Gas lobby

Rejected by the climate justice movement, the final COP26 text mirrors the agenda of rich developed countries and their oil and gas industries.

At least 503 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to COP26, flooding the Glasgow conference with corporate influence.

Here you can see our video diaries, and get to know all about the toxic tours that are taking place at the COP and in the streets of Glasgow, the events going on in the People's Summit as well as at COP26, and some interviews with activists.

Europe already has more than enough gas infrastructure, and to avoid wrecking the climate we need to make massive cuts in gas usage. A joint investigation by Global Witness and Corporate Europe Observatory shows that the leading MEP for the review of TEN-E, the EU’s rules governing billions of euros in energy subsidies, has tabled amendments that mirror gas industry demands and are now close to being adopted by the whole Parliament

The European Commission said it wants to avoid giving billions in bailouts to the fossil fuel industry like it did in 2008 - but it’s doing just that: In Italy, France, Portugal and the Spanish State, €8.3 billion of EU recovery funds will be spent on hydrogen and renewable gases, thanks to fierce industry lobbying at national and EU level.

Our new report exposes the intense and concerted lobbying campaign by the gas industry to secure political, financial and regulatory support for its new climate ‘solution’: hydrogen from gas. While the EU claims the hydrogen economy will be ‘green’, industry has ensured that for the next few crucial decades it will be powered by polluting fossil fuels.

Germany will shortly take over the EU Council Presidency at a critical time. A new report looks at the German Government’s record in its own EU decision-making and exposes how time and again it is too close to corporate interests.

We zoom in Shell's promises of becoming a net-zero company by 2050 using the full toolbox of false 'solutions': gas, CCS, carbon markets and ‘natural climate solutions’. With millions spent on lobbying and privileged access to EU decision makers, Shell's rhetoric is hoping to distract from the reality of its commitment to increase oil and gas production

Why is the EU still building new and unnecessary gas pipelines and LNG terminals? Who’s pushing them and who’s profiting from them?

Read the CEO and Gastivists fact sheet on the 25th edition of FLAME, the gas industry conference jam-packed with the biggest climate criminals whose business model is based on destroying communities and the climate.

Coal garnered much media attention, thanks to the Polish Government and US President Trump’s support. But it was the gas industry that really stunk up the conference, its influence seeping into all corners of the negotiating halls. Luckily activists and communities were present to call industry out and demand real solutions.

Part 1 dissects some of the key myths about renewable gas being promoted by industry and shows why they shouldn’t be believed.