Why is @theconversation.com publishing openly pro-CCS pieces, written by an academic funded by -and with shares in- the CCS industry? Very disappointing. theconversation.com/confused-abo... @oilchange.org @ciel.org @corporateeurope.org @realzeroeurope.bsky.social @drandrewboswell.bsky.social

US oil & gas major Chevron posts its highest ever quarterly results. Pretty clear who's winning from the illegal war on Iran, while most of us lose out with high energy and food bills. fortune.com/2026/07/31/c...

Chevron posts largest quarterly profit ever, Exxon income surges as Iran war squeezes oil supply | Fortune

The Big Oil giants are taking home near-record profits from high oil and fuel prices worldwide.

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Thanks for this really insightful article George CCS is a fossil fuel stitch-up - now with data centres. More data centres ⏩ more gas+CCS ⏩ more LNG ⏩ more methane ⏩ more heat🔥 Burnham has a chance to stop this spiralling - data centre moratorium, move CCS funding to green economy, no Rosebank

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 4w ago

Despite all the noise today I'd really like you to read this, as I think it's crucial. The government's in the process of p*ssing up to £264 billion into the ground, at the behest of the fossil fuel industry. Yes, £264 *billion*. It's utterly mad, and has to stop. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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...

Secretary-General's special address at London Climate Action Week [as delivered]

Dear friends, All protocols observed.Thank you for your warm welcome – and Michael Bloomberg, thank you for your kind words – and for your longstanding and outstanding leadership on climate action. Yo...

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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!

Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)@corporateeurope.org · 2mo ago

🚨 Corporate interests now don't only have a seat at the table, they have an office in the Berlaymont. The appointment of Siemens chairman as the EU's AI envoy is an extraordinary conflict of interest, and will allow industry to shape the EU's AI policies. Read our op-ed on @euobserver.com

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...

Spain’s assets in US targeted by international investors during World Cup

Blasket Renewable Investments secures rights to pursue funds over dispute linked to ending of renewable energy subsidies

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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 cost of data centre growth in Ireland: Households paid an estimated €715 million more in electricity bills

Ireland’s current approach to data centres is increasingly a cost-of-living issue

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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...

Calls to exploit vast Mediterranean gas reserves at Cyprus energy crisis summit | Euractiv

Cyprus, Greece and Romania suggest Europe's energy transition can wait

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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...

Big Oil gets free ride as EU advises governments on tackling energy price shock | Euractiv

No mention of windfall tax in 'catalogue' of best practices drawn from around Europe

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"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...

Deregulation Watch | Corporate Europe Observatory

Check out our new posts on Deregulation Watch which helps civil society monitor new developments in the deregulation agenda, assess what’s at stake, and organise in defence of strong social, environme...

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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

Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)@corporateeurope.org · 3mo ago

🚨 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

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

Permission to Pollute | Corporate Europe Observatory

New report on how the European Commission is weakening permitting rules to fast-track polluting projects, such as mines, CO2 pipelines and data centres.

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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 scramble for green hydrogen in South Africa: screening and discussion

London Mining Network (LMN), Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA) and Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) are delighted to host the UK premier of 'The Scramble for Hydrogen in South Africa'. The document...

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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...

Larmet till regeringen: Gruvboom hotar dricksvattnet

Jakten på mineraler till den gröna omställningen kan få ”förödande” konsekvenser för det svenska dricksvattnet. Det menar branschorganet Svenskt Vatten.

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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...

CORRECTIV: "The pact with the chemical industry" | Corporate Europe Observatory

Tens of thousands of unknown, sometimes toxic, chemicals are floating in the Rhine. Why is industry allowed to discharge them unhindered? A top manager of a major corporation reveals how industry cont...

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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

Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)@corporateeurope.org · 4mo ago

Disgraceful 🤬 ... Italian 🇮🇹 oil & gas giant Eni is trying to silence civil society criticism by launching *another* SLAPP suit against @recommon.org We stand with ReCommon + all orgs speaking truth to corporate power ✊ @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu democracy is being dismantled, what will you do?

🔴 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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