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People and organisations around Europe fighting to cut fossil fuels out of politics! Join in Brussels, Europe & beyond. #fossilfreepolitics
Feb 14 24 tweets 7 min read
LIVE: we're in the @Europarl_EN's Petition Committee for a hearing on fossil fuel companies’ role in the cost-of-living crisis.

We'll be tweeting expert testimonies and our own 🔥 hot takes🔥
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#PeopleOverPolluters
👇👇👇👇 Image Up first, @IsabellaMWeber, zooming in from the US.

She explains how the obscene profits made by the gas industry, due to high energy prices, were used as an excuse for economy-wide price hikes as corporations engaged in price gouging.
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Jul 8, 2021 9 tweets 11 min read
⚠️BREAKING⚠️
New report from @FossilFreeEU & @corpwatchers:

How the the fossil fuel industry hijacked 🇫🇷🇪🇸🇮🇹🇵🇹 recovery funds through #lobbying for #hydrogen!

📌 Read fossilfreepolitics.org/news-resources… #RecoveryWatch
The #fossilfuel industry is a big winner in the EU's 'green' recovery package, thanks to fierce lobbying in 🇪🇺🇮🇹 🇪🇸🇫🇷 🇵🇹 for its current techno-fix climate solution: hydrogen & renewable gas.
A fossil-free recovery needs #FossilFreePolitics
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Jul 6, 2021 7 tweets 5 min read
[LEAK] The latest acknowledgement of the damaging impact of #fossilfuel industry lobbying comes from the #IPCC, which reviews all the scientific literature to provide guidance for the UN and governments.

Want to know what their new leaked draft report says?
#THREAD ⬇️⬇️⬇️ According to @KarlMathiesen who has seen the leaked draft, it "blamed think tanks, foundations, trade associations + other 3rd party groups that represent fossil fuel companies for promoting “contrarian” science..."
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