Europeans want more renewables, even if it increases energy bills Public enthusiasm for clean energy comes as the Iran war exposes Europe’s vulnerability to global oil and gas markets.

Millions of Europeans are not buying the myth that fossil fuels keep them safe.

A new poll across six EU countries finds two in five people want to speed up renewables even if bills rise in the short term, because they see clean energy as protection from war-driven oil and gas shocks.

"It's the economic models, stupid"

Could hugely underestimating the benefits of investments in renewables, batteries and energy savings be leading the EU to fumble its response to the energy crisis?

All while Europe spends ~€400bn on fossil fuel imports each year

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Big Oil has moved on from 'greenwashing.' Here's the new playbook. Over a few years, oil giants went from trumpeting their climate pledges to saying fossil fuels are here to stay.

What would have happened if the world had turned to #renewables earlier?

If, say, oil companies hadn’t been working for decades to slow down action on climate change?

We would be in a very different position.

#Greenwashing

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Exclusive: Five EU countries call for windfall tax on energy companies Such a ​measure could fund relief for consumers in the face of high energy prices, they said.

The oil and gas companies profiting from war must be made to pay to protect vulnerable people from rising prices

This money must also be used to reduce the EU's dependence on fossil fuels – boosting renewables, insulation, public transport, electrification – to avoid future crises like this

Energy crisis: 5 countries appeal to EU for windfall tax Economy and finance ministers from Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal and Austria are asking the EU for a tax on energy surplus profits to curb price increases.

Economy and finance ministers from Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal and Austria are asking the EU for a tax on energy surplus profits to curb price increases. #EuropeNews

Ravie qu'elle existe !

Trump Threatens to Cut Off EU's American LNG Supplies - Washington Today US President Donald Trump is threatening to cut off American liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies to the European Union if Brussels refuses to ratify a trade agreement favorable to Washington. The US ...

January: "Trump says US will guarantee LNG supplies for Europe"

March: "Trump Threatens to Cut Off EU's American LNG Supplies"

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From food to transport, how cities are rewriting the climate playbook What if tackling sky-high energy bills, unaffordable housing and the daily cost of getting to work could also help solve climate change? One of the world’s leading thinkers on urban sustainability say...

"The untapped potential at the city level is enormous", @robintransition.bsky.social explains in @rfi.fr ⬇️

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Transition écologique en ville: pour Rob Hopkins, «les solutions pour le climat sont les mêmes que pour le coût de la vie» Les Français sont appelés aux urnes, les 15 et 22 mars, pour élire leur maire. Énergie, alimentation, agriculture, logement, transport, éducation, la transition écologique passe aussi par les édiles…

Faut-il un maire vert pour adapter nos villes au climat?
Pour Rob Hopkins, fin connaisseur de l'action citoyenne pour l'écologie urbaine, "il n'est pas possible d'y parvenir sans que les citoyens ne jouent un rôle actif dans ce domaine"
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#municipales @rfi.fr

Sans les énergies renouvelables, la crise énergétique mondiale serait bien plus importante révèle une étude Alors que la crise au Moyen-Orient fait flamber le cours du pétrole, une étude montre les économies qui ont pu être réalisées grâce aux énergies renouvelables. En 2025, un nombre record d'installation...

Un nombre "record" de capacités solaires et éoliennes ont été installées dans le monde en 2025, représentant l'équivalent de plus d'un septième de la production mondiale de gaz
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UN issues new climate warning as El Niño looms The Earth's climate is further out of balance than at any time in recorded history, the UN's weather agency says.

If governments and the EU had kept their Paris climate agreement promises to limit global heating to 1.5°C, we wouldn't be in this mess

AND the global oil & gas trade would be less of a weapon of war

AND people's energy bills would be lower

It's time to stop fossil fuels and go 100% renewable

EU trade committee paves way for EU-US deal on oil, gas and tariffs - Greenpeace European Unit Brussels – The European Parliament’s trade committee has today voted to advance an EU-US deal on tariffs, which had been held up in response to President Trump’s threats to annex…

BREAKING: The EU Parliament's trade committee has voted in favour of the EU-US trade deal that would lock Europe into imports of US oil and gas

Handing more power to Trump and the US fossil fuel industry while breaches of international law spike energy prices is a disaster

#ResistTrumpsAgenda

Oil and gas prices are soaring. Some countries are ready with solar panels and EVs As an energy crisis grows, some countries are more prepared because of renewable energy and electric vehicles. Pakistan reduced its reliance on imported natural gas because of the growth of solar.

Come on Europe, you can do it too ☀️🌬️

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Illustration comparing fossil fuels to renewables

Spain built lots of wind and solar in recent years.

It paid off: prices are rising there too, but much, much less than in countries more dependent on fossil gas.

