Rachel Kennerley
@rjkennerley.bsky.social
Campaigner on international climate justice issues, including on carbon capture for @ciel.org. At #COP29 to stop false solutions like CCS
Public funding for #CCS is accelerating. @oilchange.bsky.social & @corporateeurope.org show
🔸EU #CCS subsidies have more than doubled 2023, totaling over €6.2 bn
🔸Member States added €6.1 bn more
🔸Norway, central to EU CCS plans, has spent €5 bn
www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/fa...
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🔸EU #CCS subsidies have more than doubled 2023, totaling over €6.2 bn
🔸Member States added €6.1 bn more
🔸Norway, central to EU CCS plans, has spent €5 bn
www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/fa...
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Mapping the money behind carbon capture — Real Zero Europe
Public subsidies and industry ties
www.realzeroeurope.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Public funding for #CCS is accelerating. @oilchange.bsky.social & @corporateeurope.org show
🔸EU #CCS subsidies have more than doubled 2023, totaling over €6.2 bn
🔸Member States added €6.1 bn more
🔸Norway, central to EU CCS plans, has spent €5 bn
www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/fa...
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🔸EU #CCS subsidies have more than doubled 2023, totaling over €6.2 bn
🔸Member States added €6.1 bn more
🔸Norway, central to EU CCS plans, has spent €5 bn
www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/fa...
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Reposted by Rachel Kennerley
300+ big agriculture lobbyists have participated in #COP30, taking place in the Amazon, where the industry is the leading cause of deforestation.
States must commit to #EndFossilFuels, incl. agrochemicals, & reforming the COPs to address this conflict of interest.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
States must commit to #EndFossilFuels, incl. agrochemicals, & reforming the COPs to address this conflict of interest.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
300+ big agriculture lobbyists have participated in #COP30, taking place in the Amazon, where the industry is the leading cause of deforestation.
States must commit to #EndFossilFuels, incl. agrochemicals, & reforming the COPs to address this conflict of interest.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
States must commit to #EndFossilFuels, incl. agrochemicals, & reforming the COPs to address this conflict of interest.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Rachel Kennerley
"Carbon markets are opening doors to geonegineering. We are seeing that many countries NDCs are full of carbon offsets, full of false solutions. But the reality is that these climate scams are being pushed by powerful actors with vested interests under guise of climate action."
@foeint.bsky.social
@foeint.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
"Carbon markets are opening doors to geonegineering. We are seeing that many countries NDCs are full of carbon offsets, full of false solutions. But the reality is that these climate scams are being pushed by powerful actors with vested interests under guise of climate action."
@foeint.bsky.social
@foeint.bsky.social
#AI & #CCS, a new escape hatch for oil and gas companies - CCS advocates and #FossilFuel firms are using AI’s energy demands to justify new fossil-fueled plants, greenwashed by CCS.
531 CCS lobbyists at #COP30 confirms the industry is committed to promoting proven-to-fail CCS
531 CCS lobbyists at #COP30 confirms the industry is committed to promoting proven-to-fail CCS
November 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
#AI & #CCS, a new escape hatch for oil and gas companies - CCS advocates and #FossilFuel firms are using AI’s energy demands to justify new fossil-fueled plants, greenwashed by CCS.
531 CCS lobbyists at #COP30 confirms the industry is committed to promoting proven-to-fail CCS
531 CCS lobbyists at #COP30 confirms the industry is committed to promoting proven-to-fail CCS
🆕 @ciel.org Analysis - 531 #CCS lobbyists at #COP30
At least 531 lobbyists for groups that advocate for a misguided technology that prolongs #FossilFuel use have gained access to the climate talks.
www.ciel.org/news/531-car...
Unchecked corporate capture will continue to delay #ClimateAction.
At least 531 lobbyists for groups that advocate for a misguided technology that prolongs #FossilFuel use have gained access to the climate talks.
www.ciel.org/news/531-car...
Unchecked corporate capture will continue to delay #ClimateAction.
Exposed: 531 Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) lobbyists at COP30 climate summit in Brazil
The CCS lobbyists received more COP30 passes than any other single nation registered at COP30, except the host country. More passes than 62 national delegations combined. CCS has a decades-long histor...
www.ciel.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
🆕 @ciel.org Analysis - 531 #CCS lobbyists at #COP30
At least 531 lobbyists for groups that advocate for a misguided technology that prolongs #FossilFuel use have gained access to the climate talks.
www.ciel.org/news/531-car...
Unchecked corporate capture will continue to delay #ClimateAction.
