UN Sec Gen Guterres calls out massive land, water and energy use of AI data centres, launching his "AI Environmental Transparency Initiative". That's the opposite approach to the EU, which copy-pasted Microsoft's demands against environmental transparency. www.un.org/sg/en/conten...

Siemens directly benefits from the AI boom in another way: it provides gas turbines needed to generate electricity for new data centres. Despite claims they'll be powered by renewables, they won't. Look at industry proposals. Appointing Siemens' chairman as the EU's AI envoy means climate chaos!

Workers in the defence industries are not in favour of militarisation, says the Secretary General of the Metal Workers trade union in Belgium. Money spent on war means money not spent on welfare. A core message from the @stoprearm.bsky.social Assembly in Brussels. We're discussing how to fight back.

Wow, Investor to State Dispute Settlement (#ISDS - those evil corporate courts) is making itself known at the world cup! www.ft.com/content/df9e...

Energy is at number 3 spot in 🇪🇺 corporate lobby league (of those spending €1 million+) with €52 million 💶 Hydrogen Europe posted huge lobby spend increase of €2.25 million in 2026; 1186% increase since 2020 💥 Big Energy using Iran war & #deregulation to cash in corporateeurope.org/en/2026/06/e...

Welcome to EU Corporate Lobby League 2026 where big money = big influence Today we will reveal: 🏭 Biggest corporate lobby sectors ✂️ Their lobby agenda to cut our protections 💪 What we can do about it By Corporate Europe Observatory & @lobbycontrol.bsky.social corporateeurope.org/en/2026/06/e...

EC now proposes to postpone to 2029 fines to oil & gas companies breaching methane emission rules. So, while those industries rake massive profits on the back of war, and Europe swelters under yet another unprecedented fossil fuel driven heat wave, we're giving money gifts to the worst polluters.

1/4 A new report from @foeireland.bsky.social shows how data centre growth is deepening the cost of living crisis. Households in Ireland paid ~€715m more in electricity bills between 2015-2023 due to the rapid expansion of data centres in the country. www.friendsoftheearth.ie/news/the-cos...

The plan was for EU leaders to be in Cyprus discussing how to speed up the roll-out of renewables... But a large chunk of time was spent discussing how to ramp up domestic oil and gas production in Europe. The energy transition "can wait" was the view of some. www.euractiv.com/news/calls-t...

EU leaders met in Cyprus yesterday to discuss measures to deal with the ongoing energy price crisis put forward by the European Commission... But windfall taxes on oil and gas super profits were not included. Is the Commission too close to the oil and gas lobby? www.euractiv.com/news/big-oil...

"As people are fleeced, the energy giants and water bosses profit... It is a daylight robbery" @rachaelmaskell.bsky.social MP and @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social MP demand public ownership in the Water Bill announced today - and call for private water firms to pay for all the damage they have done.

No compromises on workers’ rights. The proposed 28th Company Regime cannot move forward in its current form. ETUC General Secretary @estherlynch.bsky.social was with @socialistsanddemocrats.eu this morning to stress that Europe’s competitiveness cannot be built on weaker worker protections.

EU Commission's 'Better Regulation' reform institutionalises undemocratic highspeed #deregulation methods 🚨 Instead of halting its methods for producing #Omnibus proposals at speed, the Commission intends to change its rules to enable more of this 😠 New post: corporateeurope.org/en/deregulat...

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New @corporateeurope.org report shows dirty industry demands written into EU law: ⚠️ weaker enviro assessments + public scrutiny 🏞️ 🔎 🚫 expanded “strategic project” loopholes 🏭 🛢️🛬 ⛔ more barriers for communities saying no 🚷 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/05/permission-pollute #Permission2Pollute

Ripping up EU permitting rules isn't abstract. Materially, it makes it even harder to: 🚧 Stop new pipelines ⛰️ Block new mines 🖥️ Reject new data centres 💧 Resists new mega-basins 🛫 Refuse new airports EU+industry are taking away our tools to fight damaging new infrastructure. #Permission2Pollute

