Lili Fuhr
@lilifuhr
Director - Fossil Economy Program @ciel_tweets. Fighting fossil fuels & false solutions. Opinions my own. She/her
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https://www.ciel.org 10-12-2011 08:45:00
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❗️ #Petrochemicals are byproducts of #FossilFuel production that are used to make synthetic products like plastics & pesticides.
Both petrochemical production & consumption are toxic & harmful to our health.
As 🇪🇺 elections approach, leaders MUST prioritize health over profit.
NEW
Staff at Science Based Targets initiative have called for the CEO and board members to resign after they announced plans to allow companies to meet their climate targets with carbon offsets.
Story with Fiona Harvey 👇
theguardian.com/environment/20…
🇪🇺Yesterday, the European Parliament approved the Carbon Removal Certification Framework ( #CRCF ).
By giving credibility to #falsesolutions , the legislation will delay ambitious #ClimateAction & undermine real emissions cuts.
Read our press release & reactions👇 realzeroeurope.org/s/RZE_CRCF_Pre…
Norfolk Southern reached a $600m settlement following the derailment and burning of toxic #VinylChloride in #EastPalestine .
Let’s do the math:
💲600,000,000
➖40% attorney fee
🟰360,000,000
➗452,719 people within a 20-mile radius
🟰$795 / person
cnn.it/49xDOUO
⚡️⚖️a few snapshots from the landmark #ClimateJustice decision delivered today by the 🇪🇺European Court of Human Rights in Klimaseniorinnen v. 🇨🇭Switzerland
🧵a short thread focusing on the scope of substantive obligations of States...⬇️
⚠️ UN Climate Change puts severe participation restrictions for NGOs at 1st #LossAndDamage Fund Board meeting ⚠️
'Space constraints' argument is unconvincing & no virtual modalities are provided.
This is even more outrageous as observer participation is one of the agenda points.
📢BREAKING: the ECHR CEDH issued a groundbreaking ruling in the KlimaSeniorinnen case.
The Court found Switzerland in violation of the European Convention on #HumanRights for failing to implement sufficient measures to combat #ClimateChange .
Our statement: ciel.org/news/historic-…
🔴On April 10, the European Parliament will vote the Carbon Removals Certification Framework ( #CRCF ).
The law relies on the fallacy that emissions can be 'offset' by removing carbon from the atmosphere, delaying real #ClimateAction !
Read our letter to MEPs👇 realzeroeurope.org/s/RZE_Letter_t…
This is amazing and I can't wait to work with both of you Astrid Puentes Riaño & Elisa Morgera. Congratulations! As we tackle climate & environmental injustices, we need female and feminist leadership more than ever! SREnvironment SR human rights & climate change Center for International Environmental Law
ciel.org/news/ciel-welc…
#HRC55 | The United Nations Human Rights Council has appointed Astrid Puentes Riaño Riaño (Mexico) as Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment
📢 To our journalist friends: It's time to talk about #CarbonOffsets !
We have no time to waste on false solutions. carbon offsets distract from effective climate action, allowing polluting corporations to continue business as usual.
Read 👇
gijn.org/resource/repor…
🌎Our latest #geoengineering technology update looks at how carbon markets are driving open-ocean Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE) experiments that are endangering marine ecosystems. Read it here: geoengineeringmonitor.org/2024/04/marine…🌏
At the most recent United Nations Environment Assembly, African leaders argued that research has already demonstrated the catastrophic risks of solar geoengineering, write Yacob, Dean Bhekumuzi Bhebhe, and Niclas Hällström. bit.ly/3THz9JP
Carbon Capture: A new wave of denial, deception & delay. Fossil fuel industry saying we can engineer our way out of this without any major changes to business as usual. The industry has been successful in capturing subsidies, not carbon.” The New York Times David Gelles nytimes.com/2024/03/31/cli…