Greenpeace EU Profile picture
Breaking news & comment from the EU advocacy team on energy/climate change, agriculture/food, forests, trade, pollution, lobby transparency, democracy and more
Apr 26, 2022 15 tweets 7 min read
As we remember the #Chornobyl nuclear disaster, we remain gravely concerned at the risk of another nuclear catastrophe due to the war in Ukraine, and we call on @vonderleyen and @McGuinnessEU to withdraw the #EUTaxonomy plan for nuclear & gas

Thread:

greenpeace.org/international/… When Russian forces shelled the #Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine in early March, it set off a blaze that was only just brought under control, and shocked the world

bbc.com/news/world-606…
Mar 25, 2022 11 tweets 7 min read
The EU Parliament has released its draft response, led by @CHansenEU, to the EU Commission's proposal to end Europe's complicity in global forest destruction: europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document…

Let's see if it goes far enough to protect nature and human rights 👇👇

#Together4Forests Image Reminder: 18 months ago, the Parliament asked the Commission for a strong law that would ensure that all products sold in the EU, and investments by European banks, would have no link to nature destruction or human rights abuses

#Together4Forests
greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issues…
May 28, 2020 16 tweets 15 min read
Starting at 9: @EP_Environment Committee debating the #EUClimateLaw

Look out for:
-Lead MEP @JytteGuteland supporting 65% emissions reduction
-What others in @TheProgressives say
-Committee president @pcanfin's take
-Live updates from us!

#EUGreenDeal

multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/envi-commit… First up, lead MEP @JytteGuteland presenting her #EUClimateLaw report

europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2014_…

#EUGreenDeal