A ‘gastastrophic’ mistake
Earlier this year, as the attack on Ukraine brought Europe’s dependency on Russian oil and gas into the limelight, Corporate Europe Observatory showed how […]
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Letter to EU Parliament party presidents on big oil lies revelations
Yesterday, Greenpeace EU, Friends of the Earth Europe, Corporate Europe Observatory, Food & Water Action Europe and Global Witness sent letters to […]
Why the Belgian government shouldn’t have coffee with the fossil fuel lobby
Op-ed published in collaboration with Greenpeace Belgium. Representatives of Shell, TotalEnergies, the gas lobby and the Belgian government are sitting in a […]
Heating homes with gas is expensive. Heating with hydrogen could cost double
This piece was originally published on Global Witness’ website. Global Witness is a member of the Fossil Free Politics campaign. Switching to […]
Von der Leyen’s Commission meets 500 times with the fossil fuel industry in first half of its mandate
THE UPDATED 2024 FULL MANDATE ANALYSIS IS COMING SOON! This analysis was originally shared on Friends of the Earth Europe’s website. Friends of the […]
Kicking conflicts of interest out of the gas package
The gas package was never enough to tackle Europe’s energy needs. It never was appropriate and is even less so now. It […]
16 MEPs call for protection of climate policy from the fossil fuel industry
As Bonn negotiations came to an end, a letter sent to the Vice President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans by 16 MEPs brought […]
Future darkens for climate as gas lobby celebrates
This op-ed was originally published in EU Observer. The European gas lobby annual conference, that took place yesterdayTuesday (14 June) in Brussels, was […]
Why is the EU going to the companies who caused the climate crisis for advice on fixing it?
This piece was originally published in Euronews. Before the war in Ukraine, Europe’s reliance on gas was already pushing tens of millions into […]
RePowerEU plans misleading and heavily influenced by fossil fuel industry
This piece was originally published by Corporate Europe Observatory. Ceo is a member of the Fossil Free Politics campaign. The EU’s 300 billion euro […]