Kim Claes
@kimclaes.bsky.social
Corporate Capture Campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe
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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
👍 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
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
👍 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
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6/ Therefore if its lobbyists can't tick the box, why should TotalEnergies be allowed to attend the UN climate talks in Brazil this November, aka COP30, which are working towards the goals of the Paris Agreement? It openly makes a mockery of the process.
#KickBigPollutersOut
#KickBigPollutersOut
October 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
6/ Therefore if its lobbyists can't tick the box, why should TotalEnergies be allowed to attend the UN climate talks in Brazil this November, aka COP30, which are working towards the goals of the Paris Agreement? It openly makes a mockery of the process.
#KickBigPollutersOut
#KickBigPollutersOut
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5/ Now that a court has ruled that TotalEnergies' so-called "Paris-aligned" plan of being "net-zero emissions by 2050" is in fact greenwashing, and it's no longer able to claim such things, TotalEnergies is *not* "in full alignment" with "the goals and principles of the Paris Agreement"
October 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
5/ Now that a court has ruled that TotalEnergies' so-called "Paris-aligned" plan of being "net-zero emissions by 2050" is in fact greenwashing, and it's no longer able to claim such things, TotalEnergies is *not* "in full alignment" with "the goals and principles of the Paris Agreement"
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4/ Thanks to years of hard work by the Kick Big Polluters Out campaign (which we're a member of), participants at this year's UN climate talks in Belém, Brazil, aka COP30, have to confirm if their participation is in "full alignment" with "the goal and principles of the Paris Agreement"
October 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
4/ Thanks to years of hard work by the Kick Big Polluters Out campaign (which we're a member of), participants at this year's UN climate talks in Belém, Brazil, aka COP30, have to confirm if their participation is in "full alignment" with "the goal and principles of the Paris Agreement"
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3/ "net-zero emissions by 2050" was the agreed goal of the Paris Agreement, signed at UN climate talks in 2015, aka COP21.
Since then, many fossil fuel companies, including Total, have adopted net zero plans while continuing with fossil fuel production, but have got away with it (until now).
Since then, many fossil fuel companies, including Total, have adopted net zero plans while continuing with fossil fuel production, but have got away with it (until now).
October 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
3/ "net-zero emissions by 2050" was the agreed goal of the Paris Agreement, signed at UN climate talks in 2015, aka COP21.
Since then, many fossil fuel companies, including Total, have adopted net zero plans while continuing with fossil fuel production, but have got away with it (until now).
Since then, many fossil fuel companies, including Total, have adopted net zero plans while continuing with fossil fuel production, but have got away with it (until now).
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2/ A three year battle by Fossil Free Politics member @amisdelaterre.org has seen the courts find French 🇫🇷 oil and gas major TotalEnergies guilty of greenwashing, in particular its narrative of reaching "net zero emissions by 20250".
www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
French court convicts TotalEnergies of greenwashing over climate claims
Judges ruled on Thursday that the energy giant had misled consumers by overstating its carbon neutrality goals. The case could set a potential precedent for corporate climate advertising.
www.lemonde.fr
October 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
2/ A three year battle by Fossil Free Politics member @amisdelaterre.org has seen the courts find French 🇫🇷 oil and gas major TotalEnergies guilty of greenwashing, in particular its narrative of reaching "net zero emissions by 20250".
www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
Reposted by Kim Claes
1/ 🤔 indulge us in an exercise of logic, spread over a few posts
TL;DR? a new court ruling and a new disclosure mechanism should ban 🇫🇷 French oil & gas major ⛽ TotalEnergies from participating at COP30 in Brazil.
TL;DR? a new court ruling and a new disclosure mechanism should ban 🇫🇷 French oil & gas major ⛽ TotalEnergies from participating at COP30 in Brazil.
October 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
1/ 🤔 indulge us in an exercise of logic, spread over a few posts
TL;DR? a new court ruling and a new disclosure mechanism should ban 🇫🇷 French oil & gas major ⛽ TotalEnergies from participating at COP30 in Brazil.
TL;DR? a new court ruling and a new disclosure mechanism should ban 🇫🇷 French oil & gas major ⛽ TotalEnergies from participating at COP30 in Brazil.
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Europe is stuck with gas again. How could that happen? And what role did the gas lobby play in it?
🇳🇱 For Dutch speakers - Listen to the podcast made by @argosonderzoekt.bsky.social (VPRO/ broadcaster HUMAN) and the interview with @kimclaes.bsky.social
🎧 argos.vpro.nl/artikelen/ge...
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🇳🇱 For Dutch speakers - Listen to the podcast made by @argosonderzoekt.bsky.social (VPRO/ broadcaster HUMAN) and the interview with @kimclaes.bsky.social
🎧 argos.vpro.nl/artikelen/ge...
