Alban Grosdidier
@albangd.bsky.social
Corporate Accountability Campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe 🔥
Former photojournalist 📸
I talk about EU politics and environmental policy.
Former photojournalist 📸
I talk about EU politics and environmental policy.
LinkedIn ratio, is that a thing?
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My goal with the Omnibus has always been to simplify and cut cost for business. I have today presented two packages that delivers on that. One having a clear majority. Nevertheless I remain open to… |...
My goal with the Omnibus has always been to simplify and cut cost for business. I have today presented two packages that delivers on that. One having a clear majority. Nevertheless I remain open to fi...
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October 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
LinkedIn ratio, is that a thing?
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Who’s tired of getting Facebook lobbying ads in Every. Single. Podcast. you listen to?
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September 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Who’s tired of getting Facebook lobbying ads in Every. Single. Podcast. you listen to?
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We are getting closer and closer to Brussels. @ec.europa.eu can you hear us yet👂👂
We do not want deregulation❗️ We want clean air, safe water, and healthy soil.
Let’s protect them!
#March4Rights day 2
We do not want deregulation❗️ We want clean air, safe water, and healthy soil.
Let’s protect them!
#March4Rights day 2
September 22, 2025 at 8:52 AM
We are getting closer and closer to Brussels. @ec.europa.eu can you hear us yet👂👂
We do not want deregulation❗️ We want clean air, safe water, and healthy soil.
Let’s protect them!
#March4Rights day 2
We do not want deregulation❗️ We want clean air, safe water, and healthy soil.
Let’s protect them!
#March4Rights day 2
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🚨 LIVE in MAASTRICHT
We're kicking off the #BackToTheFuture march!
We have come together with many others to make sure EU decisionmakers hear us all the way down in Brussels:
Protect people ➕ planet
Going backwards is not an option! We want protections for people, communities and environment
We're kicking off the #BackToTheFuture march!
We have come together with many others to make sure EU decisionmakers hear us all the way down in Brussels:
Protect people ➕ planet
Going backwards is not an option! We want protections for people, communities and environment
September 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
🚨 LIVE in MAASTRICHT
We're kicking off the #BackToTheFuture march!
We have come together with many others to make sure EU decisionmakers hear us all the way down in Brussels:
Protect people ➕ planet
Going backwards is not an option! We want protections for people, communities and environment
We're kicking off the #BackToTheFuture march!
We have come together with many others to make sure EU decisionmakers hear us all the way down in Brussels:
Protect people ➕ planet
Going backwards is not an option! We want protections for people, communities and environment
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Here's how the #March4Rights is going a couple kilometres in 🥾
Going #BackToTheFuture with @albangd.bsky.social, Winnie from @milieudefensie.bsky.social jong and Abigail from Jordens Vanner 👀
Going #BackToTheFuture with @albangd.bsky.social, Winnie from @milieudefensie.bsky.social jong and Abigail from Jordens Vanner 👀
September 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Here's how the #March4Rights is going a couple kilometres in 🥾
Going #BackToTheFuture with @albangd.bsky.social, Winnie from @milieudefensie.bsky.social jong and Abigail from Jordens Vanner 👀
Going #BackToTheFuture with @albangd.bsky.social, Winnie from @milieudefensie.bsky.social jong and Abigail from Jordens Vanner 👀
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You need red tape to cut red tape.
September 16, 2025 at 9:43 AM
You need red tape to cut red tape.
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Counting down the days! Join us at @thegreenfix.bsky.social's climate drinks on Wednesday to find out what we have in store or check out our website for info ⬇️
📅 17 Sept
⏰ 18:00
📍 Café Le Fontainas, BXL
📱https://backtothefuturemarch.org/
#BackToTheFuture #March4Rights
📅 17 Sept
⏰ 18:00
📍 Café Le Fontainas, BXL
📱https://backtothefuturemarch.org/
#BackToTheFuture #March4Rights
🫵 Brussels, 23 September – join the #BackToTheFuture march!
📣 We say NO to deregulation. YES to rules for business and rights for all.
👉 Info: backtothefuturemarch.org
📣 We say NO to deregulation. YES to rules for business and rights for all.
