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Kim Claes @kimclaes.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

A rejection from the @ec.europa.eu may be cold, but the response from the people is white-hot. We are now 320+ organisations strong. While @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu turns her back, we are growing, plotting, and preparing. A ballroom this full doesn't stay quiet for long. #AntwerpCounterSummit

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Kim Claes @kimclaes.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

A rejection from the @ec.europa.eu may be cold, but the response from the people is white-hot. We are now more than 320 organisations strong. While @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu turns her back, we are growing, plotting, and preparing. #AntwerpCounterSummit #LadyWhistledown #Bridgerton #EUCO

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Kim Claes @kimclaes.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

270+ organisations gathered. A ballroom prepared. And the Guest of Honour? She has declined the dance. It seems @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu only has eyes for her industrial suitors. The @ec.europa.eu has officially refused to meet the people. A scandal. bit.ly/AntwerpCount... #AntwerpCounterSummit

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Fossil Free Politics @fossilfreeeu.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

A letter signed by more than 100 organisations was sent to Hoekstra, asking not to bring fossil fuel lobbyists to COP30 🇧🇷 👍 Promisingly, there were no lobbyists in the official EU delegation last year 👎EU Member States still brought 113 lobbyists ✉️: fossilfreepolitics.org/news/cop30-l... #COP30

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More than 100 organisations tell Hoekstra not to bring fossil fuel lobbyists to COP30! - Fossil Free Politics

As COP30 approaches, we're now calling on the EU's climate chief, Commissioner Wopka Hoekstra, to not bring fossil fuel lobbyists to the UN climate talks again this year, and to push member states to ...

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Fossil Free Politics @fossilfreeeu.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

6/ Therefore if its lobbyists can't tick the box, why should TotalEnergies be allowed to attend the UN climate talks in Brazil this November, aka COP30, which are working towards the goals of the Paris Agreement? It openly makes a mockery of the process. #KickBigPollutersOut

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Fossil Free Politics @fossilfreeeu.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

5/ Now that a court has ruled that TotalEnergies' so-called "Paris-aligned" plan of being "net-zero emissions by 2050" is in fact greenwashing, and it's no longer able to claim such things, TotalEnergies is *not* "in full alignment" with "the goals and principles of the Paris Agreement"

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Fossil Free Politics @fossilfreeeu.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

4/ Thanks to years of hard work by the Kick Big Polluters Out campaign (which we're a member of), participants at this year's UN climate talks in Belém, Brazil, aka COP30, have to confirm if their participation is in "full alignment" with "the goal and principles of the Paris Agreement"

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Fossil Free Politics @fossilfreeeu.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

3/ "net-zero emissions by 2050" was the agreed goal of the Paris Agreement, signed at UN climate talks in 2015, aka COP21. Since then, many fossil fuel companies, including Total, have adopted net zero plans while continuing with fossil fuel production, but have got away with it (until now).

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Fossil Free Politics @fossilfreeeu.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

2/ A three year battle by Fossil Free Politics member @amisdelaterre.org has seen the courts find French 🇫🇷 oil and gas major TotalEnergies guilty of greenwashing, in particular its narrative of reaching "net zero emissions by 20250". www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...

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French court convicts TotalEnergies of greenwashing over climate claims

Judges ruled on Thursday that the energy giant had misled consumers by overstating its carbon neutrality goals. The case could set a potential precedent for corporate climate advertising.

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Fossil Free Politics @fossilfreeeu.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

1/ 🤔 indulge us in an exercise of logic, spread over a few posts TL;DR? a new court ruling and a new disclosure mechanism should ban 🇫🇷 French oil & gas major ⛽ TotalEnergies from participating at COP30 in Brazil.

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Europe is stuck with gas again. How could that happen? And what role did the gas lobby play in it? 🇳🇱 For Dutch speakers - Listen to the podcast made by @argosonderzoekt.bsky.social (VPRO/ broadcaster HUMAN) and the interview with @kimclaes.bsky.social 🎧 argos.vpro.nl/artikelen/ge... 1/3

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Gekaapt door gas: hoe de fossiele lobby de Oekraine-oorlog gebruikte

Hoe gebruikte de gaslobby de oorlog in Oekraïne om het Europese energiebeleid naar hun hand te zetten?

