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

Follow the Money EU@ftm.eu · 5mo ago

Big corporations. Big influence. An EU law meant to hold corporations accountable for human rights and environmental abuses in their supply chains (CS3D) has been heavily stripped back after pressure from a secret U.S. lobbying group of 11 multinationals, including ExxonMobil and Honeywell.

⚡ ⚖️ 🌐 #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/...

Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief

Exclusive: António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment

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📍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...

Transparency

Cyprus is hosting the Presidency of the Council of the European Union with the support of sponsors who provide products, services and expertise, making a substantial contribution to the successful org...

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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-...

#omnibus1 #csddd | Alban Grosdidier

😱 This is the European Parliament caving to pressure coming from the far-right, the US administration and greedy multinationals. 🚫 Earlier today, a majority of members from the 3 far-right groups, th...

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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-...

LNG Imports Fall in Asia, Europe as Investors Get Set for Phaseout

A drop-off in Asian and European demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG), just as a wave of new production facilities come online, is raising questions about whether demand will ever materialize for a ...

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

My goal with the Omnibus has always been to simplify and cut cost for business. I have today presented two packages that delivers on that. One having a clear majority. Nevertheless I remain open to… |...

My goal with the Omnibus has always been to simplify and cut cost for business. I have today presented two packages that delivers on that. One having a clear majority. Nevertheless I remain open to fi...

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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

European Environmental Bureau🍃@eeb.org · 11mo ago

🫵 Brussels, 23 September – join the #BackToTheFuture march! 📣 We say NO to deregulation. YES to rules for business and rights for all. 👉 Info: backtothefuturemarch.org

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/...

World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns

Plastic production has increased more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says review in the Lancet

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

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

As doctors who have worked in Gaza, we went to Brussels to urge immediate action. How to find the words to convey the anger and disappointment as I listened to Kaja Kallas announce recently that the EU will do absolutely nothing in response to the spiralling situation in Gaza.

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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

🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck@duycks.bsky.social · last yr.

🔥 ⚖️ 🌐HAPPENING NOW: Historic #ClimateJustice Ruling being delivered by the 🇺🇳 🧑‍⚖️ International Court of Justice. 🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability 📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇 #ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo

📣 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...

Attaques répétées contre la société civile : un signal inquiétant de dérive autoritaire du pouvoir

Alors que ce 10 juillet marque le 40ᵉ anniversaire de l’attentat contre le « Rainbow Warrior », plusieurs responsables d’ONG – dont Jean-François Julliard (Greenpeace), Cécile Duflot (Oxfam), Claire N...

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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 👀 ⬇️

EU rollback on environmental policy is gaining momentum, warn campaigners

Observers shocked at scale and speed of deregulation drive they say is watering down European Green Deal and laws

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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.

« Au moins 43 reculs » environnementaux ont eu lieu ces six derniers mois déplore un groupe d’ONG

« 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 re...

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🚨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

Emmanuel Macron : « Nous devons accélérer en même temps sur le plan de la transition écologiq...

TRIBUNE. Le président français propose, dans une tribune au « Monde », un nouveau Pacte mondial pour le climat et plaide en faveur d’une réforme de la gouvernance financière mondiale afin d...

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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.

[Opinion] Macron's hypocrisy at COP28

A few days after French president Emmanuel Macron performed an unending monologue at COP28, serenading every actor but France about their responsibility to do more, it is worth looking at the French g...

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