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FoEE folk in Brussels, campaigning for resilient & just societies in harmony with the planet.
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💪 Communities across Europe are taking back power to defend local, small-scale farming that is respectful of animals, nature & our wellbeing.

They say no to animal factories. Want to join them? Take action during the week against animal factories, 24-30 Nov 👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/news/stop-fa...
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Not again!? 84 fossil fuel lobbyists were brought by EU countries to #COP30 😤

See the detailed results of the research done 👇
fossilfreepolitics.org/news/eu-brin...

It is time to free politics from the influence of the fossil fuel industry 🔥

#FossilFreePolitics #FossilFreeEU #KickBigPollutersOut
EU Commission keeps oil and gas lobbyists away from COP30, but France and Italy roll out red carpet - Fossil Free Politics
According to new research by Fossil Free Politics in collaboration with the Kick Big Polluters Out coalition, nine EU governments brought 84 fossil fuel lobbyists into COP30 on their official governme...
fossilfreepolitics.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
“One day, there will be no one left to produce food in Europe if we keep going this way.” – Françoise, animal farmer in Wallonia 🇧🇪

The #EUMercosur trade deal will only benefit big agribusiness and fuel unfair competition for small-scale, family farmers - in Europe and Latin America.

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November 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Today’s vote in the @europarl.europa.eu drives a stake 🗡️ through the heart of the EU's #sustainability agenda.

The adopted #Omnibus compromise destroys key sustainability rules, putting short-term profits over the well-being of people & planet.

Our full reaction👉 shareaction.org/news/europea...
European Parliament sides with far right and dilutes key…
(Thursday, 13th November) Today, the European Parliament voted for a watered-down version of the Omnibus I proposal backed by the European People’s Party…
shareaction.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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The EP just adopted its position on #Omnibus I.

◾Transition plan obligations deleted
◾More companies removed from scope

This is a huge blow to workers & environmental rights.

✊🏾 We'll continue to fight for corporate accountability and to protect workers' rights throughout supply chains.
November 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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The centre-right – the EPP – in the EU Parliament is about to vote with the far-right to dismantle rules making businesses check and report their supply chains for human rights abuses or environmental destruction

They will side with deeply illiberal politicians to boost company profits

#Omnibus
EU lawmakers to vote on unpicking green business rules
European lawmakers are expected on Thursday to back weakening a set of EU environmental and human rights rules, as part of a business-friendly push against red tape that has split parliament.
www.france24.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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The same corporations complicit in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Palestine are those roaming the halls of the #COP30.

From the fossil fuel industry to agribusiness, they’re also the same corporations driving the climate crisis and pushing communities to the frontlines

With @gcdcj.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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🚨For the first time, @europarl.europa.eu has adopted a legislative mandate thanks to an alliance between conservatives & the far right

This vote marks a dangerous turning point for EU democracy. When anti-EU forces & lobbies write the rules, accountability dies
corporatejustice.org/news/press-r...
PRESS RELEASE European Parliament’s far-right alliance adopts position on Omnibus I: Corporate capture on full display, written for the few not for people or planet - ECCJ
corporatejustice.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 AM
😬 It’s a dark day for the environment, human rights and European democracy as a whole.

A crucial opportunity at justice has been lost.

Decisionmakers have adopted a proposal to destroy the EU’s corporate sustainability law.

This is massive in more ways than one...

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#Omnibus #CSDDD
November 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
3️⃣1️⃣ civil society organisations are urging Siemens to withdraw support from the Mozambique LNG project that is consistently linked to allegations of human rights violations.

Read the full letter below ⬇️

stopmozgas.org/article/siem...

#StopMozGas
November 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🆕 The long-awaited #EUCivilSocietyStrategy is here - supposedly to protect and empower organisations like ours. But can it deliver a #TrueCivicSpace? @eucivilsociety.bsky.social highlights its best bits: civilsocietyeurope.eu/eu-strategy-...
November 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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⚡PRESS RELEASE Friends of the Earth International is at COP30

COP30 opens as civil society demands fairshares, internationalist solidarity and an end to false solutions

Read below👇
bit.ly/3WNdSRa
COP30 Opening: Civil society demands fairshares
COP30 has officially opening in Belém, Brazil as civil society demands fairshares, internationalist solidarity and an end to false solutions.
www.foei.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
🔨 Everyone should be able to afford a secure & warm home.🏠

To make this happen, a brand-new study by Za Zemiata goes far beyond the data for solutions by looking into people's lives ➕ including voices of homeowners, architects, engineers, municipalities and NGOs ⬇️

www.zazemiata.org/resources/re...
November 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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What would you say to someone who thinks the EU-Mercosur deal is just about economic opportunity?

