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🇻🇪 Solidarity with the Venezuelan people in the face of imperialist aggression

Friends of the Earth Latin America and the Caribbean (ATALC) denounces and condemns the military aggression of the United States, which violates the sovereignty and self-determination of the Venezuelan people.
January 3, 2026 at 6:34 PM
🔴 Just in time before the year ends!

Civil society organisations have sent a formal letter to 3️⃣0️⃣ public & private financial institutions to stop financing TotalEnergies’ destructive LNG gas project in Mozambique.

Read the full letter here ⬇️

www.linkedin.com/pulse/financ...

#StopMozGas
Financial institutions urged to follow UKEF and Atradius DSB in withdrawing from Mozambique LNG
Press release by: Justiça Ambiental! / Reclaim Finance / BankTrack / Friends of the Earth Japan / Friends of the Earth France Maputo, December 18 2025 - Financial institutions are being urged to immed...
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December 22, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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🌡️ Pressure is mounting: After the UK and Dutch export credit agencies (UKEF & Atradius DSB) exited over human rights concerns, financial institutions must now withdraw their support for TotalEnergies’ Mozambique LNG project in Cabo Delgado.

📄 Read the letter ⬇️
Financial institutions urged to follow UKEF and Atradius DSB in withdrawing from Mozambique LNG - Reclaim Finance
Financial institutions are being urged to immediately withdraw their financial support from TotalEnergies' Mozambique LNG project in Cabo Delgado
reclaimfinance.org
December 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
"In the dispute over Russian billions in European banks, Russia is successfully intimidating the EU with lawsuits. European governments themselves are to blame for this."

The reason: investment treaties. So we filled complaints for the EU Commission to start infringement procedures against 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇦🇹 🇸🇪
Im Streit um russische Milliarden bei Europas Banken schüchtert Russland die EU mit Klagen erfolgreich ein. Schuld daran sind die europäischen Regierungen selbst.
Russisches Vermögen: Der hybride Krieg hat eine weitere Front
Im Streit um russische Milliarden bei Europas Banken schüchtert Russland die EU mit Klagen erfolgreich ein. Schuld daran sind die europäischen Regierungen selbst.
www.zeit.de
December 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The frozen Russian assets issue shows how Europe is held back by investment treaties.

⏭️ With civil society groups in 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇦🇹 🇸🇪 & @eurtradejustice.bsky.social we've filed complaints urging the Commission to open infringement procedures against these states for keeping treaties that clash with EU law.
NGOs file infringement complaints investment treaties clashing with EU sanctions & states’ right to regulate
At tomorrow’s European Council, EU leaders will try to close a deal on using frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine’s defence. This is challenged by Belgium, which fears billion-euros arbitration cl...
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December 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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🎅🧪☠️Estas Navidades la Comisión Europea nos regala pesticidas tóxicos, un regalo envenenado para la población europea, mientras la industria se frota las manos y hace caja.
www.tierra.org/el-omnibus-a... @foeeurope.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
🔎 Great investigative piece from Hans Wetzels & @alistairkeepe.bsky.social exposing the web of investment treaties that lets sanctioned oligarchs shop around for friendly investor tribunals & sue Ukraine for hundreds of millions.

With our @pauldeclerck.bsky.social in it 👇
⚖️As Ukraine fights a full-scale invasion, sanctioned Russian billionaires are demanding hundreds of millions in compensation – exploiting investment treaties to sue the war-torn state from courtrooms across Europe.

Read the article: www.ftm.eu/articles/rus...
December 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
🚨☣️ The EU Commission just published its "Food & Feed Omnibus” proposal, dismantling some of the EU’s most fundamental protections from pesticides that poison our food, water, nature.

This only serves the pesticide industry, not the public interest 👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/press-releas...
December 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Earlier today, a majority of members from the 3 far-right groups, the conservatives and the liberals rubber-stamped the final #Omnibus 1

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Final destruction of rules to protect people and the environment from corporate harm 🫥🤯

More here ⬇️

www.linkedin.com/posts/alban-...
#omnibus1 #csddd | Alban Grosdidier
😱 This is the European Parliament caving to pressure coming from the far-right, the US administration and greedy multinationals. 🚫 Earlier today, a majority of members from the 3 far-right groups, th...
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December 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The deregulator wants to poison us

EU decisionmakers intent to scrap safety reviews for chemicals that are used for our food & drink

Chemicals that could cause cancer...🫥 So #BigBizz can market them more easily 🤯

Write to @ec.europa.eu! Stop the #FoodOmnibus

friendsoftheearth.eu/news/raise-y...
December 15, 2025 at 8:55 AM
New research shows toxic chemicals in food systems cost us up to $2.2 trillion a year in health impacts.

Meanwhile the EU Commission wants to destroy our protections against pesticide risks. We can't let this happen, help us👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/news/raise-y...

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Synthetic chemicals in food system creating health burden of $2.2tn a year, report finds
Scientists issue urgent warning about chemicals, found to cause cancer and infertility as well as harming environment
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:17 AM
What impact would omnibus measures have on workers? Thanks to @foeeurope.bsky.social, the #deregulator simulator shows the one-two punch of big business lobbying!

Will the Commission continue their capitulation to corporate interests? Or will they reverse course and side with European citizens?
December 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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🎮 Alguien juega está jugando con nuestras vidas. Las grandes empresas presionan, los que hacen las leyes ceden. Con cada norma eliminada, nuestro aire, suelo y salud se degradan.

📽️ Mira como va la partida:
youtu.be/IyWvUzR5y2M?...

