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Alison Grace

@alijgrace.bsky.social
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Climate, energy & sustainability comms at ECOS (environmental NGO) for work. Cycling for mobility, freedom & soul. #CouchPeloton for fun #WatchTheFemmes. 🌈 🦋 @ecos.ngo 🔗 www.ecostandard.org 📧 alison.grace[at]ecostandard.org 📍 Brussels

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ECOS @ecos.ngo · 14/10/2026
It’s #WorldStandardsDay! 🎈 This year we focus on clean and affordable energy, where standards play a key role. ⚡They help ensure smart energy appliances speak the same language. The S2 standard is a flagship example! 🔋 👀 Read more on the ECOS website sl1nk.com/j31svov
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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 30/09/2026
💥 @lighthousereports.com has filed a complaint against the EU Commission for withholding access to crucial environmental information on data centres. 🧐 Earlier this year, we revealed that the Commission copy-pasted a Microsoft amendment on secrecy. This complaint is a direct challenge.
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Why we made a legal filing to the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee
Officials are holding key environmental impact figures for all AI data centres across Europe. They won’t let the public see them.
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ECOS @ecos.ngo · 29/09/2026
A climate neutral, resilient, and circular economy will not happen without standards - and environmental expertise is a key part of that process. How can the EU develop standards that are timely and of high quality? Read our blog for some answers: ecostandard.org/news_events/...
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Developing timely standards, but not at the expense of quality - ECOS
Standards underpin public policies – and can make or break their environmental ambition. Read why speeding up the development of standards should not come at the expense of quality.
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Fiona Harvey @fionaharvey.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Read this by my colleague @jonathan-watts@bsky.social on climaye inequalities and how to solve them www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival
Global report provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions
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Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Brilliant new report from Concito showing the average EU household could save €2220 per year by switching to a heat pump and EV. concito.dk/analyser/the... NB: these are pre-crisis energy costs and also don’t include the additional benefits of flexibility.
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Taking Back Control: The Household Case for Electrification
The recent increase in fossil fuel prices driven by the war in Iran has exposed a familiar weakness: Europe’s continued dependence on imported oil and gas leaves households vulnerable to energy shocks...
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ECOS @ecos.ngo · 05/05/2026
New op-ed: Europe can solve its methane problem within a decade, if it acts now. The EU Methane Regulation is a strategic tool for energy security and reducing emissions, but some want to weaken it. Read the piece via the FT's Sustainable Views 👇 www.sustainableviews.com/eu-can-solve...
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EU can solve its methane problem within a decade, if it acts now
Edoardo Bodo is programme manager and Alison Grace is senior press and communications manager at the Environmental Coalition on Standards Weakening the Methane Regulation would not boost energy securi...
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Rapporteur @euractiv.com · 23/04/2026
Greens demand grounding of private jets during energy crisis
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Greens demand grounding of private jets during energy crisis
Wasteful at the best of times, exclusive air travel 'indefensible' in the midst of an energy crisis
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Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.eurosky.social · 23/04/2026
Curated reality: how AI is reshaping human agency. AI is already shaping how we think. About the political choice that could determine whether democracy can survive the age of AI: defenddemocracy.eu/ai-human-age...
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Curated reality: how AI is reshaping human agency — Defend Democracy
AI is already shaping how we think. About the political choice that could determine whether democracy can survive the age of AI.
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 23/04/2026
AI is already shaping how we think. New from @defenddemocracy.eurosky.social: About the political choice that could determine whether democracy can survive the age of AI. #DefendDemocracy #EUpol #AIact defenddemocracy.eu/ai-human-age...
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Curated reality: how AI is reshaping human agency — Defend Democracy
AI is already shaping how we think. About the political choice that could determine whether democracy can survive the age of AI.
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ECOS @ecos.ngo · 23/04/2026
As well as rolling out renewables faster to bring all energy prices down, clean energy should be cheaper than fossil fuels, now. Find out about the gas-electricity price ratio and why rebalancing it is so important for accelerating the energy transition. 👉 ecostandard.org/publications...
Cartoon showing the 'light costs' of wind and solar energy being held down by 'fat taxes' and 'heavy levies'. A person stands next to the scales saying 'why are we penalising electricity over fossil gas?'.
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Troublemakers @troublemakers.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
This is utterly appalling AND....there's a reason they want to keep this stuff hidden, and it's not (just) competition. They want to keep it from you and me, because we'll question whether it's worth it, and the answer isn't one that will improve their stock prices.