At least 531 lobbyists for groups that advocate for a misguided technology that prolongs #FossilFuel use have gained access to the climate talks.
www.ciel.org/news/531-car...
Unchecked corporate capture will continue to delay #ClimateAction.
Reposted by Rachel Kennerley
📣 BREAKING: One out of every 25 attendees at the #COP30 climate talks is a fossil fuel lobbyist.
The arsonists aren’t just in the building — they’re throwing fuel on the fire.
We need to #KickOutTheSuits NOW!
READ: kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
The arsonists aren’t just in the building — they’re throwing fuel on the fire.
We need to #KickOutTheSuits NOW!
READ: kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
November 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
📣 BREAKING: One out of every 25 attendees at the #COP30 climate talks is a fossil fuel lobbyist.
The arsonists aren’t just in the building — they’re throwing fuel on the fire.
We need to #KickOutTheSuits NOW!
READ: kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
The arsonists aren’t just in the building — they’re throwing fuel on the fire.
We need to #KickOutTheSuits NOW!
READ: kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...
📣 BREAKING: Over 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists are at #COP30.
🛢️1 in 25 attendees still represent crisis-driving corporations, and lobbyists outnumber delegates from the ten most climate-vulnerable nations
We need to #KickOutTheSuits and #KickBigPollutersOut NOW!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
🛢️1 in 25 attendees still represent crisis-driving corporations, and lobbyists outnumber delegates from the ten most climate-vulnerable nations
We need to #KickOutTheSuits and #KickBigPollutersOut NOW!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:28 AM
📣 BREAKING: Over 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists are at #COP30.
🛢️1 in 25 attendees still represent crisis-driving corporations, and lobbyists outnumber delegates from the ten most climate-vulnerable nations
We need to #KickOutTheSuits and #KickBigPollutersOut NOW!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
🛢️1 in 25 attendees still represent crisis-driving corporations, and lobbyists outnumber delegates from the ten most climate-vulnerable nations
We need to #KickOutTheSuits and #KickBigPollutersOut NOW!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Rachel Kennerley
Today, CIEL & Climate Action Network joined 5 thousand people from 60 countries sailing on the rivers surrounding the #COP30 host city.
The #AmazonFlotilla is not just a protest or a journey. It's an #IndigenousPeoples-led act of resistance, hope & empowerment: amazonflotilla.quipa.org
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The #AmazonFlotilla is not just a protest or a journey. It's an #IndigenousPeoples-led act of resistance, hope & empowerment: amazonflotilla.quipa.org
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November 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Today, CIEL & Climate Action Network joined 5 thousand people from 60 countries sailing on the rivers surrounding the #COP30 host city.
The #AmazonFlotilla is not just a protest or a journey. It's an #IndigenousPeoples-led act of resistance, hope & empowerment: amazonflotilla.quipa.org
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The #AmazonFlotilla is not just a protest or a journey. It's an #IndigenousPeoples-led act of resistance, hope & empowerment: amazonflotilla.quipa.org
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Reposted by Rachel Kennerley
"Many oil and gas companies advocating for #CCS in UK have simultaneously raised issues with the technical feasibility and commercial viability of CCS in other countries when faced with regulation"
Report by @influencemap.bsky.social
#climatecrisis
influencemap.org/report/The-U...
Report by @influencemap.bsky.social
#climatecrisis
influencemap.org/report/The-U...
The UK Oil and Gas Industry's Advocacy on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
New analysis from InfluenceMap suggests that for more than 15 years, the oil and gas industry has systematically pushed the UK government to adopt a costly, emissions-intensive energy policy agenda de...
influencemap.org
October 8, 2025 at 9:12 AM
"Many oil and gas companies advocating for #CCS in UK have simultaneously raised issues with the technical feasibility and commercial viability of CCS in other countries when faced with regulation"
Report by @influencemap.bsky.social
#climatecrisis
influencemap.org/report/The-U...
Report by @influencemap.bsky.social
#climatecrisis
influencemap.org/report/The-U...
Reposted by Rachel Kennerley
🚨 New report from @influencemap.bsky.social reveals Oil & Gas giants are driving the push for costly Carbon Capture & Storage.
