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New report released at COP20 shows how corporations causing social and environmental destruction in the Andes and Amazon are driving climate change whilst enjoying influential seats at the climate-negotiating table

Multinational corporations such as Anglo American undermine crucial climate policies and promote false solutions, which allow them to profit from the climate crisis, according to a new report released 8 December during the UN climate talks.

NGOs criticise move by ex-commissioner and now MEP Viviane Reding to join the board of Nyrstar mining company.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: European Parliament has overwhelmingly voted to freeze the budget of the European Commission's problematic advisory groups, known formally as Expert Groups, for the second time in four years.

Open letter on TTIP and financial regulations to U.S. and EU negotiators from civil society organisations

The new LobbyFacts website allows EU lobby register data to be sorted, compared, ranked and analysed and exposes extent of lobbying in Brussels.

Dozens of civil society groups from all across Europe have released a joint statement denouncing EU plans for regulatory cooperation as well as the continued secrecy surrounding the talks.

New research on the safety assessment of four controversial chemicals shows that two thirds (67%) of the scientists involved had conflicts of interest due to their links to industries impacted by the assessments.

A ruling by the European Ombudsman today that the European Commission should make its processes on revolving doors cases “more robust” to avoid conflicts of interest, has been welcomed by NGOs Corporate Europe Observatory, Friends of the Earth Europe, Greenpeace, LobbyControl and SpinWatch.