Gas
We need massive public investment in renewable energy and reducing energy consumption to stop climate breakdown.
But the European Union and its member states are still fanning the flames of climate breakdown, by using public money to subsidise new fossil gas projects.
Since 2014, the EU has spent hundreds of billions of Euros on pipelines and other infrastructure to transport gas into and around Europe. These projects will last well into the future, locking us into continued fossil fuel dependency. And it is increasingly promoting hydrogen derived from more fossil gas.
We campaign for an end to public money for all fossil fuel infrastructure, and work to support communities across Europe and beyond pushing back against these polluting projects.
Fighting funding for gas
11/06/21
EU energy ministers fail to end fossil gas subsidies
EU energy ministers will extend subsidies for fossil fuels – stranding EU’s climate objectives Europe’s energy ministers have decided to extend subsid …
15/12/20
EU Commission throws a lifeline to fossil gas companies
Vested gas interests and fossil hydrogen are winners from energy infrastructure proposal The European Commission has thrown open the door to new subsi …
11/12/20
Commission set to prolong fossil fuel subsidies
Substantial support for fossil hydrogen will worsen global warming warns Friends of the Earth The European Commission is set to propose to continue EU …
Gas and the climate
23/12/22
The EU-US Energy Task Force, another fossil fuel lobby vehicle?
On the 25th March, as the EU was scrambling to respond to the invasion of Ukraine and its potential implications for the EU’s access to energy supplie …
20/07/22
Winter gas plan needs to mark permanent exit from fossil fuels and energy poverty
The EU’s strategy to reduce Europe’s gas demand – dubbed, Save Gas for a Safe Winter – in order to prepare for a full gas cut-off by Russia, offers in …
07/06/22
Environmental groups challenge EU support for 30 fossil gas projects
Friends of the Earth Europe, ClientEarth, Food & Water Action Europe and CEE Bankwatch Network are starting legal action to end support to 30 EU-b …
Gas industry lobbying
23/12/22
The EU-US Energy Task Force, another fossil fuel lobby vehicle?
On the 25th March, as the EU was scrambling to respond to the invasion of Ukraine and its potential implications for the EU’s access to energy supplie …
02/09/21
Fossil fuelled media events boycotted
Sixteen leading European civil society organisations have announced they will no longer accept invitations to speak at media events on EU policy spons …
04/05/21
The EU’s Industrial Alliances
The new corporate capture that threatens democracy and the environment The European Commission has increasingly been turning to alliances with big bus …
Around Europe
26/10/22
A ‘Gastastrophic’ Mistake
The attack on Ukraine brought Europe’s dependency on Russian oil and gas into the limelight earlier in 2022. But the EU doesn’t only rely on fossil fu …
01/12/21
Victory! France won’t support gas megaproject in the Arctic
Thanks to citizen mobilisation, French President Emmanuel Macron and his government will ultimately not support Arctic LNG 2, a Total gas megaproject …
25/10/21
Energy prices are skyrocketing. It’s game over for gas
EU leaders are scrambling a response to skyrocketing energy prices. But the most glaring long-term answer is not on the table: getting Europe off gas.
Contact
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Colin RocheClimate justice & energy coordinator |
Cristina PricopAnti-fossil gas campaigner |
Kim ClaesCorporate capture and Fossil free politics campaigner
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