, we are fighting the emissions from fossil fuels” She is parroting oil&gas industry lines, pushing unproven costly technologies like CCS + CO2 removals to keep using fossil fuels. #FossilFreePolitics

EU commission president von der Leyen said today the EU isn't fighting fossil fuels, only the *emissions* from fossil fuels total nonsense, we can't separate fossil fuels from carbon emissions even IF we could, they're a disaster for health, nature & human rights even before you burn them #COP30

Truth hard to hear above the chorus of fossil fuel voices at COP

🪚 The digital omnibus proposed by the Commission today is an unprecedented rollback of digital rights. In secretive meetings, the Commission has given privileged access to tech lobbyists to shape its proposals. 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2025/11/p...

Over 70 legal scholars and practitioners have signed an open letter opposing the governments proposed "cumulative impact" measure, as an unwarranted attack on the right to protest - if you wish to add your name to the letter you can do so here: forms.gle/VXhwMtwhZhof...

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves, the budget is next week – and the decisions you make will impact the lives of millions. You must act for working people – not the super-rich. #WealthTax now. secure.waronwant.org/page/172837/...

📣 BREAKING At least 531 lobbyists for groups that advocate for a misguided technology that prolongs #FossilFuel use (aka Carbon Capture & Storage #CCS) have gained access to the #COP30 climate talks. Read: sg.news.yahoo.com/carbon-captu... A 🧵

We need stronger rules at all levels: 🇺🇳 UN level: an Accountability Framework to address conflicts of interest 🇪🇺 EU level: turn good behaviour into a concrete conflict of interest policy 🇫🇷🇮🇹🇸🇪: Member State level: firewalls to protect policy making from fossil fuel influence #FossilFreePolitics

The worst offenders were France, Sweden and Italy 🇫🇷 22 - with five from TotalEnergies, including its CEO 🇸🇪 18 - including senior execs from E.ON 🇮🇹 12 - including Edison, who's importing US LNG But others include 🇩🇰 (11), 🇵🇹 (8), 🇧🇪 (8), 🇫🇮 (2), 🇳🇱 (2), 🇬🇷 (1) @recommon.org

And now the not-so-good news... 🇪🇺 EU Member States brought 84 fossil fuel lobbyists into #COP30 on their official government delegations (via "part overflow" badges). #FossilFreePolitics #KickBigPollutersOut fossilfreepolitics.org/news/eu-brin...

In 🇩🇪 Germany and 🇦🇹 Austria, the governments also told @fossilfreeeu.bsky.social national groups that they wouldn't bring any fossil fuel lobbyists to #COP30 - and kept their word. Chapeau #FossilFreePolitics #KickBigPollutersOut @lobbycontrol.bsky.social @global2000.bsky.social

Shall we start with the good news? Thanks to sustained pressure from @fossilfreeeu.bsky.social, the EU brought ZERO fossil fuel lobbyists to COP30! For a second year in a row. Huge success 🔥 Now the EU needs to make this an official policy, and push others. fossilfreepolitics.org/news/cop30-l...

We've all seen the top-line figure of 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists at #COP30 - or one in every 25 participants. But how many were brought by European governments? @fossilfreeeu.bsky.social did some follow-up research with #KickBigPollutersOut 🧵 fossilfreepolitics.org/news/eu-brin...

Even though COP30 in Belém has a smaller number of participants vs either Baku or Dubai... It has a higher concentration of fossil fuel lobbyists than both! ...And higher than Sharm El Sheik ...And than Glasgow Here's our take from researcher & campaigner @pascoesabido.bsky.social

📣 BREAKING: One out of every 25 attendees walking around the #COP30 climate talks is a fossil fuel lobbyist. New research from #KickBigPollutersOut reveals there are more than 1,600 in the UN negotiations in Brazil. Here's a thread with the top findings 🧵 kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...

🚨 NEW: More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists on the ground in Brazil for U.N. climate talks. The Philippines is facing devastating typhoons. Jamaica is still reeling from Hurricane Melissa. But it’s #BigPolluters that have direct access to #COP30. kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...

🚨 DOCU SCREENING ALERT! The EU's "green" hydrogen dream is a nightmare for communities in the Global South. CEO’s powerful new docu reveals the truth. 🎬 Watch the trailer and catch the premiere of the Scramble for Hydrogen in South Africa! 🧵 👇