It’s not a climate solution—it’s a lifeline for fossil fuels. #CCS risks locking in emissions and delaying real action.
bit.ly/3IZXf1e
It’s not a climate solution—it’s a lifeline for fossil fuels. #CCS risks locking in emissions and delaying real action.
bit.ly/3IZXf1e
The UK Oil and Gas Industry's Advocacy on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
New analysis from InfluenceMap suggests that for more than 15 years, the oil and gas industry has systematically pushed the UK government to adopt a costly, emissions-intensive energy policy agenda de...
bit.ly
October 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🚨 New report from @influencemap.bsky.social reveals Oil & Gas giants are driving the push for costly Carbon Capture & Storage.
It’s not a climate solution—it’s a lifeline for fossil fuels. #CCS risks locking in emissions and delaying real action.
bit.ly/3IZXf1e
It’s not a climate solution—it’s a lifeline for fossil fuels. #CCS risks locking in emissions and delaying real action.
bit.ly/3IZXf1e
Reposted by Rachel Kennerley
You can't fix offsets, because they're not really broken
They are designed from the ground up as a way for polluters to falsify climate action, and for disgustingly rich bankers to divert funds away from frontline communities
As long as fossil fuels exist, offsets will exist
Good paper! -->>>
They are designed from the ground up as a way for polluters to falsify climate action, and for disgustingly rich bankers to divert funds away from frontline communities
As long as fossil fuels exist, offsets will exist
Good paper! -->>>
Are Carbon Offsets Fixable?
This article provides a systematic review of the literature on carbon offsets. A growing number of studies have found that the most widely used offset programs continue to greatly overestimate their p...
www.annualreviews.org
October 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM
You can't fix offsets, because they're not really broken
They are designed from the ground up as a way for polluters to falsify climate action, and for disgustingly rich bankers to divert funds away from frontline communities
As long as fossil fuels exist, offsets will exist
Good paper! -->>>
They are designed from the ground up as a way for polluters to falsify climate action, and for disgustingly rich bankers to divert funds away from frontline communities
As long as fossil fuels exist, offsets will exist
Good paper! -->>>
Reposted by Rachel Kennerley
News that shocks no one: Carbon offsets do nothing for climate.
Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says
Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
News that shocks no one: Carbon offsets do nothing for climate.
Reposted by Rachel Kennerley
#BlocchiamoTutto. Against governments’ silence, against genocide, against impunity.
As workers across Italy call for a #GeneralStrike, CIEL UNITE shows its unwavering solidarity with the #GlobalSumudFlotilla, striking workers in Italy, and all those resisting genocide.
As workers across Italy call for a #GeneralStrike, CIEL UNITE shows its unwavering solidarity with the #GlobalSumudFlotilla, striking workers in Italy, and all those resisting genocide.
October 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
#BlocchiamoTutto. Against governments’ silence, against genocide, against impunity.
As workers across Italy call for a #GeneralStrike, CIEL UNITE shows its unwavering solidarity with the #GlobalSumudFlotilla, striking workers in Italy, and all those resisting genocide.
As workers across Italy call for a #GeneralStrike, CIEL UNITE shows its unwavering solidarity with the #GlobalSumudFlotilla, striking workers in Italy, and all those resisting genocide.
Reposted by Rachel Kennerley
THREAD: 1/5 Another consultation, on proposed changes to the EU #ClimateLaw, closes tomorrow. These changes will:
🙈 open the door to international carbon offsets
🙉 endorse so-called ‘permanent removals’ in the EU carbon market.
Read on to find out what this means 😱
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
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🙈 open the door to international carbon offsets
🙉 endorse so-called ‘permanent removals’ in the EU carbon market.
Read on to find out what this means 😱
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
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European Commission - Have your say
European Commission - Have your say
ec.europa.eu
September 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
THREAD: 1/5 Another consultation, on proposed changes to the EU #ClimateLaw, closes tomorrow. These changes will:
🙈 open the door to international carbon offsets
🙉 endorse so-called ‘permanent removals’ in the EU carbon market.
Read on to find out what this means 😱
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
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🙈 open the door to international carbon offsets
🙉 endorse so-called ‘permanent removals’ in the EU carbon market.
Read on to find out what this means 😱
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
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Reposted by Rachel Kennerley
CIEL is proud to stand with the #KickBigPollutersOut coalition as the #UNFCCC takes a critical step: forcing all COP30 participants to publicly disclose their funders and affirm alignment with the Paris Agreement.
KBPO Press Release 👇
bit.ly/4gnv097
KBPO Press Release 👇
bit.ly/4gnv097
RELEASE: UN climate regime responds to civil society pressure to address Big Polluter interference in climate action | Kick Big Polluters Out
bit.ly
September 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
CIEL is proud to stand with the #KickBigPollutersOut coalition as the #UNFCCC takes a critical step: forcing all COP30 participants to publicly disclose their funders and affirm alignment with the Paris Agreement.
