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
10/11/21
EU Commission slammed for backing gas projects during COP26
EU Commission slammed for backing 30 gas projects worth €13 billion during COP26 – “dangerous and dirty” say NGOs
26/10/21
Energy ministers lack urgency on energy crisis
Winter is coming, and Europe’s energy ministers have are showing a complete lack of urgency in the face of a gas price crisis that risks throwing mill …
13/09/21
MEPs ready to support new fossil gas projects?
As MEPs prepare to vote, they look set to support new fossil gas projects – sending a devastating message that people suffering the effects of climate …
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
16/12/20
Why the hydrogen bubble could burst in Europe’s face
The EU’s enthusiastic embrace of hydrogen risks undermining the clean energy transition and its newly-minted 2030 greenhouse gas target. Blog by Tara …
07/07/20
Flaw in EU energy law helped gas industry pocket €1 billion of taxpayer funds
A critical flaw in the design of an EU law on energy infrastructure has helped the fossil fuel industry pocket over €1 billion in EU taxpayer funds fo …
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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