Reposted by Rachel KennerleyReal Zero Europe @realzeroeurope.bsky.social · 30/09/2026🔴 What are the risks of CO₂ transportation? Join @recommon.org's webinar to discuss the risks of CO₂ pipeline ruptures, what caused past incidents in the US and what are the consequences for people’s health. Register here 👇 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 🌐 Italian–English interpretation available 024
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyAled Dilwyn Fisher @aleddilwyn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026“All capture and storage projects suffer from the same problem: they distract attention and resources from cutting emissions at source and give polluting industries like fertiliser production a pass to keep on polluting,” says @rjkennerley.bsky.social of @ciel.org.euronews.comIs Europe’s largest carbon capture project ‘a pass to keep polluting’?Carbon capture and storage has been found to be “technically uncertain and very high cost”. 051
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyCorporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 17/09/2026A new greenwashing project by fertilizer giant Yara (so polluting, it's dubbed the Exxon of agriculture) recently came online, to much fanfare. 2 Prime Ministers & 1 EU Commissioner went to the opening of Yara's ammonia plant #CCS project... to watch an EMPTY ship take no CO2 anywhere 👇industrydecarbonization.comYara's CCS project shows limitations of Blue Hydrogen and AmmoniaYara's fertilizer plant in Sluiskil in the Netherlands is the second customer of the Northern Lights CO₂ storage site in Norway. While it is one of the largest CCS projects in Europe, it avoids only a... 11317
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyCenter for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 15/09/2026🎉Huge congratulations to CIEL’s @dlevialvares.bsky.social for winning the 2026 Climate Breakthrough Award! With Climate Breakthrough’s support, she’s launching an ambitious initiative to map pathways out of the petrochemical-dependent world. 🧵👇1/2 2149
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyCenter for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 11/09/2026The EU is investing billions in costly #CCS instead of in real #ClimateAction. CIEL's Rachel Kennerley told @euronews.com “All CCS projects suffer from the same problem... [they] give polluting industries like fertiliser production a pass to keep on polluting" 🧵👇 138
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyFood & Water Watch @foodandwater.bsky.social · 10/09/2026We're so proud to be a part of the coalition that stopped the Angeles Link hydrogen project. We knew that, contrary to SoCalGas's claims, hydrogen is not a climate solution. We organized, used every tool available to us, and ultimately won! Onwards!foodandwaterwatch.orgVICTORY! L.A. Communities Defeat Dangerous Hydrogen PipelinesYears of community organizing stopped SoCalGas's dangerous Angeles Link hydrogen project. This is how we did it. 043
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyCenter for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 09/09/2026🚨 Europe’s latest carbon capture project is a dangerous distraction — and a pass to keep on polluting. The project in the Netherlands risks funneling millions in public money into speculative technologies rather than real decarbonization. Our reaction: bit.ly/4hds290 🧵👇1/4bit.lyOpening of Europe's largest carbon capture project is a dangerous distraction - CIELCIEL experts warn that the opening Europe's largest carbon capture project, risks using billions in taxpayers’ money to fund a dangerous distraction that delays climate action. 11717
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyCenter for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 02/09/2026A new @unep.org report warns of massive risk from exceeding 1.5°C global warming. Yet it fails to put a fast, fair, funded fossil fuel phase-out at the center of how governments fulfill their legal obligations. Here’s why that’s a problem. 🧵 14731
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyCorporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 01/09/2026Heard about new fossil gas plants being built to power AI data centres? Maybe some PR about their emissions being captured & stored? Tip: Don't fall for empty promises from companies that produce+sell gas, that a technology they’ve been failing to deliver for decades, will soon make gas “clean” ⬇️ 35436
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyCenter for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 26/08/2026The European Union is preparing new rules for carbon dioxide transport that could accelerate industrial carbon capture infrastructure at the expense of people and nature. 1/4 🧵👇 11010
