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138 European civil society organisations have written an open letter to leading decisionmakers at COP26, urging them to curb the fossil fuel industry’s influence on climate decision making. The letter provides a list of 5 clear demands that simultaneously describe how the fossil fuel industry blocks effective climate decision making. Recognise that the public interest …
Friends of the Earth Europe joins call to COP26 organisers: address elephant in the room.Read more
Research uncovers hundreds of meetings between fossil fuel lobbyists and dozens of unethical job swaps with public officials
This press release first appeared on Les Amis de la Terre / Friends of the Earth France website (translated). New research from Friends of the Earth France Les Amis de la Terre / Friends of the Earth France, l’Observatoire des mutinationales and Survie launched a new report revealing how the French state plays into the …
How the French state plays into Total’s hands in UgandaRead more
Sixteen leading European civil society organisations have announced they will no longer accept invitations to speak at media events on EU policy sponsored by fossil fuel companies
New report reveals how corporations sneakily sabotage a new EU law to hold them accountable Corporate lobbyists are fighting an announced EU law that seeks to hold companies accountable for human rights abuses and environmental destruction. This is evident from a new report by Brussels-based lobby-watchdog Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), the European Coalition for Corporate …
Industry’s lobby tricks against liability for human rights and environmental abusesRead more
Corporate lobbyists are fighting a proposed EU law that seeks to hold companies accountable for human rights abuses and environmental destruction. While some employ outright hostility and are clear that they don’t want the law in the first place, more insidious are those companies that while appearing cooperative, seek to fatally weaken the rules. Friends …
How business lobbies against liability for human rights and environmental abusesRead more
