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Opinion article by Susann Scherbarth of Friends of the Earth Europe, and Sean Sweeney of Trade Unions for Energy Democracy. First appeared on OpenDemocracy. “If you always do what you’ve always done, you always get what you’ve always gotten.” Is there any better explanation for our collective failure so far to prevent climate breakdown and …
Embrace energy democracy – or face social and climate breakdownRead more
How we won a climate game-changer A new horizon is opening for energy ownership and democracy in Europe. After a five-year-long campaign for community energy, pioneered by Friends of the Earth Europe, communities and households have won new EU rights to generate, consume and sell their own renewable energy. This golden nugget is hidden amidst …
Europeans gain new rights to produce their own energyRead more
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. While the climate emergency rightly takes more and more space in the political debate, it is still business-as-usual when opportunities to withdraw from fossil fuels come up, said Friends of the …
EU hitches itself to climate-incompatible gas subsidies until 2027Read more
A vote today in the European Parliament on the EU’s next seven year budget put another nail in the coffin of a liveable climate by approving potentially billions of Euros of new fossil fuel subsidies. The future EU budget should be a foundation for Europe’s fight against climate change, says Friends of the Earth Europe. …
Today’s stark Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on the impacts of 1.5°C of global warming shows Europe’s addiction to fossil fuels must come to an end, according to Friends of the Earth Europe. Jagoda Muni?, Director of Friends of the Earth Europe said: “The fossil fuel age has to end: that’s the message …
New UN climate science review shows Europe must kick fossil fuel addictionRead more
A deal struck today on the EU’s energy efficiency target for 2030, after a year and a half of negotiations, will let down the climate and Europe’s energy-poor, according to Friends of the Earth Europe. Representatives of EU Governments, the European Parliament and European Commission agreed today to: a non-binding 32.5% European target for energy …
EU deal on energy efficiency lets down climate and energy-poorRead more
