MEPs voted today for an @ec.europa.eu omnibus package to weaken laws that protect consumers from harmful chemicals

They did at least reject one of the Commission's worst ideas, which would have allowed carcinogens into some cosmetics 😱

Deregulation threatens our health. It has to stop!

Heat pumps are the most efficient heating technology ever invented.

They harvest and compress pre existing heat in the air, ground or water and transport it where it is needed.

That energy is all around us.

And it does not have to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

protest with gravestones made from insulation material flower arrangement reads: cold homes cost lives

Affordable, sustainable housing is a rights issue, and it's a climate issue!

Better insulated homes, running on renewables, brings down people's bills, fights pollution AND breaks our reliance on imported fossil fuels

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time lapse photos of gas flaring from a well in a field

Oil and gas drilling produces unwanted gas. Companies wastefully burn it off: polluting the air and our climate

The EU banned routine flaring in February 2026

Greenpeace in Hungary and Croatia set up cameras at 3 gas sites and found the routine flaring hasn't stopped

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Work with us - Greenpeace European Unit Greenpeace in Brussels working on EU policy

Know an expert on EU tech policy who wants to campaign for European rules to protect environment, privacy and democracy from big tech overreach?

We're hiring in our Brussels office – job ad below

Applications reviewed on a rolling basis, apply soon!

#NGOJobs #JobsInBrussels #BrusselsJobs #EUJobs

haha woops, major oversight there

apologies Doug

thanks! I thought there were already in there, have added them now

Following debates on climate and environment in Brussels and at the EU level? (Maybe worried about the EU's push to rip up the laws protecting people and the planet?)

Here's our list of the people and organisations with something interesting to say

Let us know if there's someone else we should add

"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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Photo of ship at sea with seagulls around it Text reads: Greenpeace will join the next global Sumud Flotilla to help break the siege on Gaza

Greenpeace's ship Arctic Sunrise will join the Global Sumud Flotilla leaving Barcelona on 12 April, to help break the siege on Gaza

1000+ people on 70+ vessels will show the world's solidarity with the people of Gaza, while governments have failed to uphold international law and prevent genocide

Work with us - Greenpeace European Unit Greenpeace in Brussels working on EU policy

Know an expert on EU tech policy who wants to campaign for European rules to protect environment, privacy and democracy from big tech overreach?

We're hiring in our Brussels office – job ad below

Applications reviewed on a rolling basis, apply soon!

#NGOJobs #JobsInBrussels #BrusselsJobs #EUJobs

Euro identity crisis: Beethoven or birds? pictures of beethoven and a stork overlayed on pictures of euro banknotes [Credit: Getty Images. Visual by Euractiv] Europe has been soul-searching for years. Now it has to settle on an answer, and print it.

(lips directly onto the microphone): birds

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"Water should be life-giving, not life-threatening...With mounting scientific evidence of the health risks from nitrate, it’s time for Governments to end livestock expansion and phase out chemical fertilisers to ensure that 'safe and clean' water isn't a luxury, but a guarantee.”

#WaterQuality

Media briefing: nitrates in drinking water - Greenpeace European Unit Bru

A growing body of evidence suggests the EU's drinking water rules are failing to protect public health, as concentrations of nitrates well below the current limit have been linked to an increased risk of colorectal cancer

#WorldHealthDay #Health

Read more 👇

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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

Greenpeace to join the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza - Greenpeace International Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise joins the Global Sumud Flotilla sailing alongside more than 70 vessels to challenge Israel’s ongoing blockade of aid to Gaza.

Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise will provide technical and operational maritime support so that Global Sumud Flotilla vessels can safely cross the Mediterranean before they complete the last 200 nautical miles onto Gaza’s shores

The illegal blockade of aid continues to devastate civilian life in Gaza

Photo of ship at sea with seagulls around it Text reads: Greenpeace will join the next global Sumud Flotilla to help break the siege on Gaza

Greenpeace's ship Arctic Sunrise will join the Global Sumud Flotilla leaving Barcelona on 12 April, to help break the siege on Gaza

1000+ people on 70+ vessels will show the world's solidarity with the people of Gaza, while governments have failed to uphold international law and prevent genocide

comic strip: [Black Hat and Cueball stand next to a house with solar panels on the roof.] Cueball: Wait, you got solar panels? Cueball: I thought you were against renewables. [Zoom to show only Cueball and Black Hat.] Black Hat: Oh, definitely. I hate the environment and want to harm it as much as possible. Black Hat: I'd love to have an oil furnace. [Zoom in on Black Hat; only his head and shoulders are visible.] Black Hat: But the technology just isn't there and the cost is too high. Black Hat: I despise solar, but it makes more financial sense in my situation. [Zoom out to show Cueball and Black Hat again.] Black Hat: But with the money I'm saving, I can buy and burn industrial waste in my yard to try to make up for it. Cueball: Ah, yeah, carbon onsets.