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyCorporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 25/08/2026How much “significant harm” can a €2 trillion EU budget do? 🔎 New Deregulation Watch post on dangerous exemptions to 'Do No Significant Harm' principle. Mining & fossil fuel lobbies pushed for loopholes to get more public money 💶 for harmful projects + false solutions that promote fossil fuels 🛢️🏭corporateeurope.orgDeregulation Watch | Corporate Europe ObservatoryCheck out our new posts on Deregulation Watch which helps civil society monitor new developments in the deregulation agenda, assess what’s at stake, and organise in defence of strong social, environme... 0911
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyCenter for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 04/08/2026Who is financing the global petrochemicals build-out? We followed the money — and the numbers are staggering. 🏦 US$250B from banks. 📈 US$87B from institutional investors. And it keeps flowing. It's time to pull the plug on toxic finance. 👉 bit.ly/4aM5vMP 0128
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyCenter for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 27/07/2026As Europe’s largest carbon capture and storage (#CCS) project prepares to start operating in the Netherlands, fertilizer giant Yara is claiming a major climate win. But our expert Lisa Tostado pulls back the curtain on why this project is a dangerous distraction. 🙅 1/2 👇 12019
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyReal Zero Europe @realzeroeurope.bsky.social · 17/07/2026🔴 Today the European Commission unveiled its proposed revision of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), one of the EU’s flagship climate policies. At a time of record-breaking heatwaves across Europe, we need a climate strategy focused on reducing emissions at source, not on false solutions 👇 1159
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyCenter for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 10/07/2026The UK’s fervor for carbon capture isn’t a climate solution — it’s a fossil fuel lifeline that could cost £198bn. As @georgemonbiot.bsky.social writes in @theguardian.com, 75% of this failed tech's cost may fall on consumers to prop up oil & gas instead of phasing them out. 👉 bit.ly/4pbj1zLbit.lyThe great carbon capture con: behold the wasted billions Burnham could claw back | George MonbiotThere are far better ways to tackle climate breakdown, but successive governments have chosen to listen to the fossil fuel companies instead, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 0119
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyCenter for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 09/07/2026Major win for communities: Plans for one of the world's largest blue hydrogen & ammonia plant have been canceled! The gas and chemicals company Air Products officially abandoned its planned $4.5 billion Clean Energy Complex in Louisiana, swallowing a massive $2.9 billion loss. 1/5 bit.ly/4gvXn71bit.lyWhy it matters: Air Products' Louisiana blue hydrogen and ammonia project canceledA monumental community victory as the Air Products Louisiana project canceled its multi-billion dollar blue hydrogen and ammonia proposal. 185
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyReal Zero Europe @realzeroeurope.bsky.social · 30/06/2026🔴 A major @propublica.org & @drilledmedia.bsky.social investigation confirms what many experts have long warned: carbon capture has failed to deliver at the scale promised, despite billions in public subsidies. Yet #CCS is increasingly being elevated as a cornerstone of climate policy. 1/ 164
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyDr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 24/03/20261/ Yesterday @wmo-global.bsky.social made Earth's Energy Imbalance a headline #climate indicator for the first time. I think this could be a significant reframing of climate discourse, and it's worth paying close attention to why. 🧵 614796
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyCenter for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 12/05/2026⛓️💥 The fertilizer crisis is a fossil fuel crisis. It's time to break free! Today, war in the Gulf has sent fertilizer prices soaring again📈 The EU's reliance on synthetic fertilizers squeezes farmers, pollutes nature, harms health, and keeps our food tied to fossil fuels. 70+ orgs call for change👇 1159
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyCenter for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 10/03/2026🌍 We’re hiring 🌍 CIEL is looking for an Administrative Assistant to support our Fossil Economy Program. Join a global team advancing climate justice & accountability. 🗓 Apply by 3/30 📌 Remote or Geneva-based) 🔗 cielorg.bamboohr.com/careers/127?so… 054
