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Apr 1 3 tweets 2 min read
The pressure is building to ban access for lobbyists representing Russian energy companies.

Good.

Lobbying for the Kremlin, for its rich cronies, and its energy corporations like Gazprom has been big business in Brussels.

It is time to stop it 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2022/03/ukr…
But this is not just about the Putin regime.

PR and lobby consultancies have long been employed by repressive regimes & the companies close to them.

And they enjoy easy access & influence in Brussels.

EU & national decision-makers need to cut them off! corporateeurope.org/en/2022/03/ukr…
Europe’s dependence on Russian gas is not an accident but a consequence of how the fossil fuel industry has captured EU decision-making.

We need to keep the keep the #gaslobby out of decision making #FossilFreePolitics

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In 2006 sister @Omnicom PR firms GPlus (🇪🇺) & @KetchumPR (🇺🇸) won a multimillion 💰💰 contract to rep for the #Kremlin (& @GazpromEN in 2007)

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+50 representants of org. signed an open letter demanding @EU_Commission that the #SUD reform is ambitious enough & contains strong legally binding use reduction targets, ensuring that farmers r supported in the transition
👀👉corporateeurope.org/sites/default/…
Other demands include:
- Not postponing the much-needed reform of #SUD
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- @EU_Commission stands by its commitment 2 #F2F & Biodiversity Strategies,transitioning away from current model & its reliance on external inputs
What are we talking about?
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Got 5 min free this weekend?
Here are some reading suggestions:

euobserver.com/climate/154540
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"Ukraine underlines urgency of EU green food goals", bu
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1️⃣ The outcome of COP26 spells disaster for people and the planet, in particular for the global South. Rejected by the climate justice movement, the final text mirrors the agenda of rich developed countries and their oil and gas industries.
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#ClimateAction
2️⃣ At least 503 fossil fuel lobbyists, affiliated with some of the world's biggest polluting oil and gas giants, have been granted access to #COP26 , flooding the Glasgow conference with corporate influence.
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