KBPO Press Release 👇
bit.ly/4gnv097
KBPO Press Release 👇
bit.ly/4gnv097
Reposted by Rachel Kennerley
Today the Commission closes its consultation on ‘CO2 infrastructure & markets’ – a fossil fuel industry stitch up full of deregulation that seeks to entrench carbon capture by building costly and dangerous CO2 pipelines.
Read more on Deregulation Watch:
corporateeurope.org/en/deregulation-watch
Read more on Deregulation Watch:
corporateeurope.org/en/deregulation-watch
Deregulation Watch | Corporate Europe Observatory
Check out our new posts on Deregulation Watch which helps civil society monitor new developments in the deregulation agenda, assess what’s at stake, and organise in defence of strong social, environme...
corporateeurope.org
September 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Today the Commission closes its consultation on ‘CO2 infrastructure & markets’ – a fossil fuel industry stitch up full of deregulation that seeks to entrench carbon capture by building costly and dangerous CO2 pipelines.
Read more on Deregulation Watch:
corporateeurope.org/en/deregulation-watch
Read more on Deregulation Watch:
corporateeurope.org/en/deregulation-watch
This piece by the World Economic Forum repeats wildly optimistic headlines about #CCS from a DNV Group report... but underplays the failings of #CCS (many of which are also in the report) and its use to prolong fossil fuels. I’ll unpack below 👇
www.weforum.org/stories/2025...
www.weforum.org/stories/2025...
Carbon capture and storage is at a turning point. Here's why
Carbon capture and storage is forecast to grow fourfold to 2030, and technological advances and government approval will be key to scaling it further.
www.weforum.org
August 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This piece by the World Economic Forum repeats wildly optimistic headlines about #CCS from a DNV Group report... but underplays the failings of #CCS (many of which are also in the report) and its use to prolong fossil fuels. I’ll unpack below 👇
www.weforum.org/stories/2025...
www.weforum.org/stories/2025...
Reposted by Rachel Kennerley
🌍 African Leadership Rejects Solar Geoengineering at #AMCEN20
As the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment ends, climate justice movements celebrate African governments’ leadership in rejecting dangerous solar geoengineering technologies
handsoffmotherearth.org/resources/pr... ➡️
As the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment ends, climate justice movements celebrate African governments’ leadership in rejecting dangerous solar geoengineering technologies
handsoffmotherearth.org/resources/pr... ➡️
July 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
🌍 African Leadership Rejects Solar Geoengineering at #AMCEN20
As the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment ends, climate justice movements celebrate African governments’ leadership in rejecting dangerous solar geoengineering technologies
handsoffmotherearth.org/resources/pr... ➡️
As the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment ends, climate justice movements celebrate African governments’ leadership in rejecting dangerous solar geoengineering technologies
handsoffmotherearth.org/resources/pr... ➡️
Reposted by Rachel Kennerley
Mozambique LNG is a known site of environmental and human rights violations – and the US Export-Import Bank (EXIM) approved billions of tax dollars to fund this project without proper environmental review, economic assessments, or public input.
We're taking them to court.
We're taking them to court.
July 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Mozambique LNG is a known site of environmental and human rights violations – and the US Export-Import Bank (EXIM) approved billions of tax dollars to fund this project without proper environmental review, economic assessments, or public input.
We're taking them to court.
We're taking them to court.
Reposted by Rachel Kennerley
🇬🇧 New @ieefainstitute.bsky.social report: #UK #CCS plans could cost £408 bn by 2050, with £50+ bn in subsidies already pledged for just 8% of the 2050 CCS target.
Read the Report here: ieefa.org/resources/ru...
This isn’t #ClimateAction: it’s a bottomless pit for public money.
Read the Report here: ieefa.org/resources/ru...
This isn’t #ClimateAction: it’s a bottomless pit for public money.
The runaway cost of UK carbon capture and storage subsidies
Despite reduced carbon capture and storage (CCS) targets in the UK’s most recent Carbon Budget, the reliance on this unproven and expensive technology remains a high-risk strategy
ieefa.org
July 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
🇬🇧 New @ieefainstitute.bsky.social report: #UK #CCS plans could cost £408 bn by 2050, with £50+ bn in subsidies already pledged for just 8% of the 2050 CCS target.
Read the Report here: ieefa.org/resources/ru...
This isn’t #ClimateAction: it’s a bottomless pit for public money.