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyCenter for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 12/02/2026💘 Love is in the air… or is it influence? This Valentine’s Day, we’re taking a closer look at the relationships shaping EU policy. 👇 [1/7] 11410
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyMichael Fry @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social · 10/02/2026We Didn’t Start the Fire (But it’s all the ways the EU has ruined environmental protection in the last three years) with @greenpeace.eu #ad 415979
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyCenter for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 17/12/2025Bad news for the #CCS industry: 🔻World’s largest #CCS project revealed record low capture rates 🔻Backers of Acorn CCS are looking to sell up 🔻BP scrap blue Hydrogen & CCS at Teesside CCS projects falling short — technically, economically and politically. 33026
Rachel Kennerley @rjkennerley.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Public funding for #CCS is accelerating. @oilchange.bsky.social & @corporateeurope.org show 🔸EU #CCS subsidies have more than doubled 2023, totaling over €6.2 bn 🔸Member States added €6.1 bn more 🔸Norway, central to EU CCS plans, has spent €5 bn www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/fa... ⏬realzeroeurope.orgMapping the money behind carbon capture — Real Zero EuropePublic subsidies and industry ties 121
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyCenter for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 18/11/2025300+ big agriculture lobbyists have participated in #COP30, taking place in the Amazon, where the industry is the leading cause of deforestation. States must commit to #EndFossilFuels, incl. agrochemicals, & reforming the COPs to address this conflict of interest. www.theguardian.com/environment/... 11511
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyHands Off Mother Earth! (HOME) Alliance @handsoffmotherearth.org · 17/11/2025"Carbon markets are opening doors to geonegineering. We are seeing that many countries NDCs are full of carbon offsets, full of false solutions. But the reality is that these climate scams are being pushed by powerful actors with vested interests under guise of climate action." @foeint.bsky.social 142
Rachel Kennerley @rjkennerley.bsky.social · 17/11/2025#AI & #CCS, a new escape hatch for oil and gas companies - CCS advocates and #FossilFuel firms are using AI’s energy demands to justify new fossil-fueled plants, greenwashed by CCS. 531 CCS lobbyists at #COP30 confirms the industry is committed to promoting proven-to-fail CCS 11916
Rachel Kennerley @rjkennerley.bsky.social · 17/11/2025🆕 @ciel.org Analysis - 531 #CCS lobbyists at #COP30 At least 531 lobbyists for groups that advocate for a misguided technology that prolongs #FossilFuel use have gained access to the climate talks. www.ciel.org/news/531-car... Unchecked corporate capture will continue to delay #ClimateAction.ciel.orgExposed: 531 Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) lobbyists at COP30 climate summit in BrazilThe CCS lobbyists received more COP30 passes than any other single nation registered at COP30, except the host country. More passes than 62 national delegations combined. CCS has a decades-long histor... 140
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyCenter for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 14/11/2025📣 BREAKING: One out of every 25 attendees at the #COP30 climate talks is a fossil fuel lobbyist. The arsonists aren’t just in the building — they’re throwing fuel on the fire. We need to #KickOutTheSuits NOW! READ: kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick... 25135
Rachel Kennerley @rjkennerley.bsky.social · 14/11/2025📣 BREAKING: Over 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists are at #COP30. 🛢️1 in 25 attendees still represent crisis-driving corporations, and lobbyists outnumber delegates from the ten most climate-vulnerable nations We need to #KickOutTheSuits and #KickBigPollutersOut NOW! www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comFossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report saysOne in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out 065
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyCenter for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 12/11/2025Today, CIEL & Climate Action Network joined 5 thousand people from 60 countries sailing on the rivers surrounding the #COP30 host city. The #AmazonFlotilla is not just a protest or a journey. It's an #IndigenousPeoples-led act of resistance, hope & empowerment: amazonflotilla.quipa.org A 🧵 1135