Dinamam Tuxá @apiboficial.bsky.social is an Indigenous leader of the Tuxá people, from the Tuxá Indigenous Land in Brazil. He came to Brussels to tell EU leaders exactly why the deal is so harmful.
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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🫣 Imagine waking up in a Europe where you can’t trust the water from your tap, the air you breathe, or the food on your plate. Where no one checks if rules are enforced and disinformation goes unchallenged.

That’s not dystopia - it’s the logical outcome of a trend already visible across Europe.
November 5, 2025 at 9:40 AM
It’s time to shrink our material footprint ♻️

Join us in calling for a reduction target for the EU’s material footprint in the EU Circular Economy Act!

Last days to send your feedback to the Commission 👇
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...

Image source: www.planetaryhealthcheck.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Senior food industry professionals reveal that the UK’s biggest food companies are undermining their own sustainability and health commitments.

A new report from @insidetrackuk.bsky.social shows an insider view of governance failure across the #MeatAndDairy
industry 👇
Senior professionals have sounded the alarm.

Food industry commercial plans are in direct conflict with environmental, health & welfare goals.

Read the Insiders’ Guide to Meat & Dairy here: www.insidetrack.org.uk/meat-and-dairy

#MeatAndDairy

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November 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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A letter signed by more than 100 organisations was sent to Hoekstra, asking not to bring fossil fuel lobbyists to COP30 🇧🇷

👍 Promisingly, there were no lobbyists in the official EU delegation last year

👎EU Member States still brought 113 lobbyists

✉️: fossilfreepolitics.org/news/cop30-l...

#COP30
More than 100 organisations tell Hoekstra not to bring fossil fuel lobbyists to COP30! - Fossil Free Politics
As COP30 approaches, we're now calling on the EU's climate chief, Commissioner Wopka Hoekstra, to not bring fossil fuel lobbyists to the UN climate talks again this year, and to push member states to ...
fossilfreepolitics.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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COP 30: La Via Campesina’s Manifesto – Land and Rights for Those Who Cool the Planet!
https://viacampesina.org/en/2025/10/cop-30-la-via-campesinas-manifesto-land-and-rights-for-those-who-cool-the-planet

This manifesto is our roadmap at this decisive moment […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
November 3, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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‼️Great inputs & exchanges with #EDRi's Ella Jakubowska & @foeeurope.bsky.social's @albangd.bsky.social on how to #protect the #rules #that protect us at today's TU & CSO strategy & action meeting in BXL - stop #deregulation‼️
October 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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The EU banned epoxiconazole, but still produces it to export to the Global South!
It is a fungicide banned in2020, toxic to reproduction as it negatively impacts fertility, a healthy pregnancy, concerns to cause cancer, & very toxic to aquatic life, birds and wild animals.
Let's return it to sender!
October 23, 2025 at 9:56 AM
💪 Communities across Europe are taking back power to defend local, small-scale farming that is respectful of animals, nature & our wellbeing.

They say no to animal factories. Want to join them? Take action during the week against animal factories, 24-30 Nov 👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/news/stop-fa...
October 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
👏 TotalEnergies 👏 convicted 👏 of 👏 misleading 👏 customers 👏 by 👏 presenting itself 👏 as a major player 👏 in the 👏 energy 👏 transition

#GreenWashing

This is major! 🏅 @amisdelaterre.org, GREENPEACE FR, @notreaffaireatous.bsky.social, @clientearth.bsky.social
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www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
Historic win against greenwashing as Court rules TotalEnergies misled consumers on net zero
View the press release
www.clientearth.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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The #ToxicTradeTour saying NO to #EU-Mercosur began today in Vienna.

Standing in front of parliament, figures dressed as the leaders of Austria's governing coalition were dunked in green slime when they tried to perpetuate myths about the controversial trade deal
October 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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📣📨 138 organisations urge @ec.europa.eu - in the context of the simplification omnibus on Food and Feed Safety - to boost ambition and protect citizens and the environment from harmful #pesticides 👶🥕🍏🐝🐦🦋💧
👉 www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
130+ organisations urge von der Leyen to strengthen enforcement of EU pesticide law
138 civil society, scientific, water, and farming organisations across Europe have called on European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to fully enforce the EU Pesticide legislation. The open ...
www.pan-europe.info
October 28, 2025 at 8:08 AM
How energy fuels colonisation and genocide in Palestine

Here's another piece from the network explaining why we need to pay close attention to energy if we want to put a stop to the suffering in Palestine.

Read the briefing from @amisdelaterre.org 👇
www.amisdelaterre.org/publication/...
How energy fuels colonisation and genocide in Palestine
As the horrors of the genocide in Palestine continue to unfold, Friends of the Earth France have pinpointed a key cog in the Israeli war machine: energy. This multifaceted tool of oppression could bec...
www.amisdelaterre.org
October 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM