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  1. COP30 President: The UN climate talks will be a defining business opportunity Me: Like, a burning house is the perfect fire to roast marshmallows over? It's time to end #BigPolluters' stranglehold over the UN climate talks. We demand a polluter-free #COP30! kickbigpollutersout.org/Polluter-Fre...

  2. Ever heard of #CleanTransitionDialogues? 🇪🇺channel for co-regulation with #FossilFuel industry & other #BigPolluters pushing their #falsesolutions like #H2 #CCS @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu “I am very grateful for these dialogues because the results have shaped the priorities of my new Commission”

  3. This comes in the wake of 130+ U.S. & EU lawmakers echoing calls from civil society for governments & UN decision-makers to end the ability of #BigPolluters to write the rules of climate action. ⬇️
    washingtonpost.com/climate-env

  4. #BigPolluters are interfering with climate negotiations to pad their profits as the world burns.

    In 2022, the five majors made record-breaking profits of $200 billion, more than 2x what they made in 2021. 💰

  5. @simonstiel @antonioguterres how can you allow an oil CEO to be President of #COP28?

    CEO joins 425 groups from around the world to demand we protect climate policy from #BigPolluters' influence.

    It's time we #KickBigPollutersOut.
    kickbigpollutersout.org/sites/

  6. At the #BigOne yesterday in London, CEO's @pascoesabido reveals the role of the fossil fuel lobby in driving the #climate & #costofliving crises + the need for #fossilfreepolitics.

    In the UK? Join the new campaign launching 17 June: fossilfreeparliament.uk

  7. The CID promised to introduce/alter/accelerate swathes of new + existing files, making it a key target for dirty industry lobbying. The files with most meetings:

    🏭 CID: 162
    🛃 CBAM: 145
    ♻️ Circular Economy Act: 65
    ⏩ Industrial Accelerator Act: 53
    🚗 Automotive Action Plan: 45

    #DirtyIndustrialDeal

  8. Among lobby groups with 5 or more meetings on the CID and its related files, the metals & mining sector dominated:

    🤝 41% of meetings
    🏅 6 out of the top 10 most frequent visitors

    Next highest was energy (13%) and automotive (11%)
    #DirtyIndustrialDeal

  9. The CID promised to introduce/alter/accelerate swathes of new + existing files, making it a key target for dirty industry lobbying. The files with most meetings: 🏭 CID: 162 🛃 CBAM: 145 ♻️ Circular Economy Act: 65 ⏩ Industrial Accelerator Act: 53 🚗 Automotive Action Plan: 45 #DirtyIndustrialDeal

  10. Q: How does the CID fit in the broader EU competitiveness agenda? A: Putting industrial competitiveness first is at the core of the Letta & Draghi reports, + underpins the EU's Competitiveness Compass 🧭. 🫤 Regulation becomes a burden, not a protection, as the CID reflects. #DirtyIndustrialDeal

  11. Q: How has the CID put industry in the driving seat? pt1 A: The CID states "Our proposals are directly tailored to [industry's] needs”. It has been designed with + for industry. But the proposals also create new channels for industry to influence policy and shape regulations. #DirtyIndustrialDeal

  12. Q: How has the CID put industry in the driving seat? pt2 A: The CID contains proposals to side-step binding regulations in favour of voluntary self-regulation. This is worrying given industry's track record of lobbying against strong protections for workers and the environment. #DirtyIndustrialDeal

  13. Q: Has the CID confused “public interest” with that of heavy industry? A: The CID wrongly assumes what is good for heavy industry is good for society, incl transferring public 💰 to big polluters. ⚠️ Given the high costs + potential negative impacts, it risks a major backlash. #DirtyIndustrialDeal

  14. Q: Who's behind the CID? A: A joint effort between 🇪🇺 EU Commission + a well-organised 🏭 industry lobbying effort. 📜 The CID officially credits the industry-led #AntwerpDeclaration + the EU-led Clean Transition Dialogues. Both served as vehicles for big polluter interests. #DirtyIndustrialDeal

  15. Q: Where does the CID come from? pt2 A: By arguing for "competitiveness", heavy industry successfully killed many environmental + social protections in the EGD 🥬, but secured ⬆️ political + financial 💰 support for the EGD's failed climate techno-fixes ⛔ like #CCS #hydrogen #DirtyIndustrialDeal

