@ylemmen.bsky.social
Working on climate justice for Friends of the Earth Europe, looking after animals, perusing that queer content🌈 | she/they | based in the EU bubble, aspiring to live somewhere cold and green🌳
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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?...
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
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?...
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?...
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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
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 #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
Now they have a fully renovated home – including a solar panel which helps them to create & share their own energy.
1/7 👀⬇️
#CollectThemAll
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Inspired by World Food Day?!
Listen to the 'Soil Sisters' podcast to find out more about women and LGBTQ+ farmers and discover how ⬇️
🥕 feminist action works on the ground
🍏 communities build financial autonomy
🪷 alliances work across languages + borders
🎧 hub.urgenci.net/swift/unders...
#SWIFT
Listen to the 'Soil Sisters' podcast to find out more about women and LGBTQ+ farmers and discover how ⬇️
🥕 feminist action works on the ground
🍏 communities build financial autonomy
🪷 alliances work across languages + borders
🎧 hub.urgenci.net/swift/unders...
#SWIFT
October 16, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Inspired by World Food Day?!
Listen to the 'Soil Sisters' podcast to find out more about women and LGBTQ+ farmers and discover how ⬇️
🥕 feminist action works on the ground
🍏 communities build financial autonomy
🪷 alliances work across languages + borders
🎧 hub.urgenci.net/swift/unders...
#SWIFT
Listen to the 'Soil Sisters' podcast to find out more about women and LGBTQ+ farmers and discover how ⬇️
🥕 feminist action works on the ground
🍏 communities build financial autonomy
🪷 alliances work across languages + borders
🎧 hub.urgenci.net/swift/unders...
#SWIFT
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‘A remarkable ability to inspire’: global tributes pour in for Jane Goodall
‘A remarkable ability to inspire’: global tributes pour in for Jane Goodall
Barack Obama, Prince William and Tanzanian president among many to mark death of primatologist at age of 91
Word leaders, friends and former colleagues have been paying tribute to the primatologist Jane Goodall, who died in California on Wednesday aged 91.
Goodall devoted her life to studying chimpanzees and other great apes, and became a global champion for primates and for conservation, helping to challenge the idea that the primates were vegetarian and that only humans could use tools. She died in her sleep from natural causes in Los Angeles while on a speaking tour, according to her institute, leading to an outpouring of dedications from around the world. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:20 AM
‘A remarkable ability to inspire’: global tributes pour in for Jane Goodall
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Activists have been blocking the liquified gas port in Zeebrugge for 24 hours now, protesting the EU's imports of Russian gas, demanding that these aren't replaced with gas from the US
Getting the EU off fossil fuels is essential not only for the climate crisis, but for peace too
✍️: bit.ly/44DANBE
Getting the EU off fossil fuels is essential not only for the climate crisis, but for peace too
✍️: bit.ly/44DANBE
October 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Activists have been blocking the liquified gas port in Zeebrugge for 24 hours now, protesting the EU's imports of Russian gas, demanding that these aren't replaced with gas from the US
Getting the EU off fossil fuels is essential not only for the climate crisis, but for peace too
✍️: bit.ly/44DANBE
Getting the EU off fossil fuels is essential not only for the climate crisis, but for peace too
✍️: bit.ly/44DANBE
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We have brought together human rights lawyers, academics, and decisionmakers to literally walk the talk 🥾
Here's why Marina Stefanova, a corporate sustainability professor from Bulgaria has trekked across Belgium in the past 3 days to say no to deregulation 🙅♀️
Here's why Marina Stefanova, a corporate sustainability professor from Bulgaria has trekked across Belgium in the past 3 days to say no to deregulation 🙅♀️
September 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
We have brought together human rights lawyers, academics, and decisionmakers to literally walk the talk 🥾
Here's why Marina Stefanova, a corporate sustainability professor from Bulgaria has trekked across Belgium in the past 3 days to say no to deregulation 🙅♀️
Here's why Marina Stefanova, a corporate sustainability professor from Bulgaria has trekked across Belgium in the past 3 days to say no to deregulation 🙅♀️
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Wise words from Maya Doneva from the European Women's Lobby. This is why everyone should join the Back to the Future end event today✊
🧷 Sept 23 at Schuman
🕐 18:30
Come for the inspiring speeches, stay for the incredible music by Planete Boum Boum.
