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The hydrogen COP

COP27 was dubbed the ‘gas COP’, with record-breaking numbers of fossil fuel lobbyists in attendance. However, much less attention was paid to how this could also have been called ‘hydrogen COP’, with a myriad of events and deals sealed by companies and governments, many with a focus on extracting resources from Africa.

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How the gas lobby is fuelling the cost-of-living crisis

A series of critical decisions on tax, energy infrastructure, and regulation have put fossil fuel industry profits above the interests of millions.

No more bankrolling climate action

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COP27: 90% of sponsors have fossil fuel ties

18 out of 20 COP27 sponsors directly support or partner with the fossil fuel industry, helping it to advance its climate-wrecking agenda.

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COP27: just Kick Big Polluters Out

Join us in the new episode of EU Watchdog Radio, where Pascoe Sabido talks to Aderonke Ige about the campaign Kick Big Polluters Out, and the absurd presence of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP27.

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COP27: 100 more fossil fuel lobbyists than last year

New research from CEO, Corporate Accountability and Global Witness shows there are more fossil fuel lobbyists than representatives of the ten nations most impacted by the climate crisis registered to attend COP27.

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Stop funding climate disaster

89 civil society organisations from across the planet denounce corporate capture at the UNFCCC, and demand a new approach to climate finance.

Shell, TotalEnergies, Eni and Repsol profits in 2022

Fuelling the cost of living crisis

The fossil fuel industry’s unprecedented access to European decision-makers since the Ukraine war has allowed them to protect their record-breaking profits while households struggle to pay their bills. As well as delaying and weakening measures that could have addressed the cost of living crisis, industry lobbying also secured public support for new gas infrastructure.

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Fossil free politics

A ‘gastastrophic’ mistake

The new EU Energy Platform Industry Advisory Group, created at the request of oil and gas majors like Shell, BP, Total and Eni, represents a conflict of interest on a colossal scale. These alliances must be stopped if we are to have any chance of breaking Europe’s fossil gas habit, addressing fuel poverty, and averting climate crisis.

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The deadly climate gamble

Civil society groups urge the EU to reject an upcoming proposal by the European Commission on the certification of carbon removals. The new report demonstrates how the oil and gas industry uses it as part of their flawed ‘net zero’ plans to keep fossil fuels flowing, risking catastrophic climate impacts.

Alternative to exporting green hydrogen

Hydrogen from North Africa – a neocolonial resource grab

EU plans to import renewable hydrogen from North Africa represent the latest neocolonial resource grab couched in green language

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EU plans to import hydrogen from North Africa

New study shows EU’s plan to drastically increase imports of renewable hydrogen from North Africa is not realistic from a cost or energy perspective.

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Fossil Fuel giants shape EU’s response to the energy crisis

Lobby watchdog Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) has obtained recent meeting documents from the European Commission (EC) that reveal that major fossil fuel companies are influencing the EU’s response to the energy crisis.

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