👉 Info: backtothefuturemarch.org
September 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Counting down the days! Join us at @thegreenfix.bsky.social's climate drinks on Wednesday to find out what we have in store or check out our website for info ⬇️
📅 17 Sept
⏰ 18:00
📍 Café Le Fontainas, BXL
📱https://backtothefuturemarch.org/
#BackToTheFuture #March4Rights
📅 17 Sept
⏰ 18:00
📍 Café Le Fontainas, BXL
📱https://backtothefuturemarch.org/
#BackToTheFuture #March4Rights
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S A V E 📢 T H E 📢 D A T E
Human & environmental rights should never be placed at the whim of corporations. But that is what the EU is doing by revising and watering down sustainability laws!
We can't let that happen. Join #BackToTheFuture ➕ sign up for updates ⬇️
www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029...
Human & environmental rights should never be placed at the whim of corporations. But that is what the EU is doing by revising and watering down sustainability laws!
We can't let that happen. Join #BackToTheFuture ➕ sign up for updates ⬇️
www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029...
August 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
S A V E 📢 T H E 📢 D A T E
Human & environmental rights should never be placed at the whim of corporations. But that is what the EU is doing by revising and watering down sustainability laws!
We can't let that happen. Join #BackToTheFuture ➕ sign up for updates ⬇️
www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029...
Human & environmental rights should never be placed at the whim of corporations. But that is what the EU is doing by revising and watering down sustainability laws!
We can't let that happen. Join #BackToTheFuture ➕ sign up for updates ⬇️
www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029...
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The destruction of Palestine’s only seed bank — UAWC's in Hebron — is an attack on the future of farming and food sovereignty. We stand in solidarity with Palestinian farmers. #UAWC #FreePalestine 🔗 bit.ly/3UcNNJY
August 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The destruction of Palestine’s only seed bank — UAWC's in Hebron — is an attack on the future of farming and food sovereignty. We stand in solidarity with Palestinian farmers. #UAWC #FreePalestine 🔗 bit.ly/3UcNNJY
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Plastic is often seen as a cheap material but scientists in The Lancet argue it is expensive when including damage to health
One estimate of the health damage from just three plastic chemicals – PBDE, BPA and DEHP – in 38 countries was $1.5tn a year.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
One estimate of the health damage from just three plastic chemicals – PBDE, BPA and DEHP – in 38 countries was $1.5tn a year.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns
Plastic production has increased more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says review in the Lancet
www.theguardian.com
August 4, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Plastic is often seen as a cheap material but scientists in The Lancet argue it is expensive when including damage to health
One estimate of the health damage from just three plastic chemicals – PBDE, BPA and DEHP – in 38 countries was $1.5tn a year.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
One estimate of the health damage from just three plastic chemicals – PBDE, BPA and DEHP – in 38 countries was $1.5tn a year.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I'm a doctor who worked in Gaza — and I'm disgusted at Kallas
I'm a doctor who worked in Gaza — and I'm disgusted at Kallas
As doctors who have worked in Gaza, we went to Brussels to urge immediate action. How to find the words to convey the anger and disappointment as I listened to Kaja Kallas announce recently that the EU will do absolutely nothing in response to the spiralling situation in Gaza.
euobserver.com
July 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I'm a doctor who worked in Gaza — and I'm disgusted at Kallas
The International Court of Justice ruling on States’ legal obligations to combat climate change, and what happens when they don’t ⬇️
Live thread by @duycks.bsky.social
Live thread by @duycks.bsky.social
🔥 ⚖️ 🌐HAPPENING NOW: Historic #ClimateJustice Ruling being delivered by the 🇺🇳 🧑⚖️ International Court of Justice.
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
July 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The International Court of Justice ruling on States’ legal obligations to combat climate change, and what happens when they don’t ⬇️
Live thread by @duycks.bsky.social
Live thread by @duycks.bsky.social
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📣 ATTENTION #journalists!
We’re putting together a press list around the #EUIsrael Association Agreement: upcoming developments, context, reactions.
📩 If you're covering this or want to stay in the loop, DM or reply. Also happy to chat if you're keen!
We’re putting together a press list around the #EUIsrael Association Agreement: upcoming developments, context, reactions.
📩 If you're covering this or want to stay in the loop, DM or reply. Also happy to chat if you're keen!
