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La fondatrice de l'association BLOOM (protection des #océans), Claire Nouvian, a retrouvé la porte de son domicile maculée de jets de pétrole, avec une petite enveloppe reprenant les calomnies auxquelles l'association fait face depuis des semaines.

C'est minable, et lâche.

Les #lobbies de la pêche industrielle aimeraient continuer à massacrer l'océan pour préserver leurs profits, mais Bloom leur met de plus en plus de bâtons dans les roues. Alors ils attaquent...

lemonde.fr/planete/article/202

Le Monde · Claire Nouvian, la fondatrice de l’ONG Bloom, intimidée à son domicile, à quelques jours de la Conférence des Nations Unies sur l’océanBy Stéphane Foucart
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Case in point: same #lobbies that want to label #blueH2 as clean, use the #deregulation 🚌 #Omnibus laws to roll back hard-won climate protections, such as the EU’s 2024 Methane Regulation.

⚠️ This could open the door for continued imports of highly polluting #LNG from fracked gas in the US

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

Key #Pirate political positions:
1. #Lobbies must not be given legislative powers;
2. Bribes towards politicians are unacceptable.
Yet, the #PPEU & #PPI, manipulated by the @piratenpartei and its cohorts, have no problem with #ApartheidIsrael's lobby buying politicians and passing its own laws in the #EU and #USA. This is a #betrayal against our ideology and we openly denounce these politicians that falsely call themselves #Pirates.

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EU #Omnibus is the result of corporate capture, study suggests.

The proposal of EU Omnibus is a massive deregulation endeavour that empties out due diligence and sustainability reporting obligations. Designed by the European Commission, the project jeopardizes years of legislative work aiming to ensure companies respect human and social rights, preserve the environment and align with climate goals: reclaimfinance.org/site/en/202

Reclaim Finance · EU Omnibus: a playground for industry lobbies - Reclaim FinanceThe analysis reveals a very high degree of similarity between the EU Commission's Omnibus project and the demands from major industry lobbies.
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What NGOs like Greenpeace ultimately offer, according to @ClementSenechal, is “environmentalism as spectacle.”

'Of particular interest is Sénéchal’s treatment of the past and present of Greenpeace. Quite visibly at odds with his former employer, the author takes Greenpeace as representative of the decadence of official environmentalism. Eschewing a coherent critique of the environmental crisis, organizations like Greenpeace, according to Sénéchal, are more devoted to agitprop demonstrations and photo ops better geared to satisfying activist egos rather than advancing strategic goals.

'These contradictions were apparent from the 1970s':
jacobin.com/2025/03/environmen

@climate 🧵

jacobin.comWhy Environmentalists Are Still LosingDissatisfaction at established green parties and environmental NGOs has fed the rise of more confrontational forms of activism. The task can’t just be to raise awareness but to mobilize millions of people in fighting for their own interests.

La #CommissionEuropeenne a présenté mercredi un projet de révision de textes clés du #PacteVert issus du précédent mandat. En théorie pour renforcer la compétitivité en réduisant la bureaucratie. Les ONG dénoncent une dérégulation sous la pression des #lobbies et des #ExtremeDroite s.

mediapart.fr/journal/internati

Mediapart · UE : la Commission saborde son propre agenda vertBy Ludovic Lamant
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"Today one of the Commission’s flagship projects, the ‘Clean Industrial Deal’ #CID is published. The deal breaks with past ambitions on #chemicals, and deepens the EU’s commitment to false solutions to the climate disaster. Some of the most polluting industries will receive billions in state aid and financing from EU funds, laws will be amended to suit their agenda."

by @corporateeurope: corporateeurope.org/en/2025/02

corporateeurope.orgPolluters get paid | Corporate Europe ObservatoryToday one of the Commission’s flagship projects, the ‘Clean Industrial Deal’ (CID) is published. The deal breaks with past ambitions on chemicals, and deepens the EU’s commitment to false solutions to the climate disaster.
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The 162 corporations and trade associations which declare EU lobby budgets of over €1 million annually, collectively declare at least €343 million per year.

Five-year growth: Since 2020, these corporate interests have declared nearly €86 million more, marking a one-third increase over five years.

corporateeurope.org/en/2025/02 🧵

Corporate Europe ObservatoryThe EU’s lobby league table | Corporate Europe ObservatoryCorporate Europe Observatory and LobbyControl reveal the sheer corporate lobby firepower in the EU, analysed by sector. Big Tech, Energy, Banking, and Chemicals dominate. 
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#lobbies GAFAM + politique éducative à la baisse -> s'assurer de la généralisation des écrans travail/jeux/objets -> garantie chiffres d'affaires/échelle sociale cassée.

enfant 18-24 mois : ampleur des intéractions précoces ->prédit "les performances langagières/QI de l'enfant à échéance de 10 ans."

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enfants 8-11 ans : "le fait de ne pas respcter les recommandations de l'Académie USA de pédiatrie (pas > 2h d'écrans récréatif/jr) altérait fortement la performance intellectuelle globale (langage, attention, mémoire etc.)

-> "existence corrélation négative entre #temps d'uage [écran] et QI verbal."

académie américaine de pédiatrie -> cf politique 2025 Donald Doge Musk -> #lobbies techno-industiels

“Attempts to delegitimize civil society suggest a worrying effort to silence critical voices, in line with broader trends of shrinking civic space. When both the content and the process regarding this law are so troubling, we need to ask how the European Commission allowed it to reach this point.”—Ella Jakubowska @ella

"An EU government body is pushing a proposal to combat child sexual abuse material that has significant privacy implications. Its lead advocate is making things even messier."-Vas Panagiotopoulos

A Controversial Plan to Scan Private Messages for Child Abuse Meets Fresh Scandal >

wired.com/story/csar-chat-scan

WIRED · A Controversial Plan to Scan Private Messages for Child Abuse Meets Fresh ScandalBy Vas Panagiotopoulos
#EU#CSAR#EUcommission
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"renforçateur interactif" = "applications que l'enseignant peut utiliser pour signaler qu'une réponse est correcte ou pour présenter l' #information dans un contexte inhabituel."

#desinformation / #lobbies -> " [...] il est sans doute plus aisé de mener à bien certains projets de reconversion quand on a gardé des relations positives avec les grands patrons de médias"

moins de pub système privatisation = moins de financement médias

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"The need for decarbonisation poses an existential threat to the #oilAndGas industry, which is why they have created multiple ‘escape hatches’ to continue fossil fuel burning, including techno-fixes like CCUS and carbon removals. […] Europe is showering public money and policy support on these dangerous distractions designed to keep Big Oil and Gas in business."
corporateeurope.org/en/CarbonC

corporateeurope.orgThe Carbon Coup revisited | Corporate Europe ObservatoryAs the ICM Forum gears up to meet in Pau, France, 10-11 October, find out how the European Commission is allowing this close-knit club of the fossil fuel industry and other big polluters to shape key EU energy policy, greenwash and waste billions in public money to protect industry interests.