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EU-Mercosur: provisional application, undemocratic precedent As Argentina and Uruguay ratify the controversial EU-Mercosur trade deal, in an open letter, signed by over 170 civil society groups, farmers groups, environmental organisations, including Friends of ...

The Commission has just announced they will immediately apply EU-Mercosur, following it's ratification by Uruguay and Argentina.

❗This is the first time a trade deal has gone into provisional application without the consent of the European Parliament ❗

More: friendsoftheearth.eu/press-releas...

Just imagine that money would have been used for anything other than a destructive fossil fuel project that is allegedly linked to extreme violence, killings, war crimes, disruption and pollution⁉️ #StopMozGas ⬇️👀

Infographic called Lobbying for a Dirty Industrial Deal, One year in. Shows there were 750+ lobby meetings on the CID (more than 3 each working day); 90% were with business interests, 5% NGOs, 1% trade unions. It has a picture of a handshake, and a small box saying corporate interests are driving the dirty industrial deal

🗓️ Tomorrow is the 1-year anniversary of the EU’s #CleanIndustrialDeal. We looked into the lobbying:

🤝 750+ meetings - 3/working day
👔 90% = business interests
🔎 5.5% = NGOs
👷 1% = trade unions

Big polluters have engineered a #DirtyIndustrialDeal

📖 Read more: corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/c...

The real innovation story is not in the Cloud. It’s in farmers’ fields.

📖 Recommended reading 👇👇

EU Due Diligence: How we lost justice - Friends of the Earth Europe A summary of how we lost human and environmental rights protections (CSDDD) in the EU because they were weaponised for political gain by polluters and politicians.

It is done & dusted. The EU has signed off on its corporate accountability law.

A toothless, watered-down law that equals a drop in the ocean for protecting the environment & people affected by harmful business activities. #CSDDD

Here's why that happened ⬇️

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Weaned off Putin's gas, Europe now addicted to US LNG The EU is set to cut off Russian gas supplies in 2027. However, its promise to diversify and transition to renewables is under threat as LNG shipped from the US floods the bloc.

The EU: talks loads about energy independence & security with a full ban on Russian gas

Also the EU: increases the import of LNG from another authoritarian regime 🤯

It's simply swapping one dependency for another, when we should be breaking away from gas in its ENTIRETY

www.dw.com/en/weaned-of...

Remember when the EU's own watchdog slammed the @ec.europa.eu’s undemocratic environmental rollbacks?

Here’s what they said. And what our corporate accountability campaigner thinks of *that*.

👋 @vdombrovskis.bsky.social

🔥 ⚖️ #𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭: 𝐎𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 in historic case against TotalEnergies, today & tomorrow, 🇫🇷 🧑‍⚖️ French court holds landmark hearing that could redefine corporate climate accountability.
📝 🧵 Live reporting from Paris Judicial Court ⬇️

⚖️ Can courts order an oil major to cut fossil fuel production ?

After six years of legal proceedings, a decisive hearing will take place on 19 and 20 February 2026 before the Paris Judicial Court to compel TotalEnergies to reduce its fossil fuel production in line with climate objectives.

@amigasdelatierra.bsky.social @stopganaderiaindustrial.org @friendsofearthni.bsky.social @foehungary-mtvsz.bsky.social @noah.dk @pkegliwice.bsky.social @riveractionuk.bsky.social @sustainweb.org @ecologistasenaccion.org @drustvofocus.bsky.social @meco-luxembourg.bsky.social @de.pronatura.ch

This isn't just about one place.

Across Europe, people are connecting to fight back. To challenge this destructive model of animal factories. To build local alternatives rooted in community and care.

From Spain to Denmark, France to Poland, we're saying loud & clear: #StopFactoryFarming

In solidarity with communities fighting a destructive chicken mega-complex in Croatia On February 21st, in Zagreb, Croatia, over 120 civil society organisations and civic initiatives will take to the streets. Why? To defend citizens' rights against the development of a mega-complex of ...

This Saturday, communities in Croatia are rising up against plans for a massive chicken mega-complex 🐔

One that would process 103 million chickens a year & flood the region with pollution.

✊ Solidarity with +120 groups that will take to the streets to demand clean air, water, a healthy life.

The Great Deregulation Gala of lobby BusinezzEurope was protected by large police force afraid unionists and activists would disrupt the Gala

Fat cats were celebrating the shredding of rules protecting workers, our environment and communities. Profits before people and planet was their message

Unions and NGOs expose the Great Deregulation Gala of BusinessEurope, the corporate lobby that wants to weaken workers' rights, environmental protections and ensure the profit margin for companies is increased at our expense

@foeeurope.bsky.social
@corporateeurope.org
@epsu.bsky.social @eeb.org

Is the EU heading for a social dumping disaster?