🧷 Sept 23 at Schuman
🕐 18:30
Come for the inspiring speeches, stay for the incredible music by Planete Boum Boum.
September 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Wise words from Maya Doneva from the European Women's Lobby. This is why everyone should join the Back to the Future end event today✊
🧷 Sept 23 at Schuman
🕐 18:30
Come for the inspiring speeches, stay for the incredible music by Planete Boum Boum.
🧷 Sept 23 at Schuman
🕐 18:30
Come for the inspiring speeches, stay for the incredible music by Planete Boum Boum.
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📢 We need strong climate obligations, accountability, and access to justice for those harmed by pollution, extraction, displacement and unsafe working conditions.
We are walking the talk 🫰
@ec.europa.eu, can you hear us coming yet⁉️
We are walking the talk 🫰
@ec.europa.eu, can you hear us coming yet⁉️
September 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
📢 We need strong climate obligations, accountability, and access to justice for those harmed by pollution, extraction, displacement and unsafe working conditions.
We are walking the talk 🫰
@ec.europa.eu, can you hear us coming yet⁉️
We are walking the talk 🫰
@ec.europa.eu, can you hear us coming yet⁉️
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🌡️Time to heat up the debate around summer #EnergyPoverty!
As we experience yet another record-breaking summer from Spain to Finland, we llok at what's being done around the world to protect the most vulnerable communities from excessive heat ➕ high energy bills
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www.linkedin.com/pulse/turnin...
As we experience yet another record-breaking summer from Spain to Finland, we llok at what's being done around the world to protect the most vulnerable communities from excessive heat ➕ high energy bills
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www.linkedin.com/pulse/turnin...
Turning down the heat: how can Europe tackle summer energy poverty
Europe has broken one heat record after the other in the past couple of weeks. Unprecedented heatwaves have been registered from Spain to Finland to the UK.
www.linkedin.com
August 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🌡️Time to heat up the debate around summer #EnergyPoverty!
As we experience yet another record-breaking summer from Spain to Finland, we llok at what's being done around the world to protect the most vulnerable communities from excessive heat ➕ high energy bills
👀⬇️
www.linkedin.com/pulse/turnin...
As we experience yet another record-breaking summer from Spain to Finland, we llok at what's being done around the world to protect the most vulnerable communities from excessive heat ➕ high energy bills
👀⬇️
www.linkedin.com/pulse/turnin...
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Today, dozens of decision makers in the @europarl.europa.eu have received the third item in the #BuildBetterLives' collectible series!
A key piece for improving homes and lives: HEAT PUMPS
🟰
- less emissions
- better air quality
- a break up with fossil fuels
#Collectibles
A key piece for improving homes and lives: HEAT PUMPS
🟰
- less emissions
- better air quality
- a break up with fossil fuels
#Collectibles
June 30, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Today, dozens of decision makers in the @europarl.europa.eu have received the third item in the #BuildBetterLives' collectible series!
A key piece for improving homes and lives: HEAT PUMPS
🟰
- less emissions
- better air quality
- a break up with fossil fuels
#Collectibles
A key piece for improving homes and lives: HEAT PUMPS
🟰
- less emissions
- better air quality
- a break up with fossil fuels
#Collectibles
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Ever wondered what #Gas and the #EiffelTower have to do with one another ⁉️
Our ✨ SHINY NEW ✨ infographic offers a visual depiction of the EU's gas issue.