there's *always* an @xkcd.com

Oil companies rake in €81.4 million extra daily in the EU as fuel prices soar - Greenpeace European Unit EU governments must urgently tax fossil fuel profits to alleviate energy bills and to speed up investments in cheap, safe and home-grown renewables

An energy crisis is not a crisis for *everyone*

Since the war in Iran started, oil companies in the EU have been getting an EXTRA €81.4 million in profit EVERY DAY as the prices of petrol and diesel go through the roof

Governments and the EU must tax these profits to help ordinary people

Europe needs fossil fuel limits now Danish energy commissioner Dan Jørgensen tried in vain to convince EU ministers not to respond to a looming fuel shortage by subsidising fuel consumption, and instead to focus on getting people to use...

Subsidising oil and gas consumption boosts fossil fuel company profits, while doing nothing to tackle supply shortages or help prevent future shocks

Governments and the EU must help people in fuel poverty, but must also help them (and the whole economy) to move away from oil and gas completely

Damage from climate change extensive across Ireland in 2025, advisory council says Extreme weather brought drought, deluges, destruction and disease costing hundreds of millions of euro

If a drink was (a) too expensive (b) running out and (c) poisoning you, buying a more straws to drink it through would hardly be a good idea...

It's time to get off oil and gas, boost renewables and help people insulate their homes and use public transport to cut energy waste

April Fuels' Day?

(Locking Europe further into oil and gas dependence by building more import infrastructure is NOT a good solution to a fossil fuel energy crisis)

Oil companies rake in €81.4 million extra daily in the EU as fuel prices soar - Greenpeace European Unit EU governments must urgently tax fossil fuel profits to alleviate energy bills and to speed up investments in cheap, safe and home-grown renewables

An energy crisis is not a crisis for *everyone*

Since the war in Iran started, oil companies in the EU have been getting an EXTRA €81.4 million in profit EVERY DAY as the prices of petrol and diesel go through the roof

Governments and the EU must tax these profits to help ordinary people

Scientists Politely Remind World That Clean Energy Technology Ready To Go Whenever CAMBRIDGE, MA—Stating that they just want to make sure it’s something everyone keeps in mind going forward, an international consortium of scientists gently reminded the world Wednesday that clean ene...

this (onion) article is nearly 12 years old

"At press time, representatives from the world’s leading economies had signaled that they would continue to heavily rely on fossil fuels until they had something more than an overwhelming scientific consensus to go on."

this aged well

Have we been duped by the primary energy fallacy? Whenever I post something on renewable energy on social media it never takes long for negative comments to arrive in my feed. One type of…

Lots of talk about this 80% figure, the difference between "primary energy" and the energy produced in the end

A bunch of the energy in fossil fuels is wasted in burning – so the potential to replace it with efficient renewables is even higher

*Jennifer Aniston 1997 voice* here's the science bit:

How Iran war energy crisis strengthens case for renewables The Iran war has exposed the fragility of the global energy system as countries remain dependent on fossil fuels. Could renewables like wind, solar, hydropower and photovoltaic shield people from the ...

About 80% of global energy still comes from fossil fuels, leaving economies vulnerable

But in 2025, wind & solar for the first time supplied more EU power than fossil fuels

Spain & Portugal already meet much of their demand with renewables – decentralised, resilient power systems can reduce risks

EU Parliament backs Trump trade deal - Greenpeace European Unit Brussels – The European Parliament has voted in support of an EU-US trade agreement that would lock Europe into massive imports of American oil and gas in exchange for lower…

The EU should be disentangling itself from American oil and gas imports, not bending to Trump’s will to lock us in even more

We’re in the second energy crisis of the decade, Europe leaning harder into fossil fuels obviously doesn’t protect people

Time to go 100% renewable

💫Win for transparency and environmental protection 💫

The Commission refused to give us access to key documents on how they decided, together with Member States reps, to approve a toxic chemical in pesticides.

So we took them to court - and they confirmed that such opacity is unlawful.

File photo. Greenpeace demonstrators march with a giant inflatable pig in Copenhagen in 2022 to protest the environmental impact of intensive pig farming. Denmark has more farmed pigs per capita than any other country

In Denmark's "pig election", industrial agriculture and clean drinking water were among the top issues

It means that despite the wave of deregulation coming from Brussels, the next Danish government must listen to the movement demanding better protection for farm animals, nature and people's health