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Faustine Bas-Defossez @faustine-bd.bsky.social · Sep 6

🚨 The EU is trying to quietly weaken nature laws during summer break. We have 4 days left to stop this. Don't let them destroy our rivers, forests & wildlife in silence. Don't let them scrap the rules that are there to protect us and our children #HandsOffNature handsoffnature.eu?utm=.share.b...

Hands Off Nature – Defend Europe’s Forests, Rivers & Wildlife

Stop the dismantling of European environmental protections. Stand up for forests, wildlife, clean air, and safe water - our nature depends on it.

handsoffnature.eu

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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · Jun 6

Europe’s competitiveness and citizens would benefit from stronger chemicals rules: close the info gap, phase out harmful substances, and ensure proper enforcement.

By Margot Wallström, former vice president @ec.europa.eu, Jytte Guteland and @matsengstrom.bsky.social

www.politico.eu/article/prop...

Proposed simplification of EU chemicals legislation masks deregulation

Undermining vital legislation will harm people, the environment and the economy — not to mention citizens’ confidence in the bloc.

www.politico.eu

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César Luena @cesarluena.bsky.social · Jun 5

✉️ In July, the Commission will present its proposal for the new Multiannual Financial Framework post-2027.

67 MEPs call for LIFE to remain independent because it’s key to biodiversity.

The environment is not a cost; it’s an investment in our future.

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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · May 7

🚨 LIVE FROM STRASBOURG-GOOD NEWS!

The European Parliament ends the ‘scandal that wasn’t’! Today, MEPs made it clear: funding for NGOs under the EU’s LIFE programme is legal, transparent, and essential to a healthy democracy.

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Faustine Bas-Defossez @faustine-bd.bsky.social · Apr 17

Home working with a view🤩🐿❤️ (PS: I think this little guy comes with a clear message: Protect the EU environmental acquis)!

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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · Apr 15

🛑 Civil society is under attack — and so is our democracy.

NGOs across Europe face a coordinated disinformation campaign led by far-right forces trying to silence the voices that defend people, planet, and democracy.

Our @faustine-bd.bsky.social and @saskiabricmont.bsky.social on Station Europe.

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Camille Perrin @perrincam.bsky.social · Apr 15

Ces attaques (infondées) contre les ONGs pour leur couper tout subsides deviennent de plus en plus récurrentes hélas, voir aussi au niveau européen (avec @faustine-bd.bsky.social du @eeb.org dans l’itv ci-dessous).
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Station Europe - Les ONG volent-elles l’argent de l’Europe ? - BX1

« Scandale à Bruxelles ». C’est le titre que l’on peut lire dans certains journaux cette semaine. Des ONG qui travaillent sur l’environnement auraient bénéficié abusivement de financements européens. ...

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Faustine Bas-Defossez @faustine-bd.bsky.social · Mar 21

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Why defunding NGOs would lock in a European 'Greenwash' Deal

Environmental NGOs — understaffed, underpaid and undervalued — are the only actors fighting back to accelerate the green transition. A bonfire of their budgets, led by the same politicians that parrot...

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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · Feb 27

💓 Civil society is the beating heart of European democracy.

Today, the EEB’s @faustine-bd.bsky.social reminded the @eesc.bsky.social plenary of this fact, as she tackled baseless attacks on environmental NGOs’ LIFE funding head-on 🔥

#EESCPlenary

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Faustine Bas-Defossez @faustine-bd.bsky.social · Feb 25

www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...

Les scientifiques abasourdis par le déni sur l’effondrement de la biodiversité : « C’est nous qui avons raison, et non les lobbys »

Les négociations de la COP16 sur la biodiversité ont repris mardi, à Rome. Des scientifiques disent leur stupéfaction devant les reculs qui affectent la protection de la nature et essaient de se battr...

www.lemonde.fr

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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · Feb 24

Big business spends millions lobbying the EU, but who are the top spenders, and what do they want?

Together with @lobbycontrol.bsky.social we took a look and can reveal that declared corporate lobby spend has reached unprecedented levels.

#lobbying
#lobbyingfirewall
#corporatecapture

Cover of the report, with the titles: The EU’s lobby league table: Big Tech, Banking, Energy, Chemicals & agri-business
Based on the analysis of companies declaring more than €1 million on annual lobbying in the EU lobby register. Data corrected as of 8 February 2025.

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Faustine Bas-Defossez @faustine-bd.bsky.social · Feb 14

Can someone please wake me up from this nightmare and say that it is not real? reporterre.net/Femme-climat....

« Femme », « climat »... Trump interdit des mots dans les articles scientifiques

Les scientifiques étasuniens doivent désormais bannir tout un lexique environnemental et social de leurs travaux, sous peine de risquer la perte de financements. Un basculement dystopique qu'elles et ...

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Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · Jan 30

Très bon long format pour comprendre la guerre de la lobby agricole contre l'environnement. Entre désinformation, propagande et platitudes, la vois de @faustine-bd.bsky.social se lève claire, calme, rigoureuse, et sans concessions.

