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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 1d

@paneurope.bsky.social @corporateeurope.org @noah.dk @organicseurope.bsky.social @foodwatch-int.bsky.social @foodwatchnl.bsky.social @chloemiko.bsky.social @casshebron.bsky.social @onestpret.bsky.social

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 1d

🍽️ Food concerns everyone, so do the rules that protect it. If the EU rolls back food & pesticide laws, we all lose: our health, nature, clean water

We built these protections together over time. We have 7 days to defend them.

Join us in saying #ProtectMyPlate 👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/news/raise-y...

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Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe @caneurope.org · 3d

❌ Our Planet and Our Rights are NOT FOR SALE!

💪 We took the streets of Brussels today, together with thousands of people at #ClimateMarch!

➡️ We demand the EU to step up on climate ambition and claim back the global leadership it was once known for!

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 3d

And on the way, we teamed up with allies from @caneurope.org to call on the EU to ramp up ambitions and financing for #ClimateAction ✊

In a tug of war between citizens and corporate CEOs, we showed it’s time to tip the balance - because our planet & #OurRightsAreNotForSale!

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 3d

We joined thousands on the streets of Brussels today for the #ClimateMarch, walking with our Belgian groups to say: let’s tip the balance! ⚖️

Listen to us, not big polluters.

For climate justice and a transition that puts #PeopleOverProfits.

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Lis Cunha @liscunha.bsky.social · 5d

Great job opportunity at @foeeurope.bsky.social: They're looking for a trade & investment campaigner 💪 to take on the fight against harmful trade like EU-Mercosur & ISDS, and for a just EU trade policy instead. Apply until 12 Oct 👉https://friendsoftheearth.eu/job/job-trade-and-investment-campaigner/

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Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe @caneurope.org · 5d

❌ Our Planet and Our Rights are NOT FOR SALE!
📍 Join us on Sunday, October 5, in Brussels
💪 The biggest climate march in Brussels this year!

#ClimateMarch2025 #ClimateJustice #OurRightsAreNotForSale
@environment.brussels @cncd.be @bblv.be @eeb.org @foeeurope.bsky.social

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Camille Perrin @perrincam.bsky.social · 5d

It wasn’t enough for agrifood lobbies to sabotage efforts to make EU pesticide regulations stricter. Now they want to weaken them. There’s a public consultation ongoing and @foeeurope.bsky.social created a handy tool to help you raise your voice 👇
#RulesToProtect
friendsoftheearth.eu/news/raise-y...

Raise your voice for safe food and nature free from toxic pesticides - Friends of the Earth Europe

After a ‘simplification’ package on corporate responsibility, the EU Commission now wants to attack various food laws from pesticides reduction to food control. And they’re asking for everyone’s opini...

friendsoftheearth.eu

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 5d

Justice for the environmental defenders❗

The trial of the 12 Ugandan activists accused of causing a public nuisance during a peaceful anti-EACOP protest has resumed.

They were arrested in August, and the case has been adjourned for another two weeks.

Read more: www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/...

Defence rejects State's CCTV footage request in anti-EACOP protest trial

The witness identified the banners bearing inscriptions against the pipeline, which the prosecution sought to tender as exhibits

www.monitor.co.ug

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 6d

🆕 from @ember-energy.org: renewables are helping Spain break free from gas price spikes!

The EU must scale up renewables across the continent to lower bills, break away from fossil fuels and ensure a clean & just transition ☀️

Ember @ember-energy.org · 6d

NEW | Surging wind and solar power helped make electricity in Spain CHEAPER than in most European countries.

📈 As wind and solar grows…
📉 …The influence of costly fossil fuels on the electricity price shrinks

https://loom.ly/8DEmqVc

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 6d

👋 @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @christophehansen.bsky.social @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu

We've got a package for you 📦 #StopToxicTrade

Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 6d

Europe bans toxic pesticides… but exports them abroad ! Let’s stop this toxic trade together !

👉 Share the video & tag
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @christophehansen.bsky.social @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu

👉 Sign the petitions
www.foodwatch.org/en/stop-the-...
www.openpetition.eu/petition/onl...

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SOMO - Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations @somoamsterdam.bsky.social · 6d

🚨 ExxonMobil has been lobbying relentlessly to take down the EU’s CSDDD.