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

2️⃣ And how the Clean Industrial Deal was created during the Antwerp Summit, when the energy-intensive industry managed to push all of their demands on the EU political agenda. 3/3

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Some highlights from the episode: 1️⃣ About the EU Energy Industry Advisory Group, created after Russia's invasion, in which the fossil fuel industry got direct access to decision makers - and public subsidies. 2/3

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Kim Claes @kimclaes.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

📢 CSOs are currently facing an attack spearheaded by some MEPs from the EPP and far-right groups. We urge MEPs to fight back against these attacks, in the committees and in the Plenary, and stand by the side of citizens and civil society. 📄 friendsoftheearth.eu/wp-content/u... #StopAttackingNGOs

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Kim Claes @kimclaes.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Big banks admit catastrophic warming is coming—but instead of working to prevent it, they’re positioning to profit. This is how the energy transition is hijacked: public money funneled into industries that prioritize shareholder payouts (friendsoftheearth.eu/publication/...) over real solutions.

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Shareholders over solutions: How big industry favours payouts over the energy transition - Friends of the Earth Europe

In the framework of the Clean Industrial Deal, energy-intensive companies are set to receive billion-Euro-subsidies to maintain their competitiveness and contribute a clean energy transition. A new in...

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Kim Claes @kimclaes.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

@foeeurope.bsky.social as part of Friends of the Earth International vehemently condemns the brutal and senseless massacre and ongoing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza by the Israeli occupation.

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End Israel's Impunity Now

Friends of the Earth International vehemently condemns the brutal and senseless massacre and ongoing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza by the Israeli occupation.

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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 20/03/2025

Why is the EU just about to label #hydrogen made from fossil gas as clean??⁉️ Lobby scam uncovered❗ Big polluters behind closed 🚪try to skew emissions accounting models in their favour. corporateeurope.org/en/2025/3/EU... w/ @fossilfreeeu.bsky.social @elegere.bsky.social @powershift.bsky.social

A square image, the bottom down is the picture of a section of a high building, totally covered in vertical pipes with valves, a photo by Gioia M. in Unsplash. Under the picture there’s a white banner with the logos of Corporate Europe Observatory, ReCommon, PowerShift and Fossil Free Politics. The top part of the image has written in black capital letters “EU Clean Industrial Deal in Action:”, and a bit smaller “Opening floodgates to dirty hydrogen from fossil fuels”, over a bright yellow background.

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Kim Claes @kimclaes.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

"Save" the industry? More like save us from its myths. 🏭 The story goes: industry in the Netherlands (and much of the EU) is in crisis. The supposed fix? Less regulation, more public money. 😢 But let’s dry those crocodile tears. 😢

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Friends of the Earth Europe @foeeurope.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Yesterday, we protested. Today we sit with baited breath. Has the @ec.europa.eu heard our calls to keep green rules in tact⁉️ #NoToOmnibus #YesToCSDDD

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Kim Claes @kimclaes.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

The Clean Industrial Deal clearly prioritises corporate interests over climate action and public welfare. The notion that industry needs more capital to decarbonise is deceptive—loosening state aid rules and using public funds to ‘de-risk’ private investment will not drive the needed transition.

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Kim Claes @kimclaes.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Stop the #Omnibus frenzy ➕ stick to their promise to #HoldBizAccountable

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Kim Claes @kimclaes.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Big industry is undermining our democracies. Industry lobbying is at unprecedented levels. #corporatecapture #lobbyingfirewall

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Fossil Free Politics @fossilfreeeu.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

The same companies were lobbying tirelessly for billion-Euro subsidies to maintain their competitiveness and as contribution to their green transition. The report makes it clear: the problem is not a lack of money, but their prioritisation of shareholder payouts over investment.

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Fossil Free Politics @fossilfreeeu.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

⚠️ Key fossil fuel facts from the report Shell distributed 97% of their profits to shareholders, Total energies 86%, and others like Eni and BP provided payouts that exceeded their profits. 📰 www.climatechangenews.com/2025/02/20/b...

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Big polluters funnel 75% of profits to shareholders, not clean energy

Research shows that Europe's big polluters have handed shareholders, not clean energy, most of their profits – now they want public handouts

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Kim Claes @kimclaes.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

The EU’s policy approach must focus on responsible investment that balances the needs of people, the planet, and the economy—not on subsidies that disproportionately benefit the wealthy few at the expense of the many.

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SOMO - Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations @somoamsterdam.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Big industry says they need public funding for the energy transition... But they're funnelling 75% of their profits into shareholders payouts 🤔 🔎 Our new investigation with @foeeurope.bsky.social exposes a system that puts shareholder gains before public interest. Have a look ➡️ bitl.to/40NX

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Kim Claes @kimclaes.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

The Clean Industrial Deal narrative is built on false premises. Energy-intensive industries have enjoyed significant profits over the past decade—not a shortage of capital.

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Kim Claes @kimclaes.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Big Industry in Europe claim they need money to boost the energy transition - but feed shareholders a whopping 75% of their profits.

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