2/6 Dirty industry demands are increasingly being written directly into EU law, including: ⚠️ weaker environmental assessments 🏞️ and public scrutiny 🔎 🚫 expanded “strategic project” loopholes 🏭 🛢️🛬 ⛔ more barriers for communities opposing harmful projects 🚷 👇

🚨 NEW REPORT: EU handing industry #Permission2Pollute 🚨 At the request of oil&gas, mining + BigTech lobbyists, the Commission is ripping up permitting rules to fast-track polluting projects like pipelines, mines + data centres. Read more corporateeurope.org/en/2026/05/permission-pollute 👇 🧵 1/6

Breaking! Internal #EPP campaign video leaked! EPP president Manfred Weber leaked in a campaign video adopting far-right narratives on migration and green policy. The EPP increasingly votes with far-right parties, vowing to deregulate ecology, kill the Green Deal, and rebrand the party. Share it!

In London this evening? Then join us for a screening of our new documentary, The Scramble for Hydrogen in South Africa. We've got a new speaker to announce: Catherine Green from local UK struggle against hydrogen, HyNot @hynotnw.bsky.social Register here: actionnetwork.org/events/the-s...

The EU Livestock Strategy shapes the future of farming An opportunity for @ec.europa.eu to: 🧑‍🌾 support farmers in transition 🌍 cut pollution 🐄 end factory farming It's time for fair incomes, animal welfare, healthier food, and a system that protects nature - the foundation of farming ⤵️ #CHansenEU

Sending love to all of those who had the privilege and pleasure to fight alongside Maria Campuzano, to be taken under her wing, to share a joke and a smile and a drink with her. The light she brought - that was impossible not to follow - will be missed, and the world is a darker place without it.x

Mining boom threatens drinking water, says Swedish industry body. Svenskt Vatten warns of "serious shortcomings" in the environmental assessment of new mines. "It is a risk for all of Sweden's food production" says their CEO. www.dn.se/sverige/larm...

Good news! Our documentary 'The scramble for hydrogen in South Africa' has been selected to another to the AmiCorti International Film Festival! On 2-7 June in Roccaraso, Italy And we have a screening on 5th May in London, register here for free if you want go: 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/04/u...

Recently @correctiv.org have been publishing some important investigations into chemical pollution in Germany and the Netherlands. We are very pleased to publish this translation of their article "The pact with the chemical industry". corporateeurope.org/en/2026/04/c...

If Eni is so willing to undermine democracy, shouldn't the EU, the so-called defenders of democracy, do something? Eg stop it having access to EU institutions? Take away its EU Parliament lobbying badge? Stop it having access to EU subsidies? @left.eu @socialistsanddemocrats.eu @greens-efa.eu

🔴 ReCommon condemns ENI’s decision to file yet another frivolous lawsuit against the association in an attempt to silence its representatives. 👇 www.recommon.org/en/new-slapp...

Energy policy think tanks keep putting out proposals like "give Mark Zuckerberg sole control over our utility rates by making him America's next grid czar" and the people in Everytown, America are like "go ahead and fuckin try"

See another important investigation into the cosmetics industry below. Take action on the Chemicals Omnibus here, in several languages: shaketonpolitique.org/interpellati...

🔴 NEW 🔴 Matthew Goodwin spoke at Orbán’s in-house think tank in Budapest yesterday where he tried to console Fidesz supporters. Crucially, Goodwin also didn’t deny still receiving money from MCC – saying “I’m perfectly fine with all of my working relationships” 👀 📝 @desmog.com exclusive 👇

In these not-always-positive times, it's important to also celebrate our victories. Join @counter-balance.bsky.social & @oilchange.org on 15 April at Buen Vivir, Brussels, to do exactly that.

CEO, the London Mining Network + Action for Southern Africa invite you to the UK Premiere of CEO's documentary, The Scramble for Hydrogen in South Africa. Tuesday 5th May 2026, 18h00, NEU, London Q&A w/ Yegeshni Moodley from groundWork South Africa Register here: actionnetwork.org/events/the-s...