The proposed '28th Regime' would let companies choose EU-level rules over national labour & tax laws. Trade unions warn it could trigger a race to the bottom for workers’ rights.

Innovation — or deregulation?
Watch our new explainer video &find out👇

We don't need no deregulation! ⬇️

We need #RulesToProtect

@atalc.bsky.social @udapt.bsky.social y.social #GuerrerasPorLaAmazonía #eliminalamecha

Amazonian girls fight against oil flares burning up their futures - Friends of the Earth Europe Oil flares are not an unusual sight in the Ecuadorian Amazon, but to locals like Dannya and Lency, they are a constant hazard and a violation of their right to a healthy environment. All to fulfill th...

Oil flares are still burning 24/7 in the Ecuadorian Amazon, poisoning the air, land, and water of local communities.

💭 We’ve met with Dannya (13) and Lency (16), representing the collective behind the landmark court case against the oil flares burning up their future.

🎉Another victory for #AsConchas!

Spain's Supreme Court upheld that failing to protect residents from industrial animal production pollution violates their fundamental rights: life, health, water, adequate housing.

Get inspired by their fight and others across Europe ✊ stopfactoryfarming.eu

YouTube video by Friends of the Earth Europe Protecting nature to protect our future!

Today, EU leaders are at a retreat in a Belgian castle to talk deregulation. Here is what SHOULD be talked about instead:

Creating a bright future in which everyone can live with dignity!

Last week a group of grandparents and children visited the castle and they left a message! ⬇️

#HandsOffNature

The future of the EU… in the hands of the people or in the pockets of corporate lobbies? - Friends of the Earth Europe President von der Leyen sat down with hundreds of corporate representatives a day before meeting EU heads of state. A worrying choreography that exposes the crisis EU democratic priorities are in.

On why it matters that the President of the EU Commission cozies up with lobbyists from polluting industries 1️⃣ day ahead of a major summit that will

1. bring all the EU leaders together
2. discuss getting rid of protections for our health and planet

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friendsoftheearth.eu/news/the-fut...

🚨 Today, Von der Leyen meets corporate lobbyists
🚨 Tomorrow, the EU leaders do

We see a worrying trend and a connection there.

The (E)U-turn on protections must stop!

📄 Read our joint-open letter to find out what we do want:

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#RulesToProtect

We Didn’t Start the Fire (But it’s all the ways the EU has ruined environmental protection in the last three years) with @greenpeace.eu #ad

✊ We are currently blocking CEFIC @cefic.bsky.social - the biggest chemical industry lobbying agency in the EU.

Our brave rebels are saying NO to dirty corporate lobbying, poisoning our food and contaminating our water.

#PeopleOverLobbies #extinctionrebellion

Extinction Rebellion activists block the entrance to CEFIC in Brussels with signs reading "CEFIC = TOXIC LOBBY", "AREA CLOSED", "CEFIC, COUNCIL FOR ECOCIDE, FAMINE AND IRREVERSIBLE COLLAPSE"

📍HAPPENING NOW

@xrbelgium.bsky.social and activists from Greenpeace Belgium are blocking the offices of CEFIC, the European chemicals lobby group

‼️ 50 activists have declared the area a climate crime scene!

Economic growth is still heating the planet. Is there any way out? Rising GDP continues to mean more carbon emissions and wider damage to the planet. Can the two be decoupled?

Why does the global economy need to end its obsession with GDP growth?

1️⃣ Growth does not equal wellbeing and equity

2️⃣ We are far from decoupling the stock of atmospheric carbon dioxide from economic growth

Find more reasons in this insightful overview 👇
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Must-read 👇👇👇

🔴 A new report by @foeeurope.bsky.social & @rosaluxeu.bsky.social questions the growing push for nature credits in EU policy.

Read the report to understand what’s at stake, who benefits, and which real solutions are being sidelined 👇
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Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Brussels Office | Selling Nature: The EU’s Role in Creating Markets For Biodiversity [:en]The idea of “nature” or “biodiversity” credits is gaining traction as a proposed solution to the growing biodiversity crisis. These credits should certify measurable biodiversity gains, such as h...

The EU is promoting biodiversity “nature credits” as a response to ecological collapse. Our new study Selling Nature shows why these markets are flawed, risk repeating carbon offset failures, and sideline public solutions to the biodiversity crisis.