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Gekaapt door gas: hoe de fossiele lobby de Oekraine-oorlog gebruikte
Hoe gebruikte de gaslobby de oorlog in Oekraïne om het Europese energiebeleid naar hun hand te zetten?
argos.vpro.nl
May 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Europe is stuck with gas again. How could that happen? And what role did the gas lobby play in it?
🇳🇱 For Dutch speakers - Listen to the podcast made by @argosonderzoekt.bsky.social (VPRO/ broadcaster HUMAN) and the interview with @kimclaes.bsky.social
🎧 argos.vpro.nl/artikelen/ge...
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🇳🇱 For Dutch speakers - Listen to the podcast made by @argosonderzoekt.bsky.social (VPRO/ broadcaster HUMAN) and the interview with @kimclaes.bsky.social
🎧 argos.vpro.nl/artikelen/ge...
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2️⃣ And how the Clean Industrial Deal was created during the Antwerp Summit, when the energy-intensive industry managed to push all of their demands on the EU political agenda.
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May 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
2️⃣ And how the Clean Industrial Deal was created during the Antwerp Summit, when the energy-intensive industry managed to push all of their demands on the EU political agenda.
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Some highlights from the episode:
1️⃣ About the EU Energy Industry Advisory Group, created after Russia's invasion, in which the fossil fuel industry got direct access to decision makers - and public subsidies.
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1️⃣ About the EU Energy Industry Advisory Group, created after Russia's invasion, in which the fossil fuel industry got direct access to decision makers - and public subsidies.
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May 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Some highlights from the episode:
1️⃣ About the EU Energy Industry Advisory Group, created after Russia's invasion, in which the fossil fuel industry got direct access to decision makers - and public subsidies.
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1️⃣ About the EU Energy Industry Advisory Group, created after Russia's invasion, in which the fossil fuel industry got direct access to decision makers - and public subsidies.
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📢 CSOs are currently facing an attack spearheaded by some MEPs from the EPP and far-right groups.
We urge MEPs to fight back against these attacks, in the committees and in the Plenary, and stand by the side of citizens and civil society.
📄 friendsoftheearth.eu/wp-content/u...
#StopAttackingNGOs
We urge MEPs to fight back against these attacks, in the committees and in the Plenary, and stand by the side of citizens and civil society.
📄 friendsoftheearth.eu/wp-content/u...
#StopAttackingNGOs
April 7, 2025 at 9:18 AM
📢 CSOs are currently facing an attack spearheaded by some MEPs from the EPP and far-right groups.
We urge MEPs to fight back against these attacks, in the committees and in the Plenary, and stand by the side of citizens and civil society.
📄 friendsoftheearth.eu/wp-content/u...
#StopAttackingNGOs
We urge MEPs to fight back against these attacks, in the committees and in the Plenary, and stand by the side of citizens and civil society.
📄 friendsoftheearth.eu/wp-content/u...
#StopAttackingNGOs
Big banks admit catastrophic warming is coming—but instead of working to prevent it, they’re positioning to profit. This is how the energy transition is hijacked: public money funneled into industries that prioritize shareholder payouts (friendsoftheearth.eu/publication/...) over real solutions.
April 2, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Big banks admit catastrophic warming is coming—but instead of working to prevent it, they’re positioning to profit. This is how the energy transition is hijacked: public money funneled into industries that prioritize shareholder payouts (friendsoftheearth.eu/publication/...) over real solutions.
@foeeurope.bsky.social as part of Friends of the Earth International vehemently condemns the brutal and senseless massacre and ongoing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza by the Israeli occupation.
March 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
@foeeurope.bsky.social as part of Friends of the Earth International vehemently condemns the brutal and senseless massacre and ongoing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza by the Israeli occupation.
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Why is the EU just about to label #hydrogen made from fossil gas as clean??⁉️
Lobby scam uncovered❗
Big polluters behind closed 🚪try to skew emissions accounting models in their favour.
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/3/EU...
w/ @fossilfreeeu.bsky.social @elegere.bsky.social @powershift.bsky.social
Lobby scam uncovered❗
Big polluters behind closed 🚪try to skew emissions accounting models in their favour.
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/3/EU...
w/ @fossilfreeeu.bsky.social @elegere.bsky.social @powershift.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Why is the EU just about to label #hydrogen made from fossil gas as clean??⁉️
Lobby scam uncovered❗
Big polluters behind closed 🚪try to skew emissions accounting models in their favour.
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/3/EU...
w/ @fossilfreeeu.bsky.social @elegere.bsky.social @powershift.bsky.social
Lobby scam uncovered❗
Big polluters behind closed 🚪try to skew emissions accounting models in their favour.
