22/01/20
MEPs fail to reject harmful fossil fuel priority energy projects
MEPs on the European Parliament’s Energy Committee (ITRE) have failed to reject the EU’s list of priority energy projects, despite it containing dozen …
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16/01/20
Cutting energy consumption in Budapest
Stories from the frontlines of climate hope. All over Europe, people are rising up to fix climate breakdown – demanding urgent transformation to a fai …
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14/01/20
New EU mechanism to help workers and regions make fossil free shift is not enough
The European Commission has launched proposals for a package to help workers and communities make the shift to fossil free societies – a policy Friend …
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13/12/19
Climate talks ‘out of touch with reality’
Prospects for vulnerable communities in the global South look dire, as wealthy countries refuse to pay up for the climate damage they have caused and …
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12/12/19
2050 climate target must be matched with faster fossil fuel phase-out
European governments today adopted to a target of zero net carbon emissions by the year 2050. Responding to this new long-term goal approved by heads …
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06/12/19
Obscure energy treaty could thwart EU green deal
An obscure investment treaty, the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), could undermine the goals of Europe’s Green Deal, unless it is fundamentally revised in …
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