Rutte is the Gianni Infantino of geopolitics

#News: Ultra-processed #foods #UPF are killing us for profit! 🧐🍔 #Lancet report warns global corporates drive chronic diseases for pure #greed and profit. We need tobacco-style tough laws to reclaim our #health! 🌴☠️🚫 #BoycottPalmOil @palmoildetect.bsky.social www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Every year, EU public authorities spend over €2 trillion on goods and services. But the system for awarding these contracts to private companies is broken. We are here to fix it. Join us at the Procurement Summit next week on 14 April in Brussels. Register: www.uni-europa.org/meetings/eur...

30 MPs have already said NO to the Thames Water creditors' outrageous deal. NO to polluting freely until 2030 NO to pollution targets being modified or paused NO to pollution for profit, at our expense Has your MP said no to the Thames Water creditors? Take 2 mins to email them now

President of the European Council, Antonio Costa, says Trumps plans to bomb civilian infrastructure are illegal... Why couldn't the BBC's Today programme do so? The closest they got was bringing an American expert who said it would legally get "very grey". Why? www.politico.eu/article/eu-w...

Disaster capitalism on steroids Spiking fertilizer prices have brought back the specter of a new world food crisis. Meanwhile the stocks of a handful of companies that control the fertilizer market are surging. Link: seekingalpha.com/article/4882...

The 🇺🇸+🇪🇺 oil&gas lobbies claim the EU needs to weaken its methane regulations or face gas supply shortages. But energy consultancy Rystad shows that to be not true. Oil&gas distorting reality to further its own commercial interests? @paulinesophieh.bsky.social thinks so. Via @politico.eu

Bombing Iran to the stone age won't open the Strait of Hormuz. If Trump doesn't know this, him and his advisors are stupid. If he follows through on his threats, there is no more leverage to force Iran to open the Strait. It's wanton destruction by the leader of the 'free' world

No one wants to talk about rationing. It’s not pretty economic policy. But the ugliest form of rationing is rationing by price explosions. That’s why it’s high time to put fair emergency rationing protocols in place for energy. Shortages are already here.

Since Badenoch became their leader, the Tory party has accepted more than a quarter of a million pounds from Alasdair Locke, chair and majority shareholder of Well Safe. In what cannot be described as a coincidence, Badenoch campaigned for more drilling this week, standing on a Well Safe oil rig.

Commissioner Séjourné held 84 meetings on #deregulation. All 84 were with business groups. Not one civil society org. Not one. This isn't consultation. This is what corporate capture looks like. 🧵 Check out our new report 👇 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/04/w...

Graph of the day: the EU's not electrifying its economy, so it's not getting off fossil fuel energy imports. Stark. www.euractiv.com/news/europes...

Amid a growing energy crisis, the European Commission is telling national governments NOT to take actions that could lower prices, like price caps, because they fear it will disrupt the single market. But the EU itself is not acting, so people suffer. www.euractiv.com/news/nationa...

@endegelaende.bsky.social is taking on the German government's massive build out of new gas-fired power plants - that's not what a just transition looks like! Head to the Rhur 28-30 May 2026 to stand up to the #gaslobby and shut down their dystopian vision.

I just signed a @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social: #MakeGreenFair. Demand our fair share of our wind and sun to guarantee cheap, clean #EnergyFor All. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ma...

Big news from Colombia: the government is *pulling out* of the corporate court system, Investor to State Dispute Settlement #ISDS. It's the only way to phase-out fossil fuels without the oil & gas industry suing for $$$ (ask Ecuador, Quebec, Netherlands) www.presidencia.gov.co/prensa/Pagin...

They call it #simplification. It means pollution. Commission gives a blank cheque. Big business enjoys. People die. On #WorldWaterDay, we’re facing a dangerous shift. Business lobbies want weaker water rules, faster permits, fewer checks - for profit. The @ec.europa.eu must protect water.

A little write up of the international gathering in Paris 10 days ago, organised by @attac.org. On the sidelines, we organised a meeting with French groups to talk about the EU's slashing of regulations, and how to stop it. People are getting activated! #Rules2Protect