The people of Palestine must be heard 🇵🇸
Today at 17h, Rasha from Pengon (Friends of the Earth Palestine) will speak in the European Parliament on the resource theft and humanitarian needs in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Watch the broadcast: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
Today at 17h, Rasha from Pengon (Friends of the Earth Palestine) will speak in the European Parliament on the resource theft and humanitarian needs in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Watch the broadcast: multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...
Delegation for relations with Palestine Ordinary meeting - Multimedia Centre
The multimedia platform of the European Parliament is the official public available repository of the media production of the Secretariat of the European Parliament, managed by the Directorate-General...
multimedia.europarl.europa.eu
July 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
📣 ATTENTION #journalists!
We’re putting together a press list around the #EUIsrael Association Agreement: upcoming developments, context, reactions.
📩 If you're covering this or want to stay in the loop, DM or reply. Also happy to chat if you're keen!
We’re putting together a press list around the #EUIsrael Association Agreement: upcoming developments, context, reactions.
📩 If you're covering this or want to stay in the loop, DM or reply. Also happy to chat if you're keen!
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Le 10 juillet 1985, un de nos militants, Fernando Pereira, mourait lors de l'attentat commis par les services secrets français contre le Rainbow Warrior.
Hier comme aujourd'hui, derrière chaque militant·e réprimé·e, c’est une part de notre démocratie qui vacille. www.nouvelobs.com/opinions/202...
Hier comme aujourd'hui, derrière chaque militant·e réprimé·e, c’est une part de notre démocratie qui vacille. www.nouvelobs.com/opinions/202...
Attaques répétées contre la société civile : un signal inquiétant de dérive autoritaire du pouvoir
Alors que ce 10 juillet marque le 40ᵉ anniversaire de l’attentat contre le « Rainbow Warrior », plusieurs responsables d’ONG – dont Jean-François Julliard (Greenpeace), Cécile Duflot (Oxfam), Claire N...
www.nouvelobs.com
July 9, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Le 10 juillet 1985, un de nos militants, Fernando Pereira, mourait lors de l'attentat commis par les services secrets français contre le Rainbow Warrior.
Hier comme aujourd'hui, derrière chaque militant·e réprimé·e, c’est une part de notre démocratie qui vacille. www.nouvelobs.com/opinions/202...
Hier comme aujourd'hui, derrière chaque militant·e réprimé·e, c’est une part de notre démocratie qui vacille. www.nouvelobs.com/opinions/202...
The European Commission is loosening rules around the use of carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic substances in consumer products.
But don't worry, they trust for-profit industries will make sure we're safe 🙄
@jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu
But don't worry, they trust for-profit industries will make sure we're safe 🙄
@jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu
July 9, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The European Commission is loosening rules around the use of carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic substances in consumer products.
But don't worry, they trust for-profit industries will make sure we're safe 🙄
@jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu
But don't worry, they trust for-profit industries will make sure we're safe 🙄
@jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu
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Saying it like it is when we talk about #deregulation:
"the scale of the cuts in the first omnibus proposal [..] showed that the simplification argument was 'basically bollocks' [..] it’s not just weakening it a little bit [..] The heart of the proposal has been taken out.”
~ Paul de Clerck
👀 ⬇️
"the scale of the cuts in the first omnibus proposal [..] showed that the simplification argument was 'basically bollocks' [..] it’s not just weakening it a little bit [..] The heart of the proposal has been taken out.”
~ Paul de Clerck
👀 ⬇️
EU rollback on environmental policy is gaining momentum, warn campaigners
Observers shocked at scale and speed of deregulation drive they say is watering down European Green Deal and laws
www.theguardian.com
June 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Saying it like it is when we talk about #deregulation:
"the scale of the cuts in the first omnibus proposal [..] showed that the simplification argument was 'basically bollocks' [..] it’s not just weakening it a little bit [..] The heart of the proposal has been taken out.”
~ Paul de Clerck
👀 ⬇️
"the scale of the cuts in the first omnibus proposal [..] showed that the simplification argument was 'basically bollocks' [..] it’s not just weakening it a little bit [..] The heart of the proposal has been taken out.”
~ Paul de Clerck
👀 ⬇️
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It's 2025 and newspapers are still using images of people playing in water to accompany stories about heatwaves.
@theguardian.com
@theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
It's 2025 and newspapers are still using images of people playing in water to accompany stories about heatwaves.
