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Big Tech wrote the EU law that hides their data centres' environmental impact.

The EU wants to triple its data centre capacity in the next five years. While the full scale of their energy and water footprint is hidden from the public.

Our new @investigate-europe.eu investigation reveals why.

‘Everything is gone’: Israel destroys entire villages in Lebanon Rights groups fear tactic of ‘domicide’ trialled in Gaza, where entire areas are made uninhabitable, is being used again

On top of mass forced displacement & death of hundreds of civilians, #Israel forces dynamite entire villages in southern #Lebanon - mirroring mass destruction used in #Gaza.

@kajakallas.bsky.social: "heavy-handed"? No - it's criminal & totally unjustified.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Is AI the greatest art heist in history? New technologies of reproduction are plundering the art world – and getting away with it

Another excellent article in the Guardian's series of reflections about AI.

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

Can't wait to hear from the excellent Karen Hao about ways forward for better regulating AI in the EU!

On April 8, Israel conducted over 100 strikes across Lebanon, killing over 300 people.

The strikes also damaged the Qasmieh bridge, the only lifeline connecting southern Lebanon with the rest of the country.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4czFSjM

A message from Lebanon: The Israeli Government’s impunity will not end without action - Greenpeace International Governments must hold the Israeli government accountable under international law, impose arms embargoes and meaningful sanctions that create genuine political and economic consequences.

“The people in #Lebanon and the #MiddleEast deserve an immediate and permanent ceasefire and a just peace grounded in international humanitarian law. I hope this nightmare ends soon, but I know it will only end when governments of the world do more than watch from the sidelines.”

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At least 254 killed after Israel hits Lebanon with massive wave of airstrikes ‘Largest coordinated strike’ against Hezbollah since war began prompts warnings Iran could pull out of ceasefire

And the EU just looks away...

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

These aren’t AI firms, they’re defense contractors. We can’t let them hide behind their models From Gaza to Iran, the pattern is the same: precision weapons, chosen blindness, and dead children. The cost of failing to regulate AI warfare is already too high

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Confronting the global political economy enabling Israel’s genocide States and companies the world over are enabling or profiting from Israel’s prolonged violations of international law

Israel continues to commit genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, enabled by the global political economy.

Time for the EU to #PullThePlug

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You can’t make this up:

@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu, @marossefcovic.bsky.social & Cyprus minister Raouna spoke at a EU Parliament debate on "The US-Israel military operation against the Iranian regime” - and they managed not to *mention* the US or Israel *once* in their 4 speeches 👇🏼

AI is just another tool to reduce your critical thinking, increase inequality, and deplete the planet's natural resources just for the profit of a few corporations.

#SayNoToTheTechBros

Israeli settlers and soldiers kill three Palestinians in West Bank village Deadly attack near Ramallah is third in territory in a week as Israeli violence surges with global attention on Iran war

"As often happens when the media attention shifts, Israel seized the moment to intensify its attacks against Palestinians,” said Breaking the Silence, an advocacy group for former Israeli soldiers.

Don't look away from ethnic cleansing. Read: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Belgium's request on CETA was about the ICS which was excluded from provisional application, whereas the provisional application of the EU-Mercosur ITA includes elements that will be examined by the Court. And CETA precisely proves the point: the provisional application was only after EP consent...

EU-Mercosur-Abkommen: Geopolitik ohne Nachhaltigkeit Dieses Abkommen sendet ein starkes Signal an die Welt«, erklärte Ursula von der Leyen am 17. Januar feierlich bei der Unterzeichnungszeremonie in Paraguays Hauptstadt Asunción: »Wir wählen fairen…

Zum Erhalt der europäischen Wettbewerbsfähigkeit gilt das EU-Mercosur-Abkommen als alternativlos. Doch ein Abkommen, das Arbeitsplätze gefährdet, Ungleichheit vertieft und die Klimakrise verschärft, ist allenfalls ein symbolischer Erfolg, so @arminpaasch.bsky.social:

🚨 Inacceptable. Les chefs d'Etat et la Commission choisissent de passer en force sur le Mercosur.

Le Parlement européen a voté la saisine de la Cour de justice de l'Union européenne, elle viendra rappeler le droit.

Nous continuons le combat, la démocratie ne se contourne pas.

"Perfectly established", no, the established practice since the Lisbon Treaty has been to await the EU Parliament's consent before provisionally applying trade deals. Plus it's highly unusual to apply while there is a pending process in the European Court of Justice.

Commission tramples democracy to force through EU-Mercosur trade deal - Greenpeace European Unit The European Commission has announced that it will force through the provisional application of the EU-Mercosur trade deal, pre-empting a vote to ratify the agreement in the European Parliament and a ...

🚨BREAKING🚨The @ec.europa.eu will force through the provisional application of the EU-Mercosur trade deal.

@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu's move reeks of desperation. It exposes how she’s more interested in appeasing a handful of multinationals than in the rights and interests of people & the 🌍🌳.

Mercosur : l’UE va appliquer l’accord de libre-échange de façon « provisoire », annonce Ursula von der Leyen La présidente de la Commission avait le droit de prendre cette décision, malgré la saisine de la Cour de justice de l’UE par le Parlement. La ministre française de l’agriculture, Annie Genevard, a reg...

[THREAD] 🚨 Coup de force à Bruxelles

La présidente de la Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, annonce l’application provisoire de l’accord UE-Mercosur

C’est un passage en force inacceptable

Application de l’accord UE-Mercosur : un déni de démocratie inédit et insensé !
Cette décision revient à contourner le Parlement européen qui doit encore ratifier l’accord, et à mépriser la Cour de Justice. ​

Avec @saskiabricmont.bsky.social et @celinetellier.bsky.social

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So violate the EU's own democratic processes in order to respond to US trade rules violations? Make it make sense....

Claims that AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing Industry using ‘diversionary’ tactics, says analyst, as energy-hungry complex functions such as video generation and deep research proliferate

If it's helping with the climate crisis, turns out its probably not generative AI ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

If it's generative AI, turns out it's probably making the climate crisis worse ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Great research from @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social

"There is no legitimacy in a trade agreement that is based on the violation of rights", say Brazilian Indigenous groups in a new statement against the EU-Mercosur agreement: apiboficial.org/2026/01/30/a...

#Mercosur #StopEUMercosur

Klimakiller Mercosur: Handel ist wichtig – aber nicht um jeden Preis. Das Abkommen löst die Klimakrise nicht, es verschärft sie. Ein Gutachten zeigt: es stellt EU-Klimagesetz & Pariser Klimaabkommen in Frage! Deshalb ist die Überprüfung durch den EuGH wichtig, um Rechtskonformität sicherzustellen.

The animal cruelty the EU-Mercosur deal will be importing to Europe Without meaningful safeguards, the EU-Mercosur agreement – as it stands – risks locking the EU into a system that expands imports of meat produced under conditions that fall far below EU regulations. The deal would lower tariffs — without requiring imported products to meet equivalent European animal welfare standards.

The animal cruelty the EU-Mercosur deal will be importing to Europe

Die Europaabgeordneten durften den EuGH erst nach Unterschrift des Abkommens anrufen, davor hat die konservative Parlamentspräsidentin Metsola den Antrag leider nicht zugelassen.

Weil die Rechtsextremen ihren eigenen separaten Antrag gestellt hatten. Erwartung daher, dass sie dem Antrag der pro-Europäischen Fraktionen nicht zustimmen würden.. zudem weil es im Antrag ja um den Schutz des Green Deals und des Vorsorgenprinzips ging.

Ich finde es erschütternd, dass eine Organisation wie Campact dem medialen Spin der CDU so naiv zutraut und so eine Stellungnahme veröffentlicht, ohne den gesamten Zusammenhang und Fakten wirklich zu kennen (5/5).

Der Antrag war Initiative von circa 150 MdEPs von demokratischen Parteien - viele davon Sozialdemokraten, Liberalen und auch Konservativen - aus guten Gründen, da Rechtsexpert:innen mehrere Mängel am EU-Mercosur Vertrag feststellten. (4/5)

Die Rechtsextremen haben in der letzten Minute Panik bekommen, dass sie Zuhause von Bauern kritisiert würden, wenn sie den Antrag nicht unterstützen. Die Bauernverbände selber haben auch erst Tage davor begonnen, für den Antrag (der schon seit mehreren Monaten in der Mache war) zu werben. (3/5)

Es war absolut nicht vorher klar, dass die Rechtsextremen für den Antrag stimmen würden. Rechtsextreme mögen den Europäischen Gerichtshof ja nicht. Der Antrag wurde von MdEPs nur aus demokratischen, pro-Europäischen Parteien vorgelegt. Es gab dabei keine Zusammenarbeit mit Rechtsextremen. (2/5)