Bravo.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckut...

"QUAND L'AGRICULTEUR PLEURE, LES LOBBIES TRIOMPHENT" - Faustine Bas-Defossez | LIMIT

YouTube video by LIMIT

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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · Jan 22

New findings show that EPP MEP Monika Hohlmeier, who is leading attacks on NGOs being funded via the EU's LIFE Programme, has a glaring conflict of interest 🚨

Hohlmeier is on the payroll of BayWa, a corporation that received €6.5 million funding from LIFE 🤯

www.corporateeurope.org/en/2025/01/c...

Conflict of Interest Exposed in Conservative Push to Defund NGOs

As the right-of-centre attacks on EU funding to NGOs intensifies, new findings expose a glaring conflict of interest involving Member of European Parliament Monika Hohlmeier (EPP). This casts serious ...

www.corporateeurope.org

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Faustine Bas-Defossez @faustine-bd.bsky.social · Jan 22

#dontbedelulu deal with the pollulu!!!! 💪 @eeb.org 🌱we don't only say it but we do it! Taking the train and not the plane to Warsaw for work with @chrisskriver.bsky.social

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Faustine Bas-Defossez @faustine-bd.bsky.social · Jan 18

Thanks to Commissioner Jessika Roswall for a good meeting and stressing that civil society and work of NGOs are essential.
We in particular talked about #PFAs scandal and the urgent need for the EU to make Europe the first PFAS-free continent!
We count on you to lead the way!

European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · Jan 16

Yesterday, @patricktenbrink.bsky.social, @faustine-bd.bsky.social and our Head of Chemicals, met with @jessikaroswall.bsky.social to discuss the vital role of NGOs in decision-making and the urgent need to tackle chemical pollution under the EU Green Deal to move towards a #toxicfreefuture.

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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · Jan 14

Today, we co-hosted a training session at the EU Parliament focusing on how nature and sustainable agriculture can help tackle the triple crisis🌱🎓

Thanks to our hosts @pcanfin.bsky.social, Herbert Dorfmann (@eppgroup.bsky.social) and Annalisa Corrado (@socialistsanddemocrats.eu)

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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · Jan 14

🔊We are many voices calling on EU leaders to tackle this problem at the root:

❌Stop fueling corporate greed #ForeverLobbying

✅#BanPFAS is the solution to this public health crisis

🔗Join the petition
action.wemove.eu/sign/2024-01...

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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · Jan 14

🚨Breaking news!

💶100 billion a year would be the cost to eliminate #PFAS from the environment in Europe

This is the cost of inaction!

Instead of leaving the #foreverchemicals industry tap open, the solution is to #BanPFAS
www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...

PFAS: The astronomical cost of depolluting Europe

As Europe begins to realize the scale of its poisoning by these toxic and ultra-resistant chemical substances produced by industry, Le Monde and 29 media partners have, for the first time, calculated ...

www.lemonde.fr

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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · Jan 14

#PFAS, or forever chemicals, are widespread.

Check out our new report which shows how EU’s proposed PFAS restriction is at serious risk of being hijacked by corporate lobbying.

Read it here and sign the petition for a #ToxicFreeEurope 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/chemical-...

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Faustine Bas-Defossez @faustine-bd.bsky.social · Jan 9

Merci à @vinzkante.bsky.social de m'avoir permis de mettre la lumière sur notre système alimentaire délétère et l'urgence de le transformer. Pour en savoir plus c'est ici 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckut...

"QUAND L'AGRICULTEUR PLEURE, LES LOBBIES TRIOMPHENT" - Faustine Bas-Defossez | LIMIT

YouTube video by LIMIT

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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · Dec 12

Did you know...
👩‍🌾Only ≈30% of EU farms are run by women
💰And their income is >1/3 lower than those owned by men

🔴Our @faustine-bd.bsky.social is at the EU Parliament to discuss the challenges and opportunities for #GenderEquality in EU food and farming👇 multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development - Multimedia Centre

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

multimedia.europarl.europa.eu

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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · Dec 10

⚠️Europe's waters are polluted with PFAS⚠️

New briefing from the European Environment Agency shows PFAS pollution to be widespread throughout Europe's waters, often exceeding safe levels for human and environmental health!

Full briefing 👉 eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/...

#BanPFAS #ToxicFreeFuture

🧵👇

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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · Dec 10

LIVE🔴

Tune in to watch EEB's @faustine-bd.bsky.social and 5 other panellists kick off this year's #EUAgriFoodDays with a debate on the future of EU #FoodAndFarming, the #CAP, the #StrategicDialogue outcomes, and the upcoming Vision for Agriculture & Food💬

🧵👇https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1kvJpbOWjvgKE

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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · Dec 9

Dear Commissioner Hansen,

EU Food Policy Coalition participating orgs. representing farmers, consumers, nature, animals and health, stand ready to support you in bringing about a fair, competitive and sustainable future of farming!🧑‍🌾🌄

Let's talk🗣️🧵👇

Letter➡️ bit.ly/3OLFjql

#GoodFood4EU

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