Oil giants made $93bn in profits in just 3 months while wildfires tear through Greece, Spain and France. Polluters profit, people pay. Destroyed homes, livelihoods, and an €822bn climate inaction bill across the EU since 1980. We need to move beyond fossil fuels. www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...

Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis

Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage

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Batteries let renewables work 24/7 so we can ditch fossil fuels for good.  But battery projects stuck in grid queues already exceed national 2030 targets by 2–3x… Delaying storage means: 📈 gas dependence 📉 wasted renewable electricity 📉 energy insecurity beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/06/02/g...

👉 TotalEnergies reported soaring profits tied to oil + gas volatility. 👉 EPH owner Daniel Křetínský faces criticism over fossil expansion & climate obstruction. They also want us to believe that their new fossil gas giant is somehow in the public interest... beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/05/20/r...

RISKY VENTURE: How a new TotalEnergies & EPH joint venture is rigging the game against Europe’s energy transition

The recently announced TotalEnergies and EPH’s joint venture – named TTEP – will effectively lead to the emergence of a new fossil gas giant, deepening Europe’s dependence on costly imported fossil ga...

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Firefighters are risking their lives to protect communities across Europe, but governments need to tackle what makes these fires more frequent, deadly, and destructive: our continued dependence on fossil fuels. Clean, homegrown energy? Essential for a safer planet for us and future generations.

Since 2025, 51% of 🇬🇧's capacity market contracts have gone to fossil fuels, adding ≈ £3.6bn to energy bills. Although it's making progress towards Clean Power 2030, it needs to phase gas plants out of its capacity market & scale up clean flexibility solutions. beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/06/23/c...

Is summer homework a thing in your country? EU countries have some due this week: they need to show how to keep the lights on without relying on more fossil gas. We'll be watching if they plan for batteries, smart grids & other clean flexibility instead of gas. beyondfossilfuels.org/wp-content/u...

Technical 'de-rating factors' are letting expensive & dirty fossil assets win over readily available & clean technology such as battery & storage in Poland's capacity markets. Since 2025, the Polish capacity market awarded €5.6bn, with 69% going to fossil fuels. beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/06/23/c...

Giving fossil fuel companies MORE free pollution permits while 🇪🇺 struggles with scorching heat due to global warming stings. The #EUETS has a simple core principle: if a company pollutes or fails to reduce its emissions, it pays. Weakening that principle only slows down the energy transition.

Spain is in the #FIFAWorldCup final. But there’s another competition where it’s taking the lead: renewables. 🚩 Coal has been sent off. 🌬️ Wind & solar are leading the attack. ⚡ 42% of its electricity comes from renewables. The energy transition can't be won in 90 minutes, but Spain's well on its way.

You shouldn’t have to own a roof or afford your own solar installation to benefit from cheaper and local renewables. 👏 to @clientearth.bsky.social for filing a complaint with the European Commission asking why 🇭🇺 & 🇵🇱 have unclear & complex for energy communities. www.clientearth.org/our-work/cle...

Big win for people & climate in 🇹🇷, where a court has stopped the expansion of the Afşin-Elbistan coal plant. 💪 97% of proposed coal projects have been cancelled since 2015. But Türkiye is still a #COP31 host planning one more unit, so the work is far from over. www.euronews.com/2026/07/14/v...

A Turkish court has now struck down the last longstanding coal project, Afşin-Elbistan A, after years of public resistance. Yet 🇹🇷 is pushing ahead with a new 1,050 MW coal expansion despite being a #COP31 host. You can't lead on climate while expanding coal. beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/07/09/p...

Public pressure cancels Türkiye’s last coal project, only for the COP31 host to announce a bigger one

Istanbul, 9 July, 2026 — After years of legal challenges and protests, a Turkish court annulled yesterday the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the last longstanding coal unit project in Türkiy...

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🚨BREAKING: Germany has found a new way to make power even more expensive. The revised #StromVKG law would set Europe's highest bid cap for new gas plants, potentially adding €4bn to household electricity bills by 2031. German households deserve cheaper, cleaner electricity...not another gas subsidy.

The EU’s leaked Electrification Action Plan is a step forward, but not if it's powered on fossil gas. We need more renewables, clean flexibility, grid reform and binding safeguards for soaring data centre demand. Otherwise, the transition risks hitting a wall. beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/06/02/g...