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/3/EU...
w/ @fossilfreeeu.bsky.social @elegere.bsky.social @powershift.bsky.social
"Save" the industry? More like save us from its myths. 🏭
The story goes: industry in the Netherlands (and much of the EU) is in crisis. The supposed fix? Less regulation, more public money.
😢 But let’s dry those crocodile tears. 😢
The story goes: industry in the Netherlands (and much of the EU) is in crisis. The supposed fix? Less regulation, more public money.
😢 But let’s dry those crocodile tears. 😢
March 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
"Save" the industry? More like save us from its myths. 🏭
The story goes: industry in the Netherlands (and much of the EU) is in crisis. The supposed fix? Less regulation, more public money.
😢 But let’s dry those crocodile tears. 😢
The story goes: industry in the Netherlands (and much of the EU) is in crisis. The supposed fix? Less regulation, more public money.
😢 But let’s dry those crocodile tears. 😢
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Yesterday, we protested. Today we sit with baited breath.
Has the @ec.europa.eu heard our calls to keep green rules in tact⁉️
#NoToOmnibus #YesToCSDDD
Has the @ec.europa.eu heard our calls to keep green rules in tact⁉️
#NoToOmnibus #YesToCSDDD
🚨 Back to protest mode
Tomorrow, @ec.europa.eu will announce #Omnibus, but we've seen the leaked text: it's a direct assault on the EU sustainability framework & dramatic for the #CSDDD
It's not simplification, but full-scale deregulation designed to dismantle corporate accountability
#NoToOmnibus
Tomorrow, @ec.europa.eu will announce #Omnibus, but we've seen the leaked text: it's a direct assault on the EU sustainability framework & dramatic for the #CSDDD
It's not simplification, but full-scale deregulation designed to dismantle corporate accountability
#NoToOmnibus
February 26, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Yesterday, we protested. Today we sit with baited breath.
Has the @ec.europa.eu heard our calls to keep green rules in tact⁉️
#NoToOmnibus #YesToCSDDD
Has the @ec.europa.eu heard our calls to keep green rules in tact⁉️
#NoToOmnibus #YesToCSDDD
The Clean Industrial Deal clearly prioritises corporate interests over climate action and public welfare. The notion that industry needs more capital to decarbonise is deceptive—loosening state aid rules and using public funds to ‘de-risk’ private investment will not drive the needed transition.
The @ec.europa.eu has revealed its gameplan for the coming years and it looks like Climate Ambition will be the biggest loser 🚨
Some of our takeaways:👇
friendsoftheearth.eu/press-releas...
Some of our takeaways:👇
friendsoftheearth.eu/press-releas...
March 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The Clean Industrial Deal clearly prioritises corporate interests over climate action and public welfare. The notion that industry needs more capital to decarbonise is deceptive—loosening state aid rules and using public funds to ‘de-risk’ private investment will not drive the needed transition.
Stop the #Omnibus frenzy ➕ stick to their promise to #HoldBizAccountable
🔴 Live right now!
We're in front of the @ec.europa.eu again urging decisionmakers to end the #Omnibus frenzy ➕ stick to their promise to #HoldBizAccountable.
This is not about cutting red tape. It's deregulation at the expense of people and climate.
#ProtectCSDDD #NoToOmnibus
We're in front of the @ec.europa.eu again urging decisionmakers to end the #Omnibus frenzy ➕ stick to their promise to #HoldBizAccountable.
This is not about cutting red tape. It's deregulation at the expense of people and climate.
#ProtectCSDDD #NoToOmnibus
February 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Stop the #Omnibus frenzy ➕ stick to their promise to #HoldBizAccountable
Big industry is undermining our democracies. Industry lobbying is at unprecedented levels. #corporatecapture #lobbyingfirewall
Big business spends millions lobbying the EU, but who are the top spenders, and what do they want?
Together with @lobbycontrol.bsky.social we took a look and can reveal that declared corporate lobby spend has reached unprecedented levels.
#lobbying
#lobbyingfirewall
#corporatecapture
Together with @lobbycontrol.bsky.social we took a look and can reveal that declared corporate lobby spend has reached unprecedented levels.
#lobbying
#lobbyingfirewall
#corporatecapture
February 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Big industry is undermining our democracies. Industry lobbying is at unprecedented levels. #corporatecapture #lobbyingfirewall
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The same companies were lobbying tirelessly for billion-Euro subsidies to maintain their competitiveness and as contribution to their green transition.
The report makes it clear: the problem is not a lack of money, but their prioritisation of shareholder payouts over investment.
The report makes it clear: the problem is not a lack of money, but their prioritisation of shareholder payouts over investment.
February 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The same companies were lobbying tirelessly for billion-Euro subsidies to maintain their competitiveness and as contribution to their green transition.