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US tech firms successfully lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret
Legally questionable confidentiality clause adopted almost word for word from demands of Microsoft and trade groups
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought - Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas #AMOC #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought
Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 17/04/2026
US tech firms successfully lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret
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US tech firms successfully lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret
Legally questionable confidentiality clause adopted almost word for word from demands of Microsoft and trade groups
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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 17/04/2026
🚨BREAKING Research with @algorithmwatch.org shows how the EU Commission has copy-pasted a Microsoft amendment that will keep information on data centres hidden. The aim? In the face of growing resistance, to prevent NGOs from obtaining key information. 👏 @investigate-europe.eu for investigating
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Copy, paste, govern | Corporate Europe Observatory
The EU Commission’s policy on data centres keeps information on individual centres' energy and water use under wraps. Research now reveals the Commission copied and pasted an amendment suggested by Mi...
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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.wsocial.eu · 13/04/2026
I got a confession to make. Despite the relief at Orbán’s defeat, I remain deeply cautious about what this vote actually means. A thread. 🧵
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The result is huge. Vast in its consequences. Orban was the inspiration to all those who came after him. He served as Putin's puppet, undermining Europe from within and Ukraine from without. He funded a vast network of fascists around the world. It's all vulnerable now, or falling apart entirely.
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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Orbán controlled 80% of the Hungarian media and still lost. That’s one hell of a beating
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 12/04/2026
went to check out the techno rave outside Parliament and I don't think I have the data allowance to share a video from it but let me tell you: there sure is a techno rave outside Parliament right now, celebrating Orban getting ousted
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 10/04/2026
Europeans want more renewables, even if it increases energy bills
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Europeans want more renewables, even if it increases energy bills
Public enthusiasm for clean energy comes as the Iran war exposes Europe’s vulnerability to global oil and gas markets.
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Every sensible government will spend the coming months accelerating the deployment of solar, batteries, heat pumps, and EVs, especially for lower income households. It’ll be a hell of a lot cheaper in the long run than subsidising fossil fuels the next time prices spike, which they will.
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Wester van Gaal @westervangaal.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The best thing EU governments can do is invest as much as possible in clean energy, and bite the bullet on high upfront costs despite debt burdens. But EU fiscal models used to map out nat spending plans ignores the effects of climate change and crises and degrades the strong case for clean energy.
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EU fiscal models degrade strong case for clean energy
Every euro spent by national governments is treated by commission as generating just €0.60 of economic activity no matter where it goes. Grid investment, education, tax cuts for the wealthy: all are l...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 08/04/2026
The time between fossil fuel crises is just going to keep shrinking, until there's no discrete single "crisis" - just one unbroken prolonged state of global suffering due to fossil fuel unreliability The best time to ditch fossil fuels was 30 years ago. The second best time is now
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T&E @transportenvironment.org · 08/04/2026
Europe’s EV market is BOOMING. Electric car sales shot up by almost a third in the EU in Q1 2026. There are 2 reasons why – and they don’t include the energy crisis (yet). 🧵⤵️
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European Greens @europeangreens.eu · 02/04/2026
The EU Commission is now urging Europeans to work from home, drive and fly less and asking EU countries to roll out renewables. But while our bills are increasing, fossil fuel companies are making huge profits. Let’s also start investing some big money into solar & wind power.
raphic meme on a light grey background with dark green headline text reading, “THE EU COMMISSION’S PLAN TO ADDRESS THE ENERGY CRTSTS”. Below, a two-panel cartoon shows a hand hesitating between two red buttons labelled “tell people to work from home” and “tax profit of oil & gas companies”. In the second panel, a worried, sweating cartoon man wipes his forehead, implying difficulty choosing.
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ECOS @ecos.ngo · 01/04/2026
Join our experts on 14 April as they unpack the proposed EU Product Act and discuss how to build a competitive and future-proof Single Market that is fit for circular economy and the digital transition. ecostandard.org/news_events/...
Webinar | Unboxing the EU Product Act. New Legislative Framework. Emily Best - Senior Programme Manager. www.ecostandard.orgWebinar | Unboxing the EU Product Act. Market Surveillance Regulation. Mathieu Rama - Senior Programme Manager. www.ecostandard.org
Webinar | Unboxing the EU Product Act. European Standardisation Regulation. Amina Aissani - Senior Programme Manager. www.ecostandard.org
Webinar | Unboxing the EU Product Act. Wrapping up an EU Product Act. Nerea Ruiz - Global Engagement Director. www.ecostandard.org
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ECOS @ecos.ngo · 31/03/2026
Coordinating how and when devices use the most electricity can save energy and money, use more renewables, and protect the grid. 💡 This is called ‘demand-side flexibility’. Here’s how policymakers can make it happen 👇 ecostandard.org/publications...
