Lis Cunha

THEY SMILE, WE SUFFER How the dirty US-EU energy deal puts our lives at risk.

What just happened? The EU promised to buy $750 billion worth of fossil fuels from the US over the next 3 years. That's roughly 3 TIMES more than at the moment. They call it a trade deal. We call it a fossil trap.

Bad for the climate US fossil gas is a climate disaster. Massive amounts of methane, a dangerous climate gas, leak during its production and transportation. This deal fuels the climate crisis and makes it impossible for Europe to hit its climate goals. But this deal doesn't just accelerate the climate crisis…

Bad for Americans US gas is often fracked gas. This method poses huge risks for people living close to drilling sites, refineries and other fossil gas infrastructure. And it poisons air, land and water. Bad for Europeans This deal makes Europe more dependent on fossil fuels from the US. It leaves Europe vulnerable to an unpredictable President Trump. US liquefied fossil gas is expensive and leaves Europeans with high energy bills. Bad for everyone More oil and gas means stronger hurricanes, deadlier heatwaves, and worse floods. This deal accelerates climate chaos and we are paying the price for it.

Are you a fossil fuel CEO? Then congratulations! It's your lucky day!

For the rest of us? This US-EU trade deal won't get you anything but more climate chaos and dependence on Donald Trump.

But it’s not too late to fight back.

Sign the open letter to stop this fossil fuel madness 👉 bit.ly/44DANBE

Sie meinen, dieses Abkommen koennte ein Beispiel dafuer sein, dass freier Handel unter Freunden funktioniert? Ist Milei also ein Freund? Aha. Eine faire und nachhaltige Partnerschaft zwischen der EU und Mercosur waere willkommen, dieses Handelsabkommen ist aber das genaue Gegenteil.

In 🇧🇷, the Landless Workers' Movement proves that another agriculture is possible, respectful of small farmers, the environment and consumers' health.

The EU-Mercosur deal will only benefit the agro-business and lock both continents in a destructive model.

Let's stop this toxic deal.

What does the Omnibus story of this week tell us? | Frank Bold

This frightening conclusion on #Omnibus #CSDDD:

"And this is the saddest: there is no evidence-based decision-making in the three EU institutions at the moment...

The far-right in the EU is getting what they asked for: A dismantling of the Green Deal."

en.frankbold.org/news/what-do...

UPDATE: it's now 187 NGOs & trade unions urging suspension of the #EU - #Israel Association Agreement.

Credible findings of genocide & apartheid are NOT compatible with the human rights clause - nor is inaction.

EU ministers failed on June 20. They must not fail again on July 15.

#SuspendTheDeal

📣 The EU Commission's evaluation of the #CETA agreement ignores the agreement's climate and environmental policy shortcomings. Our case study shows that CETA is not compatible with the EU's climate goals and undermines a just socio-ecological transformation: power-shift.de/wp-content/u...

🆕 New publication online 🆕

In a new research report, ÖFSE-researchers reassess the current state of the EU-Mercosur Agreement, focusing on newly added elements & examining its potential to strengthen EU economic security & inter-regional cooperation.

Full report here 👉 www.oefse.at/publikatione...

The EU-Mercosur deal WILL fuel deforestation, WILL harm Indigenous Peoples, WILL increase greenhouse gases & WILL poison our plates.🌳🚫

Today at the @europarl.europa.eu, Greenpeace's Lis Cunha called out the environmental & human cost politicians continue to ignore.
#StopEUMercosur #RespectTheAmazon

Here are some pics from the action this morning to stop the export of EU-banned #pesticides to third countries.

🌱 Protect health, biodiversity, farmers' and consumers' rights. No EU-Mercosur free trade agreement and no export of pesticides banned in Europe.

📷 by @marcellablues.bsky.social

🚫 Toxic pesticides, unhealthy food, destroyed rainforests? That’s what the EU-Mercosur deal brings to your plate. Say NO to climate-wrecking trade! #StopEUMercosur
Trade should protect people & planet, not ruin them! The deal would devastate small farmers & fuel the climate crisis. Take action now!

European consumers & farmers are left behind while corporations profit from toxic trade.

This morning we were outside the European Parliament to demand decision makers:

❌ To reject the EU-Mercosur trade deal

❌ To ban the export of pesticides banned in the EU

#StopEUMercosur #EndToxicTrade

four people holding a green banner with a world map and text reading TOXIC PESTICIDES BANNED HERE. SOLD THERE. EU, STOP EXPORTING POISON! they're standing in front of the European Parliament in Brussels

The EU has a list of banned pesticides too dangerous for sale and use in Europe, but it still allows companies to make these poisons here and ship them to other countries where they harm people and nature

Over 600 organisations want to stop this toxic trade: www.pan-europe.info/resources/le...

EU-MERCOSUR deal:

Ahead of the @europarl.europa.eu's Committee on International Trade discussion, we call out the lack of adequate protections for workers' rights.

Trade must contribute to better working conditions & not only benefit corporate interests.

www.etuc.org/en/document/...

@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu WE 💚FORESTS. Show your commitment to the EUDR and help protect what we love!

