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COP26: EU hypocrisy exposed as climate conference wraps up
Brussels 13 November 2021 – Greenpeace has slammed the EU’s double standards as the COP26 climate conference draws to a close in Glasgow.
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Greenpeace blocks Shell refinery in Rotterdam port
More than 80 activists from 12 EU countries used fossil fuel ads from all over Europe to block the entrance to Shell’s refinery in the port of Rotterdam, calling for an EU ban on fossil fuel advertising
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Households to lose out as European Parliament looks set to back volatile gas
The European Parliament is set to prolong fossil gas subsidies until almost the end of the decade, locking in climate-wrecking emissions and exposing energy bills to more price volatility.
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Climate crisis threatens price stability, new research urges ECB to swiftly address policy flaws
Activists display melting ice sculpture telling ECB to act on climate
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Open letter: NGOs to refuse invitations to speak at fossil-fuel sponsored media events
Sixteen European civil society organisations will no longer accept invitations to speak at media events on EU policy sponsored by fossil fuel companies.
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EU Commission ‘Fit for 55’ package unfit to contain climate crisis
Despite a series of eye-catching announcements, a package of policy proposals released by the European Commission on Wednesday is unfit to tackle the climate crisis, warned Greenpeace.
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Six things to look out for in EU Commission’s ‘fit for 55’ climate package
On 14 July, the Commission will formally kick off the complex process of turning a continent-wide climate target into concrete policy measures. But the measures will fail to cut off financial support for fossil fuels and other environmentally destructive sectors, like industrial farming and aviation, and will even encourage investments in fossil gas and the…
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‘Green’ light for ECB’s monetary policy, but goes too slow
Brussels/Frankfurt – The European Central Bank (ECB) has agreed today that soon only companies in line with the Paris climate agreement will be eligible for corporate sector asset purchases.
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Invisible methane leakages all over Europe fuelling the climate crisis
Alarming new images of significant and unaddressed methane leaks taken in seven European countries reveal industry negligence, regulatory ignorance, and a hidden climate disaster, writes Silvia Pastorelli.
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Legal analysis finds ECB and Bundesbank cannot dodge climate action
A new legal analysis commissioned by Greenpeace Germany reveals that Europe's central banks are obliged to take climate action and include climate criteria in monetary policy. The study, issued ahead of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) governing council's unofficial weekend retreat on climate change, finds that climate protection is not optional for the European System…