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Letter to EU Commission on upcoming hydrogen and gas package
NGOs call for revisions to the proposed gas market reform to bring it into line with the EU's climate and energy commitments.
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‘Taxonosaurus’ wrecks EU plans for green investment guidelines
Greenpeace Belgium activists protest against the inclusion of fossil gas and nuclear energy in the EU's list of sustainable investments.
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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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Exposed: French nuclear companies dumping radioactive waste in Siberia
Activists call on EU not to count nuclear energy as sustainable as a new investigation reveals dumping of radioactive waste in Siberia
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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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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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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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Patchy at best: EU unveils coronavirus recovery plan – Greenpeace
The European Commission’s €1.85 trillion recovery plan is contradictory at best and damaging at worst, said Greenpeace.
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Three tests for Europe’s Covid recovery plans
As the European Commission and many European governments decide on recovery plans worth trillions of euro, Greenpeace warned that ‘green growth’ - as touted by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen - could in fact prolong a system that exploits people and destroys the environment.