Few Europeans have heard of it but there's a lobby group in Brussels that holds sway over the future of food, farms & nature. We dug deep into Copa-Cogeca to find a Brussels bully that's bleeding support among farmers 🧵

📣 Where there’s smoke, there’s a human story We are together in front of European Parliament to ask for an ambitious #IndustrialEmissionsDirective 🏭💪 Will policymakers protect the environment and our health? People are counting on you for the 11 July vote!

The EU's #FoodSecurity depends on thriving ecosystems. #EUGreenDeal laws aren't what's driving food prices up right now. On the other hand, failing to #RestoreNature when #EPlenary votes later this week will for sure affect food supply in the long run - hence food affordability.

#Penny (Rewe-Gruppe) promotet "wahre Preise", dabei verursacht die #Marktmacht der vier #Supermarktkonzerne Rewe, Lidl, Aldi, Edeka ein Drittel der hohen #Inflationsrate bei Lebensmitteln. Wir fordern: Faire-Preise-Gesetz gegen #Preisdumping & FÜR #Umweltschutz!

Planting trees to offset CO₂ emissions doesn't really work and actually makes climate change worse. salon.com/2023/08/24/why…

New Greenpeace CEE report shows more of what we know: "Although most of the companies are committed to "net zero" by 2050, a closer look shows that none of them has developed a coherent strategy to achieve this." Instead they rely on offsetting and CCS. #realzero #climatecrisis

Habeck Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz darf mit der Carbon Management Strategie (#CCS) nicht internationale Klimaverhandlungen durchkreuzen, die ein globales Ziel für erneuerbare Energien und Energieeffizienz sowie den Ausstieg aus fossilen Energien anstreben. ▶️ bund.net/themen/aktuell…

CAP reform post-2022 promised a fairer CAP for small to medium sized farmers. So, is it? Find out - & what this term fairwashing means - in our new report.

🔴 "Eni knew": Italian oil and gas company Eni knew about the climate impacts of fossil fuel extraction since 1970, according to a new report by Greenpeace Italia and ReCommon. Ben Franta and I covered the findings on DeSmog: desmog.com/2023/09/24/ita…

As some of the biggest #food companies grow more concerned about their #climate image, they are turning to well-worn #greenwashing tactics to shift the debate away from meaningful action. desmog.com/2023/09/21/a-g…

For the #EUFarm2Fork to be more than a buzz word, we need strong proposals for #AnimalWelfare & sustainable #FoodSystems. European Commission don’t give up on your promises! We don’t need further assessments, we need proposals for action! 🧵👇

We investigated industrial ag's cozy relationship with conservative EPP politicians in Europe. Read on to see what we found 🧵👇 By Clare Carlile, edits by Hazel Healy, data viz by Brigitte Wear desmog.com/2023/10/04/rev…

Great piece by Kathy McAfee & Kate Dooley on the #CRCF! 📢"This dangerous proposal, which is currently before the European Parliament, would reward offsetters with an EU stamp of approval."

Proud to have contributed this piece on #carbonfarming to the new soil atlas, thanks for the great collaboration Larissa Stiem-Bhatia! Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung BUND TMG Think Tank #Bodenatlas Read it here: boell.de/de/2024/01/09/… (German only)

“We’re doing it for the soil, not so much the carbon.” Great article about the issues of #soilcarbon offsets. Restoring soil health has to go far beyond carbon - and it can certainly not relieve us of the task to cutting emissions in our #foodsystem! on.ft.com/48Qfqyg

📢Together with 140+ NGOs we ask the EU to be a true climate leader! Although the EU supported the call for a #fossilfuelphaseout at #COP28 its 2040 climate targets are built on #FalseSolutions such as risky #CarbonRemoval activities! Read our statement👇realzeroeurope.org/statement-on-t…