@theguardian.com
@theguardian.com
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« Le monde politique non seulement procrastine, mais il enchaîne même les reculs » concernant l’environnement, déplore le Réseau Action Climat, ce mardi 24 juin 2025. L’ONG liste une quarantaine de reculs environnementaux depuis six mois.
« Au moins 43 reculs » environnementaux ont eu lieu ces six derniers mois déplore un groupe d’ONG
« Le monde politique non seulement procrastine, mais il enchaîne même les reculs » concernant l’environnement, déplore le Réseau Action Climat, ce mardi 24 juin 2025. L’ONG liste une quarantaine de re...
www.ouest-france.fr
June 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
« Le monde politique non seulement procrastine, mais il enchaîne même les reculs » concernant l’environnement, déplore le Réseau Action Climat, ce mardi 24 juin 2025. L’ONG liste une quarantaine de reculs environnementaux depuis six mois.
🚨Another step towards the suppression of human rights and environmental protections in EU law 🚨
Last night, the Council of the EU agreed on a position regarding Omnibus 1. I'll focus on the attacks on the EU due diligence directive. Let's unpack ⬇️
Last night, the Council of the EU agreed on a position regarding Omnibus 1. I'll focus on the attacks on the EU due diligence directive. Let's unpack ⬇️
June 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
🚨Another step towards the suppression of human rights and environmental protections in EU law 🚨
Last night, the Council of the EU agreed on a position regarding Omnibus 1. I'll focus on the attacks on the EU due diligence directive. Let's unpack ⬇️
Last night, the Council of the EU agreed on a position regarding Omnibus 1. I'll focus on the attacks on the EU due diligence directive. Let's unpack ⬇️
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In solidarity with @foeint.bsky.social, 🇵🇸 NGO Pengon and the countless victims of the genocide in Gaza, we urge Europe to:
🛑 Suspend the EU-Israel agreement
🕊️ Ensure full humanitarian access to Gaza.
🛑 Suspend the EU-Israel agreement
🕊️ Ensure full humanitarian access to Gaza.
June 23, 2025 at 7:48 AM
In solidarity with @foeint.bsky.social, 🇵🇸 NGO Pengon and the countless victims of the genocide in Gaza, we urge Europe to:
🛑 Suspend the EU-Israel agreement
🕊️ Ensure full humanitarian access to Gaza.
🛑 Suspend the EU-Israel agreement
🕊️ Ensure full humanitarian access to Gaza.
FR president Emmanuel Macron made two horrendous moves right before Christmas: he allied with the far-right against immigrants and publicly defended a sexual predator. Now he publishes an Op-Ed in a poorly veiled attempt to deflect
Emmanuel Macron : « Nous devons accélérer en même temps sur le plan de la transition écologiq...
TRIBUNE. Le président français propose, dans une tribune au « Monde », un nouveau Pacte mondial pour le climat et plaide en faveur d’une réforme de la gouvernance financière mondiale afin d...
www.lemonde.fr
December 29, 2023 at 10:42 AM
FR president Emmanuel Macron made two horrendous moves right before Christmas: he allied with the far-right against immigrants and publicly defended a sexual predator. Now he publishes an Op-Ed in a poorly veiled attempt to deflect
Well, I'm on Bluesky now!
Let me drop in with a critique of Macron's climate contradictions, confronting his unending COP speech with France's stance in recent EU negotiations.
Quite predictably, he's not putting his money where his mouth is.
Let me drop in with a critique of Macron's climate contradictions, confronting his unending COP speech with France's stance in recent EU negotiations.
Quite predictably, he's not putting his money where his mouth is.
[Opinion] Macron's hypocrisy at COP28
A few days after French president Emmanuel Macron performed an unending monologue at COP28, serenading every actor but France about their responsibility to do more, it is worth looking at the French g...
euobserver.com
December 15, 2023 at 11:57 AM
Well, I'm on Bluesky now!
Let me drop in with a critique of Macron's climate contradictions, confronting his unending COP speech with France's stance in recent EU negotiations.
Quite predictably, he's not putting his money where his mouth is.
Let me drop in with a critique of Macron's climate contradictions, confronting his unending COP speech with France's stance in recent EU negotiations.
Quite predictably, he's not putting his money where his mouth is.