Cartoon showing an energy management system coordinating EVs, heat pumps, grid connection, batteries, solar panels, and hot water. It is saying: 'I do the thinking so you don't have to!'
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ECOS @ecos.ngo · 25/03/2026
Data centres are one of the biggest causes of rising electricity demand – and #AI is driving their rapid growth 🤖 This is risking important climate goals. ❌ AI must not be allowed to cannibalise all (renewable) electricity production, keeping us dependent on fossil fuels. Links to learn more ⤵️
Cartoon showing a data centre eating up all the electricity, with a person standing in front of the image saying 'Oh, trust me, AI will solve the climate crisis... You wait and see'.
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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.wsocial.eu · 20/03/2026
Europe spent years debating whether the energy transition was affordable. Spain quietly answered the question: gas now sets its electricity price in only 7% of hours. Strategic autonomy doesn’t arrive via summit communiqués. It’s built in advance — in wind farms, solar parks, and grid investment
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ECOS @ecos.ngo · 16/03/2026
Electricity prices in the EU are under a microscope, with one central need underpinning conversations: 📣 The cleanest solutions must also be cheapest, with no more unnecessary taxes and levies on electricity ✅ Rebalancing the gas-electricity price ratio is key ⤵️ ecostandard.org/publications...
Cartoon showing taxes and levies making renewable electricity more expensive, with a person saying 'Why are we penalising electricity over fossil gas?'.
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ECOS @ecos.ngo · 10/03/2026
Electrification 💚 energy efficiency Energy efficiency must be a guiding principle of electrification – they go hand-in-hand. It already saved €120 billion in the EU in 2023 – and there's a lot of potential for more energy savings 👇 ecostandard.org/publications...
Cartoon of an energy label with a colourful scale of A-G, and a person climbing up the scale saying 'Energy efficiency should always be the first step'. The cartoon is highlighting the principle of Energy Efficiency First.
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ECOS @ecos.ngo · 04/03/2026
🔈 Policymakers will not push markets forward by telling them they are already doing enough. @ec.europa.eu published the long awaited Industrial Decarbonisation Act this afternoon. 👀 Read our full reaction: ecostandard.org/news_events/... #IAA
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ECOS @ecos.ngo · 04/03/2026
The EU’s new Industrial Accelerator Act is finally here — but it’s wobbly with delayed labels and low quotas for clean products. Read our full reaction: ecostandard.org/news_events/... #IAA
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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 23/02/2026
This is one of the most heart-breaking & important articles I have ever read - from someone whose voices are so rarely heard, a teenaged girl. If you want to understand online misogyny in all its devastating impact, please read this shattering piece. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day | Anonymous
Objectification, hate, rape threats: the politicians debating online abuse mean well, but to truly understand, they need to see what I see
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ECOS @ecos.ngo · 23/02/2026
From ecodesign to public procurement, soil to smart devices, biodiversity to carbon accounting. What difference did we make in 2025? ⤵️ ecostandard.org/our-success-...
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What is our impact? - ECOS
What difference does ECOS make? Read about our impact and successes.
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Beyond Fossil Fuels @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
To claim something you need to be able to prove it. So what’s actually behind claims that AI can help solve climate change and what does the evidence actually say? Read the report @ketanjoshi.co: beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/02/17/t... @stand.earth @foeus.bsky.social @caadcoalition.bsky.social & more!
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ECOS @ecos.ngo · 17/02/2026
Renewables are the cornerstone of the energy transition, but 53% of the EU’s electricity mix still comes from non-renewable sources. Here’s how policymakers can speed up #electrification with renewables 👇 ecostandard.org/publications...
A cartoon of two people standing on Europe saying 'You know, if we were smart, we'd be dependent on our own energy'
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
As the EU explores a ban on forever chemicals, the UK announces a plan to make a plan of what to maybe do about PFAS. How many people are being exposed to harmful chemicals while the government dithers? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The EU is working on a blanket ban of ‘forever chemicals’. Why isn't Britain? | Pippa Neill
I met people living with dangerous levels of Pfas, including in their food. The government is failing them, says environmental journalist Pippa Neill
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Mathieu Rama @mathieurama.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Hi, have a look at this petition: EU environmental laws have worked for decades but now they're getting dismantled for corporate profit. We need as many signatures as possible to defend people and nature 🤝#HandsOffNature handsoffnature.eu?utm=.share.b...