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyDamian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 08/10/2025"Many oil and gas companies advocating for #CCS in UK have simultaneously raised issues with the technical feasibility and commercial viability of CCS in other countries when faced with regulation" Report by @influencemap.bsky.social #climatecrisis influencemap.org/report/The-U...influencemap.orgThe UK Oil and Gas Industry's Advocacy on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)New analysis from InfluenceMap suggests that for more than 15 years, the oil and gas industry has systematically pushed the UK government to adopt a costly, emissions-intensive energy policy agenda de... 12310
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyCenter for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 08/10/2025🚨 New report from @influencemap.bsky.social reveals Oil & Gas giants are driving the push for costly Carbon Capture & Storage. It’s not a climate solution—it’s a lifeline for fossil fuels. #CCS risks locking in emissions and delaying real action. bit.ly/3IZXf1ebit.lyThe UK Oil and Gas Industry's Advocacy on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)New analysis from InfluenceMap suggests that for more than 15 years, the oil and gas industry has systematically pushed the UK government to adopt a costly, emissions-intensive energy policy agenda de... 162
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 07/10/2025You can't fix offsets, because they're not really broken They are designed from the ground up as a way for polluters to falsify climate action, and for disgustingly rich bankers to divert funds away from frontline communities As long as fossil fuels exist, offsets will exist Good paper! -->>>annualreviews.orgAre Carbon Offsets Fixable?This article provides a systematic review of the literature on carbon offsets. A growing number of studies have found that the most widely used offset programs continue to greatly overestimate their p... 619469
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 07/10/2025News that shocks no one: Carbon offsets do nothing for climate.theguardian.comCarbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study saysAnalysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions 18914356
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyCIEL Unite @cielunite.bsky.social · 03/10/2025#BlocchiamoTutto. Against governments’ silence, against genocide, against impunity. As workers across Italy call for a #GeneralStrike, CIEL UNITE shows its unwavering solidarity with the #GlobalSumudFlotilla, striking workers in Italy, and all those resisting genocide. 166
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyCorporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 16/09/2025THREAD: 1/5 Another consultation, on proposed changes to the EU #ClimateLaw, closes tomorrow. These changes will: 🙈 open the door to international carbon offsets 🙉 endorse so-called ‘permanent removals’ in the EU carbon market. Read on to find out what this means 😱 ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet... 👇ec.europa.euEuropean Commission - Have your sayEuropean Commission - Have your say 154
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyCenter for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 15/09/2025CIEL is proud to stand with the #KickBigPollutersOut coalition as the #UNFCCC takes a critical step: forcing all COP30 participants to publicly disclose their funders and affirm alignment with the Paris Agreement. KBPO Press Release 👇 bit.ly/4gnv097bit.lyRELEASE: UN climate regime responds to civil society pressure to address Big Polluter interference in climate action | Kick Big Polluters Out 1168
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyCorporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 11/09/2025Today the Commission closes its consultation on ‘CO2 infrastructure & markets’ – a fossil fuel industry stitch up full of deregulation that seeks to entrench carbon capture by building costly and dangerous CO2 pipelines. Read more on Deregulation Watch: corporateeurope.org/en/deregulation-watchcorporateeurope.orgDeregulation Watch | Corporate Europe ObservatoryCheck out our new posts on Deregulation Watch which helps civil society monitor new developments in the deregulation agenda, assess what’s at stake, and organise in defence of strong social, environme... 11918
Rachel Kennerley @rjkennerley.bsky.social · 06/08/2025This piece by the World Economic Forum repeats wildly optimistic headlines about #CCS from a DNV Group report... but underplays the failings of #CCS (many of which are also in the report) and its use to prolong fossil fuels. I’ll unpack below 👇 www.weforum.org/stories/2025...weforum.orgCarbon capture and storage is at a turning point. Here's whyCarbon capture and storage is forecast to grow fourfold to 2030, and technological advances and government approval will be key to scaling it further. 275
