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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
12/12/18
EU hitches itself to climate-incompatible gas subsidies until 2027
The European Parliament today voted to approve a 7-year extension of EU subsidies for climate-wrecking fossil gas projects, as part of the new budget. …
21/02/18
MEPs vote for energy market reform but fail to reject gas
Members of the EU Parliament’s energy committee have supported reform of energy markets to restrict subsidies for dirty fossil fuel power plants, but …
25/01/18
Commission issues €200m new subsidies for fossil fuels
The European Commission today announced new subsidies for fossil fuels, with nearly €200 million for gas projects, as part of a larger package of ener …
Gas and the climate
22/01/25
Financial institutions don’t take a stance on human rights violations linked to LNG project in Mozambique
Not one of the financial backers of the highly controversial Mozambique LNG project has agreed to publicly call for an independent international inves …
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 …
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
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Kim ClaesCorporate capture and Fossil free politics campaigner
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