This is utterly appalling AND....there's a reason they want to keep this stuff hidden, and it's not (just) competition.
They want to keep it from you and me, because we'll question whether it's worth it, and the answer isn't one that will improve their stock prices.
Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought
- Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas
#AMOC #climatecrisis
Story by me
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🚨BREAKING
Research with @algorithmwatch.org shows how the EU Commission has copy-pasted a Microsoft amendment that will keep information on data centres hidden.
The aim? In the face of growing resistance, to prevent NGOs from obtaining key information.
👏 @investigate-europe.eu for investigating
I got a confession to make.
Despite the relief at Orbán’s defeat, I remain deeply cautious about what this vote actually means.
A thread. 🧵
The result is huge. Vast in its consequences. Orban was the inspiration to all those who came after him. He served as Putin's puppet, undermining Europe from within and Ukraine from without. He funded a vast network of fascists around the world. It's all vulnerable now, or falling apart entirely.
Orbán controlled 80% of the Hungarian media and still lost.
That’s one hell of a beating
went to check out the techno rave outside Parliament and I don't think I have the data allowance to share a video from it but let me tell you: there sure is a techno rave outside Parliament right now, celebrating Orban getting ousted
Every sensible government will spend the coming months accelerating the deployment of solar, batteries, heat pumps, and EVs, especially for lower income households. It’ll be a hell of a lot cheaper in the long run than subsidising fossil fuels the next time prices spike, which they will.
The best thing EU governments can do is invest as much as possible in clean energy, and bite the bullet on high upfront costs despite debt burdens.
But EU fiscal models used to map out nat spending plans ignores the effects of climate change and crises and degrades the strong case for clean energy.
The time between fossil fuel crises is just going to keep shrinking, until there's no discrete single "crisis" - just one unbroken prolonged state of global suffering due to fossil fuel unreliability
The best time to ditch fossil fuels was 30 years ago. The second best time is now
Europe’s EV market is BOOMING.
Electric car sales shot up by almost a third in the EU in Q1 2026.
There are 2 reasons why – and they don’t include the energy crisis (yet).
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raphic meme on a light grey background with dark green headline text reading, “THE EU COMMISSION’S PLAN TO ADDRESS THE ENERGY CRTSTS”. Below, a two-panel cartoon shows a hand hesitating between two red buttons labelled “tell people to work from home” and “tax profit of oil & gas companies”. In the second panel, a worried, sweating cartoon man wipes his forehead, implying difficulty choosing.
The EU Commission is now urging Europeans to work from home, drive and fly less and asking EU countries to roll out renewables.
But while our bills are increasing, fossil fuel companies are making huge profits.
Let’s also start investing some big money into solar & wind power.
Webinar | Unboxing the EU Product Act. New Legislative Framework. Emily Best - Senior Programme Manager. www.ecostandard.org
Webinar | Unboxing the EU Product Act. Market Surveillance Regulation. Mathieu Rama - Senior Programme Manager. www.ecostandard.org
Webinar | Unboxing the EU Product Act. European Standardisation Regulation. Amina Aissani - Senior Programme Manager. www.ecostandard.org
Webinar | Unboxing the EU Product Act. Wrapping up an EU Product Act. Nerea Ruiz - Global Engagement Director. www.ecostandard.org
Join our experts on 14 April as they unpack the proposed EU Product Act and discuss how to build a competitive and future-proof Single Market that is fit for circular economy and the digital transition.
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Cartoon showing an energy management system coordinating EVs, heat pumps, grid connection, batteries, solar panels, and hot water. It is saying: 'I do the thinking so you don't have to!'
Coordinating how and when devices use the most electricity can save energy and money, use more renewables, and protect the grid.
💡 This is called ‘demand-side flexibility’.
Here’s how policymakers can make it happen 👇
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Cartoon showing a data centre eating up all the electricity, with a person standing in front of the image saying 'Oh, trust me, AI will solve the climate crisis... You wait and see'.
Data centres are one of the biggest causes of rising electricity demand – and #AI is driving their rapid growth 🤖
This is risking important climate goals.
❌ AI must not be allowed to cannibalise all (renewable) electricity production, keeping us dependent on fossil fuels.
Links to learn more ⤵️
Europe spent years debating whether the energy transition was affordable.
Spain quietly answered the question: gas now sets its electricity price in only 7% of hours.
Strategic autonomy doesn’t arrive via summit communiqués. It’s built in advance — in wind farms, solar parks, and grid investment
Cartoon showing taxes and levies making renewable electricity more expensive, with a person saying 'Why are we penalising electricity over fossil gas?'.
Electricity prices in the EU are under a microscope, with one central need underpinning conversations:
📣 The cleanest solutions must also be cheapest, with no more unnecessary taxes and levies on electricity
✅ Rebalancing the gas-electricity price ratio is key ⤵️
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Cartoon of an energy label with a colourful scale of A-G, and a person climbing up the scale saying 'Energy efficiency should always be the first step'. The cartoon is highlighting the principle of Energy Efficiency First.
Electrification 💚 energy efficiency
Energy efficiency must be a guiding principle of electrification – they go hand-in-hand.
It already saved €120 billion in the EU in 2023 – and there's a lot of potential for more energy savings 👇
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🔈 Policymakers will not push markets forward by telling them they are already doing enough.
@ec.europa.eu published the long awaited Industrial Decarbonisation Act this afternoon.
👀 Read our full reaction: ecostandard.org/news_events/... #IAA
The EU’s new Industrial Accelerator Act is finally here — but it’s wobbly with delayed labels and low quotas for clean products.
Read our full reaction: ecostandard.org/news_events/... #IAA
This is one of the most heart-breaking & important articles I have ever read - from someone whose voices are so rarely heard, a teenaged girl.
If you want to understand online misogyny in all its devastating impact, please read this shattering piece.
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From ecodesign to public procurement, soil to smart devices, biodiversity to carbon accounting. What difference did we make in 2025? ⤵️
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To claim something you need to be able to prove it. So what’s actually behind claims that AI can help solve climate change and what does the evidence actually say? Read the report @ketanjoshi.co: beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/02/17/t...
@stand.earth @foeus.bsky.social @caadcoalition.bsky.social & more!
A cartoon of two people standing on Europe saying 'You know, if we were smart, we'd be dependent on our own energy'
Renewables are the cornerstone of the energy transition, but 53% of the EU’s electricity mix still comes from non-renewable sources.
Here’s how policymakers can speed up #electrification with renewables 👇
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As the EU explores a ban on forever chemicals, the UK announces a plan to make a plan of what to maybe do about PFAS. How many people are being exposed to harmful chemicals while the government dithers?
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Hi, have a look at this petition: EU environmental laws have worked for decades but now they're getting dismantled for corporate profit. We need as many signatures as possible to defend people and nature 🤝#HandsOffNature
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🪧 We are #hiring a new Programme Officer to support the development of EU ecodesign and energy labelling policies and #standards.
You will closely collaborate on standardisation, policy developments, and project management related to #ecodesign and energy labelling
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