Its playbook?
- Lobbying
- Funding think tanks
- Media sponsorships

⚠️The EU cannot let those causing the climate crisis write the rules to get out of it.

www.somo.nl/how-big-oil-kills-sustainability-and-climate-legislation/

How Big Oil kills sustainability and climate legislation - SOMO

Inside ExxonMobil’s lobby campaign to take down the EU’s CSDDD When the EU finally agreed on its landmark Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) in 2024, it was hailed as a breakthro...

www.somo.nl

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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 7d

💥Our message is loud, clear, and rolling: STOP THE OMNIBUS.

🚍 We are making our tour around the EU institutions to make sure lawmakers can’t look away.

We want clean air, safe water, and a future for all.
Follow us 👉 handsoffnature.eu/the-campaign/
#HandsOffNature

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 7d

@slowfoodhq.bsky.social @paneurope.bsky.social @corporateeurope.org @foodwatch-int.bsky.social @amigasdelatierra.bsky.social @global2000.bsky.social @organicseurope.bsky.social @amisdelaterre.org @foehungary-mtvsz.bsky.social

Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 7d

🗣️Raise your voice for safe food & nature free from toxics!

The EU Commission wants to roll back vital food safety protections. We've 14 days to speak up.

Tell them the protection of our food, soil & water from toxics is a necessity. Tell them: #ProtectMyPlate 👉 friendsoftheearth.eu/news/raise-y...

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 7d

Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Read the open letter by Friends of the Earth Scotland - @foescot.bsky.social - and join their online action.

📃: foe.scot/groups-conde...

✉️ Online action: actionnetwork.org/letters/dana...

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 7d

France 🇫🇷

Read the briefings by Friends of the Earth France - @amisdelaterre.org

1️⃣: www.amisdelaterre.org/business-ene...

2️⃣: www.amisdelaterre.org/energie-serv...

3️⃣: www.amisdelaterre.org/controle-sys...

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 7d

Croatia 🇭🇷

Find out more about the action of Zelena Akcija.

📃(EN): zelena-akcija.hr/en/news/the-...

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 7d

Spain 🇪🇸

See how Amigas de la Tierra protested in Spain - @amigasdelatierra.bsky.social

📃(ES): www.eldiario.es/castilla-la-...

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 7d

⚡No Energy for Genocide 🛑

Friends of the Earth groups from all around Europe joined the day of action last week to send a strong message to the EU.

Stop fuelling the oppression, stop the killing of Palestinians.
#NoEnergy4Genocide #NoEnergy4Occupation #FreePalestine

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 7d

“What the EU needs to do now (…) is to address things like energy poverty, and ensure investing in the climate transition for everybody, not just the rich”

Said @colinroche.bsky.social on @euronews.com, setting the tone for a debate on the lack of EU climate targets for 2035 and 2040 👏

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 13d

After @publiceye.ch shocking data, the End Toxic Pesticide Trade Coalition is sending some of the top-5 most exported pesticides back to the sender & expects a response from Ursula Von der Leyen.

It’s about accountability. It’s about stopping a toxic trade. It's about putting #PeopleBeforeProfits.

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 13d

🚨 5 years ago, @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu vowed to end exports of pesticides banned in the EU.

❌ Broken promise: EU chemical corporations shipped 122k tonnes last year, 50% more compared to 2018

They poison rural communities, wreck nature & return in our food. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

EU chemical firms plan to export rising quantities of ‘toxic’ pesticides, documents show

Bloc urged to end ‘unethical double standard’ of allowing sale of products deemed too dangerous for EU farms

www.theguardian.com

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 13d

Activists lead three-day march on Brussels against EU's 'deregulation wave'

NGOs and trade unions want to draw attention to what they call a "deregulation wave" in the EU. They claim that the commission is putting the environment as well as social and labour rights at risk by prioritising competitiveness.

euobserver.com

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Extinction Rebellion Belgium @xrbelgium.bsky.social · 13d

📍 Thursday 25/09 at 17h at Schuman in #Brussels

🇪🇺 The European Commission still maintains close ties with an industry that’s complicit in the destruction of the living world and undermining a liveable future for all.

💪 Come to the trial of Ursula von der Leyen and the European Commission!

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