  16. Q: Where does the CID come from? pt1 A: Industry lobbying began in 2022, wanting: ✅ more support for dirty industry ❎ fewer social and environmental regulations Industry justified it by a loss of competitiveness vs US 🇺🇸 & China 🇨🇳. But the public foots the bill 💰 #DirtyIndustrialDeal

  17. Q: Is the so-called Clean Industrial Deal actually "clean"❓ A: No❗ ⛔ Deepens EU commitment to industry false solutions #hydrogen #CCUS ⛔ Ignores wider environmental problems like chemical pollution or deforestation ⛔ Instead of "Polluter Pays" principle, "Polluters GET Paid" #DirtyIndustrialDeal

  18. The EU is just about to label #hydrogen made from fossil gas as clean Rules for low-carbon #H2 have been accelerated by the #CleanIndustrialDeal & heavily influenced by oil&gas companies. Lobby scam uncovered w/ @powershift.bsky.social, 🇩🇪Now in German power-shift.de/einfallstor-...

  19. BREAKING: EU Commission President @[email protected] says “We are not fighting fossil fuels, we are fighting the emissions from fossil fuels” She is parroting oil&gas industry lines, pushing unproven costly technologies like CCS + CO2 removals to keep using fossil fuels. #FossilFreePolitics

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  20. We need stronger rules at all levels: 🇺🇳 UN level: an Accountability Framework to address conflicts of interest 🇪🇺 EU level: turn good behaviour into a concrete conflict of interest policy 🇫🇷🇮🇹🇸🇪: Member State level: firewalls to protect policy making from fossil fuel influence #FossilFreePolitics

  21. In 🇩🇪 Germany and 🇦🇹 Austria, the governments also told @fossilfreeeu.bsky.social national groups that they wouldn't bring any fossil fuel lobbyists to #COP30 - and kept their word. Chapeau #FossilFreePolitics #KickBigPollutersOut @lobbycontrol.bsky.social @global2000.bsky.social

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  22. And now the not-so-good news... 🇪🇺 EU Member States brought 84 fossil fuel lobbyists into #COP30 on their official government delegations (via "part overflow" badges). #FossilFreePolitics #KickBigPollutersOut fossilfreepolitics.org/news/eu-brin...

  23. Today in Bxl, Big Polluter event #ICMSummit25 is promoting carbon capture & storage as a get-out-of-jail-free card for fossil fuels, no matter how unlikely, costly or risky www.linkedin.com/showcase/icm... Listen to #PeopleNotPolluters like Eni, Equinor & #CCS lobbies like ZEP ⬇️ #FossilFreePolitics

  24. UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change calls for a ban on fossil fuel lobbying. Each failed attempt to address climate change lays bear the damaging political influence of the coal, oil and gas lobby. It's time for #FossilFreePolitics. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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  25. Last year at his confirmation hearing, @wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu supported an Accountability Framework to protect the UN climate talks from undue fossil fuel influence 🎥 It's supported by climate, women's, youth + trade union groups + the #KickBigPollutersOut campaign #FossilFreePolitics 🧵/3

  26. 🔔 Reminder sent 🔔 60 orgs send a reminder to EU Climate Commissioner @wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu calling on him to protect UN climate talks from #fossilfuel industry influence at upcoming #SB62. 💌 Read letter: fossilfreepolitics.org/wp-content/u... #FossilFreePolitics #KickBigPollutersOut 🧵/1

  27. Label #BlueH2 as 'clean’ means billions in new subsidies 4 #fossilfuel projects that exacerbate the #ClimateCrisis ⛔no to #False Solutions such as #CCS and #H2 🆗 we need #FossilFreePolitics, to deliver real solutions & bring carbon emissions down to #RealZero @fossilfreeeu.bsky.social

  28. 4️⃣Commission didn’t include lobbyists in climate summit delegation

    100+civil society orgs wrote Hoepke Woekstra not to bring fossil fuel lobbyists to the UN climate talks. CEO, part of the #FossilFreePolitics coalition,celebrated the announcement that he would abide

    fossilfreepolitics.org/l

  29. EU govts brought at least 113 fossil fuel lobbyists to #COP29 strike new gas deals and secure new supplies!

    See new research from Fossil Free Politics, based on #KickBigPollutersOut 's analysis:

    fossilfreepolitics.org/news/eu

    How can #COP29 tackle the climate crisis when the oil & gas industry is in Baku striking deals to keep burning fossil fuels?

    We need a firewall around UN & EU climate decision-making to protect it from lobbyists.

    fossilfreepolitics.org/news/eu

    #PollutersOut
    #FossilFreePolitics