@neweconomics.bsky.social & Finance Innovation Lab finds up to 8 million UK households would save about £250/year on average if the government were to approve low-cost loans for solar panel installation. A successful energy transition is an affordable transition. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Low-cost loans for solar panels could save households hundreds on bills – thinktanks

New Economics Foundation and Finance Innovation Lab suggest loan scheme backed by Bank of England could benefit up to 8m homes

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It's still really hot, and we still haven't addressed the root cause. Subsidies in the form of capacity markets have awarded €14bn to fossil fuel companies since last year just in 5 European countries. We have some ideas on how to use public money instead. beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/06/23/e...

Steel giants ArcelorMittal, ThyssenKrupp & Voestalpine and chemicals giant BASF’s recent attacks on the #EUETS are direct calls for the EU to retreat on climate action... but new polling shows citizens across the political spectrum want to stay the course. beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/07/01/e...

There's roughly as much capacity languishing in distribution grid connection queues as the *entire* grid capacity in 8 European countries.

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In Ep. 279, @taraconnolly.bsky.social of Beyond Fossil Fuels explains why so many wind, solar and battery projects are backed up in queues waiting to connect to European *distribution* grids, and what can be done to get those projects built and connected. xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...

Distribution grid bottlenecks delay renewable energy projects—they hold back businesses too. 🇹🇷 In Türkiye, a food cooperative can't expand the renewable energy powering its freeze-drying business because of grid constraints. 🎥 Watch our last video in our series: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZIV...

Turkish food cooperative needs solar power to grow

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People & businesses are ready to ditch fossil fuel—but there’s a catch. Long grid connection queues are keeping over €100B in clean energy projects across Europe. Listen to @taraconnolly.bsky.social dive deep on what Distribution System Operators can do better. xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...

Climate leadership and new coal don’t mix. If 🇹🇷's #COP31 leadership and its proposal for a new imported coal-fired power plant sounds off, it’s because it is. We’re asking it to stop the project, cancel its coal plant and commit to a fair energy transition instead! www.greenpeace.org/turkey/basin...

We all feel the consequences of a warming planet. The #EUETS exists to reduce emissions from some of 🇪🇺’s biggest industrial polluters. 📊 New poll shows 72% of Europeans agree: the more a company emits, or fails to reduce its emissions, the more it should pay. beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/07/01/s...

Offshore wind's success shouldn't be measured by megawatts alone. That was the focus of our discussion at #LCAW, exploring how governments, industry, and communities can build projects that benefit people, nature, and local economies.

Italy's capacity market is under scrutiny. Approximately 81% of the €1.8bn collected from household energy bills since 2018 will go to fossil gas plants, meaning competition is skewed against clean tech like batteries. The EU needs to ensure fair competition! beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/06/23/e...

The 🇪🇺's battery fleet is projected to x4 by 2030, reducing the need for regular gas backup in the process, finds new @ember-energy.org analysis. And that's not all, increased battery capacity means storage is finally catching up with renewables deployment! ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

💰 Do we need to keep paying extra for fossil gas plants? ⚡ A new @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social report, with contributions from The Green Tank, questions Greece's plans for a capacity mechanism due to a lack of transparency and evidence of need. 📖 Read more: shorturl.at/IN0rY

Should Irish households be paying the price data centres' insatiable appetite for electricity? Our study with @foeireland.bsky.social shows an average of €360 has been added to household electricity bills in recent years due to high data centre energy demand. www.independent.ie/county/cork/...

What happens when municipalities want to install rooftop solar & share clean energy with residents, but the grid can't accommodate? That's the challenge facing Terrassa 🇪🇸, where grid constraints are holding back local renewable energy projects. Watch our new video 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhf6...

🤠 Europe's capacity markets need law & order. Since 2025, govts have awarded ≈€14bn in capacity market contracts to fossil fuel companies via energy bill levies. Weak oversight & rules favouring gas risk locking Europe into higher costs & fossil fuel dependence. beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/06/23/e...

Offshore wind isn't just about clean electricity. It's about jobs, stronger coastal communities, and making sure the benefits of the energy transition are shared fairly. Join us at #LCAW with @e3g.bsky.social to discuss lessons from Europe & emerging markets around the world. RSVP: luma.com/s5tbxvjh