In size, weight, stranded assets and wasted money. ⬇️
#ClimateJustice #StopGas
Our ✨ SHINY NEW ✨ infographic offers a visual depiction of the EU's gas issue.
In size, weight, stranded assets and wasted money. ⬇️
#ClimateJustice #StopGas
May 15, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Ever wondered what #Gas and the #EiffelTower have to do with one another ⁉️
Our ✨ SHINY NEW ✨ infographic offers a visual depiction of the EU's gas issue.
In size, weight, stranded assets and wasted money. ⬇️
#ClimateJustice #StopGas
Our ✨ SHINY NEW ✨ infographic offers a visual depiction of the EU's gas issue.
In size, weight, stranded assets and wasted money. ⬇️
#ClimateJustice #StopGas
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TotalEnergies wants to reboot its LNG project in Mozambique😵💫 This mega project is a threat to human rights, the environment, and climate!
We join @amisdelaterre.org + @actjusclimparis.bsky.social's call on financiers like @credit-agricole.bsky.social to say NO to Total, YES to #StopMozambiqueLNG
We join @amisdelaterre.org + @actjusclimparis.bsky.social's call on financiers like @credit-agricole.bsky.social to say NO to Total, YES to #StopMozambiqueLNG
May 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
TotalEnergies wants to reboot its LNG project in Mozambique😵💫 This mega project is a threat to human rights, the environment, and climate!
We join @amisdelaterre.org + @actjusclimparis.bsky.social's call on financiers like @credit-agricole.bsky.social to say NO to Total, YES to #StopMozambiqueLNG
We join @amisdelaterre.org + @actjusclimparis.bsky.social's call on financiers like @credit-agricole.bsky.social to say NO to Total, YES to #StopMozambiqueLNG
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📢 Just in! The #BuildBetterLives campaign continues with their DIY collectibles action by dropping off a new renovation item for decision makers 📮
Now they can insulate their paper home!
Well-insulated homes = lower energy demand & costs, fewer emissions, an end to energy poverty
#CollectThemAll
Now they can insulate their paper home!
Well-insulated homes = lower energy demand & costs, fewer emissions, an end to energy poverty
#CollectThemAll
March 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
📢 Just in! The #BuildBetterLives campaign continues with their DIY collectibles action by dropping off a new renovation item for decision makers 📮
Now they can insulate their paper home!
Well-insulated homes = lower energy demand & costs, fewer emissions, an end to energy poverty
#CollectThemAll
Now they can insulate their paper home!
Well-insulated homes = lower energy demand & costs, fewer emissions, an end to energy poverty
#CollectThemAll
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In a shocking move, Hungary’s Parliament has voted to ban Pride events, rushing the law through in one day, with no debate. This is a direct attack on freedom of assembly and human rights. www.ilga-europe.org/news/hungary...
March 19, 2025 at 11:49 AM
In a shocking move, Hungary’s Parliament has voted to ban Pride events, rushing the law through in one day, with no debate. This is a direct attack on freedom of assembly and human rights. www.ilga-europe.org/news/hungary...
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What's clear from the first 99 days of @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu 2.0
✅ Priority on energy policy
❌ Chasing growth at the cost of people & planet
The EU needs more than a narrow vision for growth & deregulation🪄 We need a fossil free future + energy plans that serve people, not industry. #100Days
✅ Priority on energy policy
❌ Chasing growth at the cost of people & planet
The EU needs more than a narrow vision for growth & deregulation🪄 We need a fossil free future + energy plans that serve people, not industry. #100Days
February 25, 2025 at 7:34 AM
What's clear from the first 99 days of @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu 2.0
✅ Priority on energy policy
❌ Chasing growth at the cost of people & planet
The EU needs more than a narrow vision for growth & deregulation🪄 We need a fossil free future + energy plans that serve people, not industry. #100Days
✅ Priority on energy policy
❌ Chasing growth at the cost of people & planet
The EU needs more than a narrow vision for growth & deregulation🪄 We need a fossil free future + energy plans that serve people, not industry. #100Days
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What should we expect from the EU's Action Plan for Affordable Energy, due next week? On today's episode of The Jolt, I dived into the leaked draft with guests from Eurelectric and @foeeurope.bsky.social. Listen here: foresightmedia.com/story/sHL2hR...