#Deregulator #RulesToProtect @foeeurope.bsky.social
The deregulator
YouTube video by Friends of the Earth Europe
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December 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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👾 Parece un juego, pero no lo es 👾
🎥 A través de este video @foeeurope.bsky.social denuncia que las propuestas del paquete #OmnibusI se han impulsado mediante dinámicas poco transparentes, que afectan negativamente la calidad y la legitimidad del proceso legislativo europeo 🇪🇺
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Ever heard of cheesing?* 🧀

It's the perfect way to describe the game that's played by decisionmakers to destroy environmental & human rights protections:

1. Cheap tricks
2. Unfair
3. Overly easy

Watch & let us know who you nominate for BIGGEST cheese⁉️

#Deregulator

youtu.be/IyWvUzR5y2M?...
The deregulator
YouTube video by Friends of the Earth Europe
youtu.be
December 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Ever heard of cheesing?* 🧀

It's the perfect way to describe the game that's played by decisionmakers to destroy environmental & human rights protections:

1. Cheap tricks
2. Unfair
3. Overly easy

Watch & let us know who you nominate for BIGGEST cheese⁉️

#Deregulator

youtu.be/IyWvUzR5y2M?...
The deregulator
YouTube video by Friends of the Earth Europe
youtu.be
December 11, 2025 at 7:51 AM
❓Why do investment treaties hang like a multi-billion-dollar Sword of Damocles over Ukraine and its allies?

🧩 Hint: it has to do with sanctioned oligarchs and secretive tribunals.

💡Answer: friendsoftheearth.eu/publication/...

Or below if you speak French 👇
December 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The #BuildBetterLives campaign continues with their DIY collectibles action by dropping the final renovation tool into the post-boxes 📫 of EU decision makers❗

Now they have a fully renovated home – including a solar panel which helps them to create & share their own energy.

1/7 👀⬇️

#CollectThemAll
December 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Trojan horse of net zero 🐴

“Instead of focusing on the fossil phase-out, we’re funding a lifeline for the industry driving the crisis" said @kimclaes.bsky.social about the Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) tech.

Listen to Argos's new podcast for the full story (NL)
argos.vpro.nl/artikelen/go...
Gokken met CO2 onder de Noordzee: redmiddel of ramp?
Het is de belofte waar ons klimaatbeleid voor een groot deel op leunt: CO2 opvangen en voor altijd opslaan, bijvoorbeeld onder de Noordzee. Het heet Carbon Capture and Storage, ofwel CCS.
argos.vpro.nl
December 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Yesterday, EU decisionmakers started their final round of political negotiations on the EU’s corporate due diligence law #CSDDD

They delivered...

😬 an abysmal deal for the environment and human rights
🛁 a warm bath for climate-wrecking businesses

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www.linkedin.com/pulse/eu-due...

#NoToOmnibus
EU due diligence – EU legislators consume their union with the far-right, after it has been officiated by big business
Over night, EU legislators engaged in their final round of political negotiations on the EU’s corporate due diligence law. Delivering an abysmal deal for the environment and human rights and a warm ba...
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December 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Les cas d'arbitrage d'investissement #ISDS connus (et les menaces de recours) déposés par des personnes et entités sous sanctions atteignent déjà 62 Mds $. Un montant qui se rapproche des 70 Mds d’aide militaire que l’UE a fourni à l’Ukraine depuis 2022.
www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeur...
Piégés par leurs vieux traités avec la Russie, les Européens sous la menace de lourdes pénalités financières
Un rapport alerte sur le risque que font peser sur l’Union européenne les procédures d’arbitrage lancées par les oligarques et entreprises russes visés par des sanctions.
www.lemonde.fr
December 9, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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🔴 Russische Oligarchen gehen vor internationalen Schiedsgerichten massiv gegen die Russland-Sanktionen vor. 28 Verfahren wurden bereits eingeleitet. Geforderte Entschädigungen gesamt: 62 Mrd USD. Das zeigt unsere neue Studie, die wir heute mit Partnern veröffentlichen: power-shift.de/russian-olig...
December 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Russian oligarchs are launching massive challenges to EU sanctions in secretive tribunals

Our 🆕 joint analysis found🕴️28 cases or threats 💸 for a total of $62bn in claims

How a system built to “protect” investors is now undermining sanctions & Ukraine’s defence👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/press-releas...
How billion-dollar investor arbitrations undermine sanctions & Ukraine’s defense
An analysis of publicly-disclosed claims conducted by civil society organisations reveals that 28 investment arbitration cases (including threats) have been initiated by sanctioned oligarchs or compan...
friendsoftheearth.eu
December 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
😱 The European Commission may soon allow pesticides to remain approved indefinitely, with no deadlines to check for new harms.

Use our tool to email EU Commissioners and tell them to protect citizens, farmers and nature - not industry profits!
👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/news/raise-y...
Raise your voice for safe food and nature free from toxic pesticides
The European Commission is on a roll. After proposing to destroy Europe’s corporate sustainability law, they now want to attack various food laws, including on pesticide protection.
friendsoftheearth.eu
December 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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🎁💸And here comes yet another gift to the biotech industry...

Last night, the EU institutions made a deal to destroy safeguards for new GMOs. A gift for corporations, a punishment for consumers, farmers and nature.

Our full reaction 👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/press-releas...

#nonewGMOs #IchooseGMOfree
the grinch is wearing a christmas wreath on his head and holding a gift .
ALT: the grinch is wearing a christmas wreath on his head and holding a gift .
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December 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM