Extractive industries Raising awareness of the devastating effects of extractive industries on environments, communities and the climate

MEPs fail to reject harmful fossil fuel priority energy projects

22 January 2020

MEPs on the European Parliament’s Energy Committee (ITRE) have failed to reject the EU’s list of priority energy projects, despite it containing dozens of new harmful fossil fuel projects incompatible with the Paris climate agreement.

11 December 2019

EU Green Deal: fails to slam on the brakes

In only her second week in office, new European Commission President von der Leyen has today set out a major environmental package to set the EU on a new environmental and climate path.

4 December 2019

System change or bust

System change: Europe’s environmental and climate warning signals are flashing red according to a comprehensive ‘State of the Environment’ survey published by the European Environment Agency (EEA).

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Friends of the Earth Europe works to prevent the extractive industries from destroying people's lives, the environment and the climate. We believe that resources should be utilised fairly and sustainably. Enforceable rules and practices are required to ensure that natural resources are a blessing, not a curse.

 

We are working to create the much-needed, fair and urgent transition to a fossil fuel free Europe by 2030 - dismantling the fossil fuel system and creating the just, clean energy future that people want and need.

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Reports & publications

Big Oil and gas buying influence in Brussels - report
24 Oct 2019

Big oil and gas buying influence in Brussels

front page of letter
23 Oct 2019

Civil society organisations demand 'fossil free politics'

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