Making energy affordable in Europe
In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira looks at the European Union’s leaked draft plan to make energy affordable, plus environmental groups push back against efforts to expand fossil fuels in the United...
foresightmedia.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
What should we expect from the EU's Action Plan for Affordable Energy, due next week? On today's episode of The Jolt, I dived into the leaked draft with guests from Eurelectric and @foeeurope.bsky.social. Listen here: foresightmedia.com/story/sHL2hR...
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We joined the Jolt this morning to give our two cents on the draft Action Plan for Affordable Energy:
❌ We see a plan that mostly benefits industry
❌ We see a missed opportunity for supporting people who need it most
We are keeping our eyes peeled for next week 👀
#EndEnergyPoverty #RightToEnergy
❌ We see a plan that mostly benefits industry
❌ We see a missed opportunity for supporting people who need it most
We are keeping our eyes peeled for next week 👀
#EndEnergyPoverty #RightToEnergy
In today’s 15 minutes, Kira looks at the European Union’s leaked draft plan to make energy affordable, plus environmental groups push back against efforts to expand fossil fuels in the United States
Listen now: foresightmedia.com/story/sHL2hR...
@kirataylor.bsky.social
@smorgan.bsky.social
Listen now: foresightmedia.com/story/sHL2hR...
@kirataylor.bsky.social
@smorgan.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
We joined the Jolt this morning to give our two cents on the draft Action Plan for Affordable Energy:
❌ We see a plan that mostly benefits industry
❌ We see a missed opportunity for supporting people who need it most
We are keeping our eyes peeled for next week 👀
#EndEnergyPoverty #RightToEnergy
❌ We see a plan that mostly benefits industry
❌ We see a missed opportunity for supporting people who need it most
We are keeping our eyes peeled for next week 👀
#EndEnergyPoverty #RightToEnergy
Looks like the Action Plan for Affordable Energy Plan could you use more than a dash of #RightToEnergy
👀
👀
In today’s 15 minutes, Kira looks at the European Union’s leaked draft plan to make energy affordable, plus environmental groups push back against efforts to expand fossil fuels in the United States
Listen now: foresightmedia.com/story/sHL2hR...
@kirataylor.bsky.social
@smorgan.bsky.social
Listen now: foresightmedia.com/story/sHL2hR...
@kirataylor.bsky.social
@smorgan.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Looks like the Action Plan for Affordable Energy Plan could you use more than a dash of #RightToEnergy
👀
👀
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❌ NO to #Omnibus ❌ NO to sham processes
We were loud and clear:
Re-opening agreed EU sustainability laws is not an option!
The EU must defend the rules that were created to protect 🟢 human rights, communities, workers, environment, and climate 🟢
For more: corporatejustice.org/news/press-r...
We were loud and clear:
Re-opening agreed EU sustainability laws is not an option!
The EU must defend the rules that were created to protect 🟢 human rights, communities, workers, environment, and climate 🟢
For more: corporatejustice.org/news/press-r...
February 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
❌ NO to #Omnibus ❌ NO to sham processes
We were loud and clear:
Re-opening agreed EU sustainability laws is not an option!
The EU must defend the rules that were created to protect 🟢 human rights, communities, workers, environment, and climate 🟢
For more: corporatejustice.org/news/press-r...
We were loud and clear:
Re-opening agreed EU sustainability laws is not an option!
The EU must defend the rules that were created to protect 🟢 human rights, communities, workers, environment, and climate 🟢
For more: corporatejustice.org/news/press-r...