Renewables shield people. Fossil gas makes them pay more.

#StopFossilGas ➡️ act.gp/stopfossilfuels

Oil and gas companies, backed by Trump are now lobbying the EU to pause its methane law.

Shocked? The fossil fuel industry doesn't want to be regulated.
Oil and gas companies, backed by #Trump are now lobbying the EU to pause its methane law.
They profit. Everyone else suffers.

EU: don't back down!

#StopFossilGas
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You can’t blow up the sun: 4 reasons renewables are a security imperative - Greenpeace International When the global economy is dependent on a centralised, combustible resource, missiles do more than just cut off power or disrupt shipping. They rock the very foundation of global stability.

Great from our colleagues in Lebanon

"The current crisis is a tragic, undeniable argument for why we must accelerate the transition to renewable energy"

Crude oil prices, showing a very sharp increase in the last day, from around 65 to 101 dollars per barrel..

Oil prices wouldn't be all over the news today if more of our economy was powered by local, secure renewable energy.

This isn't an "energy crisis". It's a fossil fuel crisis.

44% of UK electricity came from renewables in 2025. More of that plus an electrified economy => no more oil shocks.

Fossil fuel stocks are exploding in response to the war on Iran.

Who stands to benefit? The richest of the rich.

Who stands to lose? All of us who have to pay higher prices for energy and a new round of sellers' inflation.

Markets latest: Gas price soars 93% since start of conflict Drone strikes across the Middle East and Iran's effective closure of a key shipping route are spooking investors and traders. Follow the latest on the global markets.

This is a good moment for Europe & UK to remember that they can stick up wind and solar, insulates houses, far quicker than they can find new gas in e.g. North Sea

If you're chasing more gas, it's now a case of which unreliable regime you prefer to depend on

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Another war. Another fossil shock.

As violence escalates in the Middle East, civilians face devastating consequences. But the energy fallout is already hitting Europe. Gas prices up 50% in hours.

This is what fossil fuel dependence looks like. 🧵

It's crazy how reliant the world's entire energy system is on one body of water, the Strait of Hormuz, just 20 nautical miles across at its narrowest, and situated in one of the most volatile regions on Earth. Here are the countries most dependent on oil&gas through the strait.

well now

Can EU renewables outmuscle US oil and gas? While Washington gets nostalgic about fossil fuels, European countries are cashing in on efficiency and low‑cost renewables.

With its rapid shift to wind and solar energy, "Spain has broken the ruinous link between power prices and volatile fossil fuels, something its European neighbours are desperate to do" ⬇️

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Greenpeace International response to OPEC+ oil output decision amid war on Iran and disruption in the Strait of Hormuz - Greenpeace International Today’s OPEC meeting makes one thing clear: as long as our world runs on oil and gas, our peace, security and our pockets will always be at the mercy of geopolitics. – Greenpeace International Executi...

"As long as our world runs on oil and gas, our peace, security and our pockets will always be at the mercy of geopolitics.

Renewable energy enables local energy production and is not hostage to geopolitical conflict."

@madsflarup.bsky.social @greenpeace.org

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Europe prepares for higher energy prices after US attack on Iran The EU imports nearly all its fossil fuels, leaving it vulnerable to geopolitical conflict.

Europe is bracing for a surge in energy prices from a prolonged conflict in the Middle East that would put more pressure on the EU's struggling economy and expose its near-total reliance on foreign fossil fuels.

What's going on with the EU's deregulation agenda?👀

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Ukraine is showing why electrification is key to Europe’s energy security At this year’s Munich Security Conference, leaders repeatedly warned that a new era of geopolitical instability is reshaping global security. Energy was central to that discussion, with governments em...

Energy resilience throught a more distributed and electrified energy system: the example of Ukraine ✊

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Munich Security Conference: the EU’s dependence on US gas is a security threat, Greenpeace warns - Greenpeace International “We are here today to highlight a very concrete security threat for Europe: its energy import dependency, and its growing reliance on gas from the US."

Full press release: www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

Europe's energy dependence is a security threat. Its rising dependence on US gas is a security threat.

⬇️ Greenpeace is live from the #MSC2026 in Munich, currently displaying a "Break free from tyrants" banner atop a tower crane, and protesting from 10am in Marienplatz.

EU sell-out summit is capitulation to Trump and corporate agendas - Greenpeace European Unit Greenpeace accused EU governments of undermining democracy, bowing to the Trump agenda of deregulation and taking instructions from corporate lobbies, as an informal EU summit got underway on Thursday...

EU leaders meeting today say they want Europe to be stronger, competitive and independent

So how does replacing Putin’s gas for Trump’s gas, while pushing back on commitments to power our homes and factories with cheap, home-grown renewables put Europe on a path to energy independence?

🙈🙉🙊 #EUCO