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Hands Off Nature – Defend Europe’s Forests, Rivers & Wildlife
Stop the dismantling of European environmental protections. Stand up for forests, wildlife, clean air, and safe water - our nature depends on it.
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ECOS @ecos.ngo · 10/02/2026
🪧 We are #hiring a new Programme Officer to support the development of EU ecodesign and energy labelling policies and #standards. You will closely collaborate on standardisation, policy developments, and project management related to #ecodesign and energy labelling ecostandard.org/news_events/...
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Vacancy: Programme Officer – Ecodesign @ ECOS
We are seeking a Programme Officer to work on sustainable production, ecodesign, and energy labelling.
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ECOS @ecos.ngo · 04/02/2026
Europe’s supermarket shelves are filled with brands claiming their plastic packaging as sustainable – but these claims tend to be misleading or inaccurate. How can this happen? ⬇️ 📰 Read about @theguardian.com's investigation here: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Europe’s supermarket shelves packed with ‘misleading’ claims about recycled plastic packaging
Manufacturers use method that labels plastic as ‘circular’ and climate-friendly, despite being mostly fossil-based
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ECOS @ecos.ngo · 04/02/2026
The #EUProductAct will transform Europe's product policy. Two of its key files will outline how Europeans can access sustainable products: 🔸 New Legislative Framework 🔸 Market Surveillance Regulation They should include: 🔎 Transparency 📄 Harmonised definitions ✅ Compliance Read more ⤵️
New Legislative Framework and Market Surveillance Regulation: How they can support sustainable products in the EU.
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ECOS @ecos.ngo · 03/02/2026
How can the EU make electrification work? For Europe’s security and sustainability, here are the essentials 👇 ecostandard.org/publications...
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Making electrification work - ECOS
What can the EU do to make electrification work? From renewables to efficiency – and everything in-between – discover the six energy transition essentials.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
It's rare to see how lobbyists operate. But the Epstein-Mandelson correspondence shows us what happens all the time: plutocrats and government ministers conspiring against the public interest. This is why all lobbying should be in the public domain, but despite Labour and Con promises, it's not. 🧵
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Aramco have acquired a majority stake in chemicals + plastics firm SABIC, + bought into huge Chinese plastics + chemicals projects from Korea to Texas, with the aim that production of plastics 'would drive nearly half of oil-demand growth by mid-century': www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
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The Fossil-Fuel Industry Has a Plan to Drown Earth in Plastic
To keep profits rolling in, oil and gas companies want to turn fossil fuels into a mounting pile of packaging and other plastic products
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
If a website appeared overnight that gave hundreds of millions of users the opportunity to create CSAM you'd expect governments to shut it down quickly, so the question is why X gets a pass when it's done just that? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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AI chatbot Grok used to create child sexual abuse imagery, watchdog says
Internet Watch Foundation warns Elon Musk-owned AI risks bringing sexualised imagery of children into the mainstream
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ECOS @ecos.ngo · 08/01/2026
2026 is a big year for us, marking 25 years of advocating for environmental ambition in standards, policies, and laws! 🎉 And we won’t be slowing down. 👀 Learn more about our priorities to ensure competitiveness goes hand-in-hand with sustainability: ecostandard.org/publications...
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ECOS Work Programme 2026
It will be a challenging year, but full of important steps forward for ambitious environmental protection.
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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 08/12/2025
The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
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The US has declared rhetorical war on the EU
The calls from America this weekend to destroy the EU are revealing. They hate the union because it's the only thing that can keep European countries from being Russian or American vassals.
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Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · 09/12/2025
Sure, we're the weak and decaying ones...
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ECOS @ecos.ngo · 08/12/2025
Are you a chemistry/physics whiz? Do you have strong analytical skills? Do you enjoying translating technical content into accessible information? We're looking for a Programme Manager on #petrochemicals to join our team! 👩‍🔬 📅 Apply before 4 January 2026: ecostandard.org/news_events/...
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Vacancy: Programme Manager – Petrochemicals
We are looking for a highly motivated Programme Manager to work on industry decarbonisation, with a special focus on the petrochemical industry.
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ECOS @ecos.ngo · 01/12/2025
The seventh session of the UN’s Environment Assembly, #UNEA7, kicks off next week in Nairobi to tackle the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. What can we expect? Find out from the ECOS team in Brussels and Nairobi 👇 ecostandard.org/news_events/...
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UNEA-7: Shaping an ambitious global environmental agenda - ECOS
UNEA-7 brings together UN Member States to address common environmental challenges. NGO observers, including ECOS, will join them. What can we expect?
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