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Not without us
We are in front of the @ec.europa.eu bringing the voices of victims of corporate abuse that EU policymakers do not want in their consultation meeting today.
NGOs & trade unions have a common message: #NoToOmnibus
The EU should serve people and the planet, not corporate interests.
We are in front of the @ec.europa.eu bringing the voices of victims of corporate abuse that EU policymakers do not want in their consultation meeting today.
NGOs & trade unions have a common message: #NoToOmnibus
The EU should serve people and the planet, not corporate interests.
February 6, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Not without us
We are in front of the @ec.europa.eu bringing the voices of victims of corporate abuse that EU policymakers do not want in their consultation meeting today.
NGOs & trade unions have a common message: #NoToOmnibus
The EU should serve people and the planet, not corporate interests.
We are in front of the @ec.europa.eu bringing the voices of victims of corporate abuse that EU policymakers do not want in their consultation meeting today.
NGOs & trade unions have a common message: #NoToOmnibus
The EU should serve people and the planet, not corporate interests.
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🎤 We've come together with NGOs & trade unions to say #NoToOmnibus
➕
Call out the corporate influence and Commission's negligence on the #Omnibus process.
It's unacceptable that businesses & banks are invited whilst corporate abuse victims, workers & frontline communities are left in the dark‼️
➕
Call out the corporate influence and Commission's negligence on the #Omnibus process.
It's unacceptable that businesses & banks are invited whilst corporate abuse victims, workers & frontline communities are left in the dark‼️
February 6, 2025 at 7:42 AM
🎤 We've come together with NGOs & trade unions to say #NoToOmnibus
➕
Call out the corporate influence and Commission's negligence on the #Omnibus process.
It's unacceptable that businesses & banks are invited whilst corporate abuse victims, workers & frontline communities are left in the dark‼️
➕
Call out the corporate influence and Commission's negligence on the #Omnibus process.
It's unacceptable that businesses & banks are invited whilst corporate abuse victims, workers & frontline communities are left in the dark‼️
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The #BuildBetterLives campaign dropped off DOZENS of paper houses to EU decisionmakers, urging them to prioritise deep home renovations
Energy-efficient homes 🟰
lower energy demand and bills
fewer emissions
an end to energy poverty
#CollectThemAll #Collectibles #NewYearRenovation
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Energy-efficient homes 🟰
lower energy demand and bills
fewer emissions
an end to energy poverty
#CollectThemAll #Collectibles #NewYearRenovation
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January 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The #BuildBetterLives campaign dropped off DOZENS of paper houses to EU decisionmakers, urging them to prioritise deep home renovations
Energy-efficient homes 🟰
lower energy demand and bills
fewer emissions
an end to energy poverty
#CollectThemAll #Collectibles #NewYearRenovation
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Energy-efficient homes 🟰
lower energy demand and bills
fewer emissions
an end to energy poverty
#CollectThemAll #Collectibles #NewYearRenovation
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📢 It's that time again to raise your voice against #Gas! Start the year off on the right foot and block your agenda for 18-21 Jan ✏️
This year's European Gas Conference has moved to Bucharest 🇷🇴 AND so has the counterprotest.
Below is all you need to know.
See you there❓❔❓
#StopNeptunDeep
This year's European Gas Conference has moved to Bucharest 🇷🇴 AND so has the counterprotest.
Below is all you need to know.
See you there❓❔❓
#StopNeptunDeep
January 3, 2025 at 10:02 AM
📢 It's that time again to raise your voice against #Gas! Start the year off on the right foot and block your agenda for 18-21 Jan ✏️
This year's European Gas Conference has moved to Bucharest 🇷🇴 AND so has the counterprotest.
Below is all you need to know.
See you there❓❔❓
#StopNeptunDeep
This year's European Gas Conference has moved to Bucharest 🇷🇴 AND so has the counterprotest.
Below is all you need to know.
See you there❓❔❓
#StopNeptunDeep