The report makes it clear: the problem is not a lack of money, but their prioritisation of shareholder payouts over investment.
The report makes it clear: the problem is not a lack of money, but their prioritisation of shareholder payouts over investment.
Reposted by Kim Claes
⚠️ Key fossil fuel facts from the report
Shell distributed 97% of their profits to shareholders, Total energies 86%, and others like Eni and BP provided payouts that exceeded their profits.
📰 www.climatechangenews.com/2025/02/20/b...
Shell distributed 97% of their profits to shareholders, Total energies 86%, and others like Eni and BP provided payouts that exceeded their profits.
📰 www.climatechangenews.com/2025/02/20/b...
Big polluters funnel 75% of profits to shareholders, not clean energy
Research shows that Europe's big polluters have handed shareholders, not clean energy, most of their profits – now they want public handouts
www.climatechangenews.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
⚠️ Key fossil fuel facts from the report
Shell distributed 97% of their profits to shareholders, Total energies 86%, and others like Eni and BP provided payouts that exceeded their profits.
📰 www.climatechangenews.com/2025/02/20/b...
Shell distributed 97% of their profits to shareholders, Total energies 86%, and others like Eni and BP provided payouts that exceeded their profits.
📰 www.climatechangenews.com/2025/02/20/b...
The EU’s policy approach must focus on responsible
investment that balances the needs of people, the planet, and the economy—not on subsidies that disproportionately benefit the wealthy few at the expense of the many.
investment that balances the needs of people, the planet, and the economy—not on subsidies that disproportionately benefit the wealthy few at the expense of the many.
With #CleanIndustrialDeal around the corner, big energy companies claim they need money to feed the energy transition. But instead, they are feeding the shareholders a whopping 75% of their profits.
⬇️ Read the new shocking report from @somoamsterdam.bsky.social & @foeeurope.bsky.social ⬇️
⬇️ Read the new shocking report from @somoamsterdam.bsky.social & @foeeurope.bsky.social ⬇️
Shareholders over solutions: How big industry favours payouts over the energy transition - Friends of the Earth Europe
In the framework of the Clean Industrial Deal, energy-intensive companies are set to receive billion-Euro-subsidies to maintain their competitiveness and contribute a clean energy transition. A new…
friendsoftheearth.eu
February 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
The EU’s policy approach must focus on responsible
investment that balances the needs of people, the planet, and the economy—not on subsidies that disproportionately benefit the wealthy few at the expense of the many.
investment that balances the needs of people, the planet, and the economy—not on subsidies that disproportionately benefit the wealthy few at the expense of the many.
Reposted by Kim Claes
Big industry says they need public funding for the energy transition...
But they're funnelling 75% of their profits into shareholders payouts 🤔
🔎 Our new investigation with @foeeurope.bsky.social exposes a system that puts shareholder gains before public interest.
Have a look ➡️ bitl.to/40NX
But they're funnelling 75% of their profits into shareholders payouts 🤔
🔎 Our new investigation with @foeeurope.bsky.social exposes a system that puts shareholder gains before public interest.
Have a look ➡️ bitl.to/40NX
February 20, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Big industry says they need public funding for the energy transition...
But they're funnelling 75% of their profits into shareholders payouts 🤔
🔎 Our new investigation with @foeeurope.bsky.social exposes a system that puts shareholder gains before public interest.
Have a look ➡️ bitl.to/40NX
But they're funnelling 75% of their profits into shareholders payouts 🤔
🔎 Our new investigation with @foeeurope.bsky.social exposes a system that puts shareholder gains before public interest.
Have a look ➡️ bitl.to/40NX
Despite this, they continue to distribute their profits to shareholders instead of investing it in their own company. Like our @foeeurope.bsky.social and @somoamsterdam.bsky.social research shows friendsoftheearth.eu/publication/...
February 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Despite this, they continue to distribute their profits to shareholders instead of investing it in their own company. Like our @foeeurope.bsky.social and @somoamsterdam.bsky.social research shows friendsoftheearth.eu/publication/...
The Clean Industrial Deal narrative is built on false premises. Energy-intensive industries have enjoyed significant profits over the past decade—not a shortage of capital.
Europe’s top polluters have directed 75% of their $2.1 trillion profits since 2010 to shareholder payouts, rather than clean energy investments, new research by @foeeurope.bsky.social & @somoamsterdam.bsky.social finds.
Big polluters funnel 75% of profits to shareholders, not clean energy
Research shows that Europe's big polluters have handed shareholders, not clean energy, most of their profits – now they want public handouts
buff.ly
February 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The Clean Industrial Deal narrative is built on false premises. Energy-intensive industries have enjoyed significant profits over the past decade—not a shortage of capital.