🚨 We're hiring! Join CIEL as a Campaigner, US Fossil Economy, and help challenge petrochemical expansion, false climate solutions, and environmental injustice. 📍 US Remote (eligible US states) or DC 📅 Apply by July 7 🔗 cielorg.bamboohr.com/careers/131?...

We are calling on banks and investors to immediately halt financing for petrochemical expansion, adopt a phased exit, and redirect capital toward a sustainable, reuse circular economy. It’s time to pull the plug on toxic finance. 👉 Explore more: bit.ly/4aM5vMP 6/6

Investing in petrochemicals comes at the cost of people and the planet. 5/6

Continuing to finance petrochemicals represents an increasingly high-risk investment: 📉 Overcapacity & crashing margins. 💥Market shocks from fossil fuel dependency. ⚖️ Mounting legal and climate liabilities. 4/6

Banks aren’t the only ones involved. 📈 Institutional investors held over US$146 billion in stocks and bonds of these same companies in 2025. This means millions of peoples’ retirement savings are being used to fuel the petrochemical industry. Read the brief: bit.ly/4aM5vMP 3/6

This financial backing by institutional investors is systemic, strategic, and highly concentrated. 🏦 Global banks have pumped over US$250 billion into the 15 largest petrochemical companies between 2019 and 2025 alone, locking our global economy into fossil fuels. 2/6

Deep Pockets, Dirty Profits 💸☠️ The global financial system plays a pivotal role in funding the petrochemical industry — the fossil fuel engine behind plastics, fertilizers, and synthetic fibers. Our new brief exposes the scale of these systemic investments. 👇🧵

CIEL’s @dlevialvares.bsky.social joined @france24.com to discuss decoupling our economies from fossil fuels. Key takeaways from Santa Marta: 🌱 Moving to concrete action/roadmaps. 🌾 Decoupling food from fossil gas/fertilizers. 🔄 Changing systems (like food) over simple swaps. Watch: bit.ly/42FX3KI

🏦 What do central banks have to do with climate action? More than you think. The International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion makes clear: climate obligations extend to all State institutions. That puts financial authorities on notice. ➡️ Read our new analysis to learn more: bit.ly/4uisNB9

At Santa Marta, petrochemicals must be treated as a core part of the phaseout to uproot the fossil economy in its entirety. This is the only pathway to a stable, resilient, and just future. 👉 Read our full analysis: bit.ly/4dPC7rx 5/5

Beyond the Burn: Why Santa Marta Must Tackle the Petrochemical Build Out - Center for International Environmental Law

Fossil fuel phaseout implementation at the Santa Marta Conference depends on tackling the rapid petrochemical build out. Explore the path to a just, fossil-free future.

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To dismantle this lifeline, we must stop this petrochemical expansion from happening. 4/5

The industry’s "lock-in strategy" isn't accidental. It’s a survival tactic. By scaling up materials like plastics, synthetic fibers, or fertilizers, our global economy remains dependent on fossil fuels for decades to come. 3/5

It’s simple: you can’t have a "phaseout" if you leave the back door wide open. While climate policies target the fuels we burn, the industry is banking on a massive petrochemicals expansion to stay profitable. If we don’t stop it from happening, we can’t truly transition. 2/5

As leaders gather in Santa Marta for the Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, our expert @dlevialvares.bsky.social explains why a fossil-free future must include tackling petrochemicals. 🧵 - 1/5 ⬇️

as @dlevialvares.bsky.social and @tris-sia.bsky.social point out in this report, plastics continue to a blindspot in coverage of the current conflict a plausible scenario is that demand destruction for oil + gas in energy systems leads to even more aggressive expansion into petrochemicals

As oil and gas prices surge amid a devastating war, ending fossil fuel dependence has never been more urgent. 👇 Via @apnews.com, our expert @dlevialvares.bsky.social explains: to fully phase out fossil fuels, the world must tackle petrochemicals: bit.ly/4mpC5ZJ A 🧵 on the task ahead - 1/4

Iran war puts focus on petrochemicals used in numerous products and a driver of climate change

The Iran war is highlighting global dependence on petrochemicals. The oil- and gas-based chemicals are used in products from plastics to fertilizers.

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3) According to ENI, the value of the dispute it intends to initiate is €800,000.

2) Last March, ENI’s lawyers served ReCommon with a request to initiate mandatory civil mediation for alleged defamation aggravated by the use of tv and social media, arising from statements made by Recommon's Eva Pastorelli during the program Report, which aired on Rai 3 on December 14, 2025.

🔴 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...

New SLAPP lawsuit by ENI against ReCommon over licences awarded to the fossil fuel multinational in Palestinian waters. The organization: “This is yet another attempt to silence us; we will not back d...

Rome, April 15, 2026 – ReCommon condemns ENI’s decision to file yet another frivolous lawsuit against the association in an

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In the current energy crisis, a timely reminder of the "Winter is coming - plastic must go" 2022 report I've worked on with @dlevialvares.bsky.social @breakfreefromplastic.org @ciel.org energytransition.org/2022/10/wint... @tadziomueller.bsky.social @parentsforfuture.de @oilchange.bsky.social

Winter is coming - plastic must go | EnergyTransition.org

Scientists and climate activists have highlighed and warned against the significant global warming impact of fossil gas and an expansion of related infrastructure. Furthermore…

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Petrochemical expansion is not inevitable — it is financed. Our new report traces $133B in bank financing and $1.6T in investor exposure behind US petrochemical growth — even as legal challenges, overcapacity, & cancellations mount Read: bit.ly/4uOHCga

Europe's fertilizer supply runs through the Strait of Hormuz, and this is highly risky. "Interestingly, in this situation, Europe is weakening its efforts to build resilience," writes expert Lena Luig, demanding: Europe must break free from this dependency.

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Europas Düngemittelversorgung läuft über die Straße von Hormus und das ist hochriskant. „Interessanterweise schwächt Europa in dieser Situation seine Bemühungen um den Aufbau von Resilienz“, schreibt unsere Expertin Lena Luig und fordert: Europa muss raus aus der Abhängigkeit.

CIEL condemns the unlawful US & Israel military strikes on Iran. We express solidarity for all affected across the region. These attacks violate international law, endanger civilians, & erode global security. The international community must reject the normalization of force: bit.ly/4seBEDg

Unlawful Strikes on Iran Escalate Impunity, Injustice, and Insecurity - Center for International Environmental Law

CIEL condemns in the strongest terms the US and Israeli military attacks on Iran, which are in flagrant violation of international law and risk unleashing a prolonged war.

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📣 1st Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels coming this April It marks a shift from commitments to action! We applaud hosts Colombia and the Netherlands, and the Pacific Island nations strengthening international cooperation for a fossil fuel phaseout. 👇 transitionawayconference.com

First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels

Colombia and the Netherlands will host the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. The Conference is designed as a space for countries, subnational governments and other stakeholders...

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The path forward requires vision, not just "cutting red tape." We need a transition that centers human and social rights, stands up to extreme corporate influence, and works for everyone — not just the powerful few. [5/5] Read the full analysis: bit.ly/4aC3MKA

The European Commission’s own language has shifted from “simplification” to outright deregulation. By relaxing these rules, the European Commission is removing laws that ensure corporate transparency and public participation — prioritizing ease of business over the rights of people. ⬇️[4/5]

This isn't just theory, it’s happening through "fast-track" laws. By bundling dozens of changes into massive legislative packages, the European Commission is bypassing the deep scrutiny these rules deserve. It’s a quiet rollback of protections we fought decades to win. ⬇️[3/5]

We tracked the shift over the last two years. Industry demands for “competitiveness” are being copy-pasted into high-level strategy. The result? A political reality where economic growth is being used as an excuse to gamble with our health and the environment. ⬇️[2/5]

Is the @ec.europa.eu in a toxic relationship with big polluters? Our latest analysis by @silviap.bsky.social reveals a striking pattern: the petrochemical industry’s private "wishlist" is becoming Europe's political reality. Progress is moving in reverse ⬇️[1/5]

This Valentine’s Day, the @ec.europa.eu must: ❌Swipe left on polluters ✅Stand for transparency & public interest ✅Defend rules that protect people and the planet It’s time for the European Commission to break up with petrochemicals. 💔 Share and follow for more. [7/7]