Biofuel producer Eni fined €5m for its greenwash ads claiming palm-based HVO-diesel is 'green' Meanwhile in Finland, the state-owned Neste produces the largest amount of palm-based 'green' diesel in the world and is given tax breaks by the government (including Vihreät - De Gröna)

Today we met investigative journalist Elias Huuhtanen. He won the Hans Verploeg Award for Newcomer of the Year. An award for investigative journalism annually awarded at the Free Press Live event in 🇳🇱 organized by @freepressunltd , a not-for-profit, nongov organization in A’dam.

Jokainen tankattu NesteMY-litra lisää, ei vähennä, liikenteen päästöjä Saattaa tulla monelle kuluttajalle ikävänä yllätyksenä, kun he ovat ympäristötekona valinneet Neste Suomi tuotteen ja maksaneet ylimääräistä siitä, että saavat saastuttaa enemmän yle.fi/uutiset/3-1118…

THREAD: Unicorns, dragons & the Loch Ness Monster: three things less rare than Finnish-language media writing an article that's critical of Neste Suomi / Neste. With this story, perhaps the tide is turning? yle.fi/uutiset/3-1118… 1/5

The number of Finns applying to UK universities drops by almost 25% since #brexit referendum vote - as students cite fears over visas, tuition costs, housing and ease of application in other EU countries. New investigation by Elias Huuhtanen for @NewsNowFinland newsnowfinland.fi/finland-intern…

How does a decades-old rifle from #Finland end up in the hands of an ISIS-linked fighter, killed last week by Egyptian forces in Sinai? A new investigation by Elias Huuhtanen for @NewsNowFinland takes a look at how it might have happened. 🇫🇮🇪🇬 newsnowfinland.fi/finland-intern…

An extensive Milieudefensie report uncovers deforestation, peat destruction and rights violations linked to Neste biofuel At the same time, the same biofuel enjoys tax breaks in the EU, and is counted towards the renewable energy targets milieudefensie.nl/actueel/levera…

News Now Original💡 "These companies are responsible for deforestation, fires, land disputes and bribery" - Milieudefensie A new report slams Neste as "a wolf in sheep's clothing" when it comes to environmental destruction & human rights. newsnowfinland.fi/finland-intern…

Vain kestävät biopolttoaineet auttavat ilmastokriisin ratkaisemisessa. Hallitus käynnistämässä selvitystä biopolttoaineiden kestävästä enimmäismäärästä. Nyt esitetty sekoitevelvoitteen nosto perustuu biokaasun mukaanottamiseen. yle.fi/uutiset/3-1173…

AFP's fact-checking service is now well and truly up and running in #Finnish too - doing important work identifying and clarifying misinformation that's doing the rounds on Finnish-language social media.

#Finland, #Sweden and #Norway want to atone for their long, dark history of mistreating the indigenous #Sami people. But many Sami say their rights still go unrecognised. From northern #Lapland, my latest for AFP News Agency with Elias Huuhtanen and Jonathan Nackstrand sg.news.yahoo.com/indigenous-sam…

El pueblo indígena sami ve con desconfianza la reparación de los países nórdicos #AFP ▶ u.afp.com/wcox ✍ Sam Kingsley ✍ Elias Huuhtanen 📷 Jonathan Nackstrand

Hei Neste Suomi! Kun kirjoitin 2019 toimitusketjussanne olevan palmuplantaasin korruptiosta väititte, että Neste "ei liity mitenkään" plantaasin ongelmiin eikä sieltä ole hankittu mitään 2016 jälkeen Miksi plantaasi sitten vielä vuonna 2021 näkyy tuoreessa raportissanne

#UPDATE Finland on Thursday took a step towards fast-track membership of NATO, triggering a warning from the Kremlin, as the war in Ukraine throttled supplies of Russian gas to Europe. ▶️ u.afp.com/w2vW by David Stout with Elias Huuhtanen in Helsinki

VIDEO: 🇫🇮🇷🇺 At the same time each day, a dam in the Finnish city of Imatra opens and water rushes out to the sound of music. It's a popular attraction especially with Russian tourists. But since the end of July, the show has begun with the Ukrainian national anthem 📹 Elias Huuhtanen

"I don't want to be killing my Slav people, my brothers, my sisters." As soon as President Vladimir Putin announced a "partial mobilisation" for the war in Ukraine former Russian army officer Alex jumped in his car and drove to Finland u.afp.com/ioTR