Within a decade, the EUDR could protect over 8 million hectares of forests worldwide from EU consumption — an area almost the size of Austria! #Together4Forests

Briefing: EU-Mercosur and the EU Deforestation law - Greenpeace European Unit SUMMARYThe Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest tropical forest. It is critical for a livable Earth: this forest absorbs massive amounts of carbon and regulates weather patterns. It’s home to&hell...

The #EUMercosur trade deal is a major danger for forests like the Amazon, threatening to boost trade in forest-wrecking commodities like beef and soy for animal feed

It could even undermine the protection for nature in the EU's deforestation law, #EUDR

Take action: Stop the climate wrecking EU-Mercosur Trade Deal Say NO to toxic trade! The EU-Mercosur deal fuels deforestation, deepens climate chaos & hurts small farmers. Stop this corporate power grab! 📩 Email your politician now!

🚫Say NO to toxic trade! The EU-Mercosur deal fuels deforestation, deepens climate chaos & hurts small farmers.

✊We can still STOP this!

📩Email your politician now to #StopEUMercosur!

Environmental protection is under threat in Brazil. Here’s why it matters to everyone  - Greenpeace International A new bill recently approved by the Senate in Brazil undermines the licensing of projects that can have huge environmental impacts —just a few months before COP30.

The "Devastation Bill" has just been approved in the Senate in Brazil and is considered the biggest attack on environmental regulation in decades

The Amazon rainforest is dangerously close to a tipping point, where it may no longer be able to produce rain and sustain itself as an ecosystem

EU-Mercosur deal would boost world’s biggest meat company’s profits by over €1 billion - Greenpeace European Unit According to Profundo’s research, JBS, the largest meat producer on earth, could gain €1.7 billion in extra profits before tax and €1.2 billion after tax by 2040 if the EU-Mercosur deal is adopted.

"The EU-Mercosur deal will line the pockets of JBS, a meat giant linked through its supply chains to widespread nature destruction, human rights abuses and enormous climate pollution."

via @greenpeace.eu

#EUMercosur #DropJBS

Cooking the Planet

Who is JBS?

The world’s biggest meat company, whose supply chains fuel the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. 💀🥩

Want to know more? Read more about JBS: Visit
@greenpeacebrasil.bsky.social
CookingThePlanet.org
#RespectTheAmazon #StopBigAg

Who will benefit from the toxic #EUMercosur trade deal? Billionaire meat giants like JBS - a company with long links to deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, human rights abuses and political corruption. Therefore: #StopEUMercosur

#StopEUMercosur

EU-Mercosur deal would boost world’s biggest meat company’s profits by over €1 billion - Greenpeace European Unit According to Profundo’s research, JBS, the largest meat producer on earth, could gain €1.7 billion in extra profits before tax and €1.2 billion after tax by 2040 if the EU-Mercosur deal is adopted.

New research: The #EUMercosur trade deal is a major threat to human rights, nature and the climate – and would net over a billion in profits for the world's biggest meat producer, JBS

Politicians should not enable billionaires like JBS to expand their predatory business models

And this minor 0.1% GDP increase is expected only after 10 years of entry into force of the trade deal. While on the other hand we know that it will make things harder for farmers in the EU, especially sustainable farmers. And it will boost anti-EU sentiment in France & Poland...

Hi, I totally agree that we need to reduce beef demand altogether. But the studies show that this trade agreement will lead to more demand for beef from Mercosur and at least 5% increase in deforestation rates there because of it. And studies predict it will lead to only a 0.1% GDP growth in the EU.

[URGENT] Stop au bain de sang à Gaza ! Aux côtés de @mdmfrance.bsky.social @oxfamfrance.bsky.social @amnestyfrance.bsky.social @eko.org nous dénonçons les massacres en cours à Gaza et exigeons une réponse ferme de la France !
La souffrance infligée à la population de Gaza est insoutenable.

Indigenous Brazilians protest EU-Mercosur deal in European Parliament Indigenous peoples' representatives fear that increased trade with Europe will lead to the agricultural exploitation of their territories #EuropeNews

Who exactly are they helping by supporting this agreement? Because I know who they are hurting with it: indigenous peoples (see: www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...), consumers, farmers, environmental activists, human rights organisations...

Who exactly are your MEPs helping by supporting this deal? Because I know who they are hurting by supporting it: indigenous peoples, consumers, farmers, environmental groups, human rights orgs, and more than 2 million citizens who backed petitions asking politicians to reject the EU-Mercosur deal.

Stop EU-Mercosur / Paremos UE-Mercosur 450 civil society organisations launch a coalition to stop the EU-Mercosur trade agreement. Take action now to stop this deal that harms people and planet.

Wow. With that, you are turning your back on 450 civil society orgs, over 2 million EU citizens who signed petitions against the deal, farmers, consumers, and crucially - you turn your back on the indigenous peoples whose lives will be forever changed because of this deal. stopeumercosur.org

It's a deal that was negotiated behind closed doors, whose aim is to boost trade between EU and South America in agricultural products like meat and soy, chemicals like pesticides, and cars. It is expected to increase deforestation of the Amazon rainforest and to lead to higher GHG emissions.