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyHands Off Mother Earth! (HOME) Alliance @handsoffmotherearth.org · 18/07/2025🌍 African Leadership Rejects Solar Geoengineering at #AMCEN20 As the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment ends, climate justice movements celebrate African governments’ leadership in rejecting dangerous solar geoengineering technologies handsoffmotherearth.org/resources/pr... ➡️ 1117
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyFriends of the Earth U.S. (Action) @foeus.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Mozambique LNG is a known site of environmental and human rights violations – and the US Export-Import Bank (EXIM) approved billions of tax dollars to fund this project without proper environmental review, economic assessments, or public input. We're taking them to court. 12612
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyCenter for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 16/07/2025🇬🇧 New @ieefainstitute.bsky.social report: #UK #CCS plans could cost £408 bn by 2050, with £50+ bn in subsidies already pledged for just 8% of the 2050 CCS target. Read the Report here: ieefa.org/resources/ru... This isn’t #ClimateAction: it’s a bottomless pit for public money.ieefa.orgThe runaway cost of UK carbon capture and storage subsidiesDespite reduced carbon capture and storage (CCS) targets in the UK’s most recent Carbon Budget, the reliance on this unproven and expensive technology remains a high-risk strategy 41313
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyCenter for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 14/07/2025 In part 2 of ‘Smoke and Mirrors’, CIEL’s Mary Church @mmchch.bsky.social & @MatrixChambers’ @matrixlaw.bsky.social Kate Cook unpack existing international restrictions on geoengineering, like the CBD moratorium & London Protocol 🌍⚖️ 🎧 Listen to the podcast: bit.ly/4lV8PZjbit.lyA Common Concern: The Climate Justice Podcast – Smoke and Mirrors: Geoengineering and International Law Part 2 - Matrix ChambersA Common Concern: The Climate Justice Podcast – Smoke and Mirrors: Geoengineering and International Law Part 2 154
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyOil Change International @oilchange.org · 14/07/2025🚨NEW BRIEFING🚨 As the UK prepares to decide on supporting the controversial Mozambique #LNG with $1.15 billion of taxpayer money, our new report shows 🚫 disastrous consequences of funding the project. Read the full PR oilchange.org/news/new-rep...oilchange.orgNew report: UK taxpayer backing for Mozambique gas project would be ‘Total Disaster’ - Oil Change InternationalAs the UK government imminently prepares to make a decision on supporting the controversial Mozambique Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) with $1.15 billion of taxpayer finance, a new briefing from Oil… 1119
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyCorporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 04/07/20251/2 What does the EU's #2040 climate target loophole mean in reality? The @oekoinstitut.bsky.social shows that using international carbon offsets for 3% of its emissions cuts means "the EU’s 2040 net emissions would be 30% higher" than if it made the cuts domestically www.oeko.de/publikation/...oeko.deThe proposed 2040 climate target for the EUOn 2 July 2025 the Commission published its proposal for the EU’s greenhouse gas emission target for the year 2040. This target and its implementation will determine the EU’s climate ambition for the ... 11621
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyOil Change International @oilchange.org · 02/07/2025Wasting time & public 💰 on risky, expensive technical fixes such as #CCS and #CDR delays just transition + gives the industry cover to keep up emissions, says Oil Change International senior campaigner Myriam Douo, commenting on the EU's updated climate law. ➡️ www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/pr...realzeroeurope.orgClimate Law fails to provide real solutions to reach real zero — Real Zero Europe 194
Reposted by Rachel KennerleySilvia Pastorelli @silviap.bsky.social · 02/07/2025my phone yesterday, 8:20 in the morning 15 degrees above average, Brussels, Northern Europe now, the fact that I'm Mediterranean and used to high(er) temperatures didn't make me blind to the fact that we were stepping into a furnace it'll keep happening if we don't start taking serious action NOW 121
Reposted by Rachel KennerleyCenter for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 02/07/2025🧵1/5 🚨CIEL sounds the alarm: New #EUClimateLaw’s 90% target is climate action in name only. It leans on #FalseSolutions including international offsets, which lets polluters evade responsibility. You can’t offset your way to a livable future! 21717