Read the Report here: ieefa.org/resources/ru...
This isn’t #ClimateAction: it’s a bottomless pit for public money.
Reposted by Rachel Kennerley
In part 2 of ‘Smoke and Mirrors’, CIEL’s Mary Church @mmchch.bsky.social & @MatrixChambers’ @matrixlaw.bsky.social Kate Cook unpack existing international restrictions on geoengineering, like the CBD moratorium & London Protocol 🌍⚖️
🎧 Listen to the podcast: bit.ly/4lV8PZj
🎧 Listen to the podcast: bit.ly/4lV8PZj
A Common Concern: The Climate Justice Podcast – Smoke and Mirrors: Geoengineering and International Law Part 2 - Matrix Chambers
A Common Concern: The Climate Justice Podcast – Smoke and Mirrors: Geoengineering and International Law Part 2
bit.ly
July 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
In part 2 of ‘Smoke and Mirrors’, CIEL’s Mary Church @mmchch.bsky.social & @MatrixChambers’ @matrixlaw.bsky.social Kate Cook unpack existing international restrictions on geoengineering, like the CBD moratorium & London Protocol 🌍⚖️
🎧 Listen to the podcast: bit.ly/4lV8PZj
🎧 Listen to the podcast: bit.ly/4lV8PZj
Reposted by Rachel Kennerley
🚨NEW BRIEFING🚨
As the UK prepares to decide on supporting the controversial Mozambique #LNG with $1.15 billion of taxpayer money, our new report shows 🚫 disastrous consequences of funding the project.
Read the full PR oilchange.org/news/new-rep...
As the UK prepares to decide on supporting the controversial Mozambique #LNG with $1.15 billion of taxpayer money, our new report shows 🚫 disastrous consequences of funding the project.
Read the full PR oilchange.org/news/new-rep...
New report: UK taxpayer backing for Mozambique gas project would be ‘Total Disaster’ - Oil Change International
As the UK government imminently prepares to make a decision on supporting the controversial Mozambique Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) with $1.15 billion of taxpayer finance, a new briefing from Oil…
oilchange.org
July 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
🚨NEW BRIEFING🚨
As the UK prepares to decide on supporting the controversial Mozambique #LNG with $1.15 billion of taxpayer money, our new report shows 🚫 disastrous consequences of funding the project.
Read the full PR oilchange.org/news/new-rep...
As the UK prepares to decide on supporting the controversial Mozambique #LNG with $1.15 billion of taxpayer money, our new report shows 🚫 disastrous consequences of funding the project.
Read the full PR oilchange.org/news/new-rep...
Reposted by Rachel Kennerley
1/2 What does the EU's #2040 climate target loophole mean in reality?
The @oekoinstitut.bsky.social shows that using international carbon offsets for 3% of its emissions cuts means "the EU’s 2040 net emissions would be 30% higher" than if it made the cuts domestically
www.oeko.de/publikation/...
The @oekoinstitut.bsky.social shows that using international carbon offsets for 3% of its emissions cuts means "the EU’s 2040 net emissions would be 30% higher" than if it made the cuts domestically
www.oeko.de/publikation/...
The proposed 2040 climate target for the EU
On 2 July 2025 the Commission published its proposal for the EU’s greenhouse gas emission target for the year 2040. This target and its implementation will determine the EU’s climate ambition for the ...
www.oeko.de
July 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
1/2 What does the EU's #2040 climate target loophole mean in reality?
The @oekoinstitut.bsky.social shows that using international carbon offsets for 3% of its emissions cuts means "the EU’s 2040 net emissions would be 30% higher" than if it made the cuts domestically
www.oeko.de/publikation/...
The @oekoinstitut.bsky.social shows that using international carbon offsets for 3% of its emissions cuts means "the EU’s 2040 net emissions would be 30% higher" than if it made the cuts domestically
www.oeko.de/publikation/...
Reposted by Rachel Kennerley
Wasting time & public 💰 on risky, expensive technical fixes such as #CCS and #CDR delays just transition + gives the industry cover to keep up emissions, says Oil Change International senior campaigner Myriam Douo, commenting on the EU's updated climate law.
➡️ www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/pr...
➡️ www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/pr...
July 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Wasting time & public 💰 on risky, expensive technical fixes such as #CCS and #CDR delays just transition + gives the industry cover to keep up emissions, says Oil Change International senior campaigner Myriam Douo, commenting on the EU's updated climate law.
➡️ www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/pr...
➡️ www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/pr...