Ariel Brunner

EU agrees to chop meaty names from vegetarian and vegan food products Lawmakers will ban use of 31 meat-related names as part of efforts to help livestock farmers in food supply markets

While the world burns, our politicians adopt an idiotic law that tries to make it burn faster.

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European justice is slow, but it still works.

Portugal fined 10 million euro plus running fine for not complying with 2019 judgement on failing to properly designate and protect #Natura2000 sites.

Important precedent. Hope PT gov will now do the decent thing and start complying.

The EP’s envi committee just voted to maintain a standalone LIFE asking for €6.4 billion

Well done

Now the EC should cissue an emended MFF proposal that preserves this crucial tool, both for adressing the biodiversity crisis and to enable local level constructive cooperation between stakehonders

So EU Commissioner Hansen is back drumming up #biofuels as a solution to expensive oil. An idea that failed 20 years ago.

Reminder:
- we dont have the land
-when fossil fuel goes up, against commodities follow
-further linking oil and food markets is going to starve the most vumerable.

This week, EU lawmakers will resume discussions on whether to censor how to talk about plant-based food... we’d rather they stop spreading confusion.

There’s #NoConfusion.
#YesVeggieBurger

BirdLife Malta condemns the Government’s decision to reopen new trapping licences BirdLife Malta strongly condemns the Government’s decision, announced through the Wild Birds Regulation Unit (WBRU), to reopen applications for new General Trapping Licences. This move represents a...

Beyond commenting really.

Maltese gov reauthorises finch trapping in defiance of the EU law and ECJ judgements.

@jessikaroswall.ec.europe.eu needs to take immediate action.

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The EU’s climate retreat problem: punishing early movers Green transition pioneers complain they are paying price for rewarding industry laggards

The EU’s climate retreat problem: punishing early movers

🙅 People across Europe are demanding a lead-free future.

7 in 10 European citizens support a strong EU ban. Yet the latest draft weakens the restriction by excluding bullets.

Lead puts human, wildlife and nature health at risk. Ignoring science and public demand is not leadership.

#BanLeadNow

Hotter European summers put migratory birds at risk - Durham University

Research from our Biosciences Department and the British Trust for Ornithology shows that hotter European summers are reducing migratory birds’ ability to fuel up for their long journeys. These changes could have serious consequences for bird populations across Europe & Africa.
👉 bit.ly/46eofTf

Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points

“The climate scientists we surveyed were unambiguous: current economic models can’t capture what matters most – the cascading failures and compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world – and could undermine the very foundations of economic growth.”

Should be the top story everyday.

Under water, in denial: is Europe drowning out the climate crisis? Even as weather extremes worsen, the voices calling for the rolling back of environmental rules have grown louder and more influential

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𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

Tomorrow is the deadline for EU Member States to publish their Renewable Acceleration Areas.

The Guardian view on Merz and Meloni: an emerging Berlin-Rome axis is threatening the EU’s green deal The deregulation agenda being pushed by Germany’s chancellor and Italy’s prime minister is economically and ethically flawed

Current attack on environmental legislation goes much further than stopping the green deal. It tries to reverse 40 years of env lawmaking.

It will kill nature and people, harm most European companies & destroy the EU which is based on a common rules based market.
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Thanks Sebastian. You are right.

That said you can legitimately look at it at face value. Most money goes to land used directly and indirectly for livestock.

And direct payments are not impact free as you argue. They lock in the status quo, eg by making land more expensive for new entrants.

Beef and lamb get 580 times more in EU subsidies than legumes, study finds Report says common agricultural policy provides ‘unfair’ levels of support to unhealthy, meat-heavy diets

The livestock industry bangs on bout not interfering with people's choices. But from grossly distorted subsidies to anti consumer legislation it keeps rigging the system.

To be clear, the vast majority of support does not go to support biodiversity rich grazing

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Ozone pollution kills 75,000 Europeans a year, and costs €80bn. So why is methane being ignored? Treating methane as an afterthought in air quality policy is no longer a technical oversight but a political choice, with measurable consequences for citizens’ health, farmers’ livelihoods and environ...

🔴 Ozone pollution costs Europe 775,000 life-years and €80bn a year – yet methane, a main driver, is still ignored!

Our new #MethaneMatters study featured in today's @euobserver.com shows why EU action on methane is urgent and essential.

👀 Read more: euobserver.com/202963/ozone...

Not that many good news at the moment so take this one into the WE.

DK gov got EC state aid greenlight for a 1bn euro investment in farms buy out for nature restoration. Partbof the deal negotiated with farm unions and NGOs to meet climate and nitrogen targets.

Particularly shocking is the demand to dismantle the Water Framework Directive and build infrastructures without assessments and safeguards.

This against the backdrop of climate change boosted disasters spiralling out of control.

Civilisation self destruction on live streaming.

As Meloni and Merz lead the assault against EU laws, polluting industries ditch any pretence of "simplification" and ask for dismantling 40 years of laws protecting nature and humannhealth and safety.

Fancy a meeting in a castle to decide the future of 450 million Europeans? This is what 27 EU leaders are doing today, without you even knowing it 🤷

Find out more in our video & join 170,000+ people who signed the petition to defend nature laws, sign here 👇 handsoffnature.eu#take-action

The Taoiseach is meeting EU leaders today to 'highlight the need to streamline & simplify our regulatory framework'.

However, this push for 'simplification' is weakening EU environmental laws, including the EU's water law. 🌊🦦

Sign our petition to say #HandsOffNature ✋
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27 EU leaders. In a castle. Deciding which protections to cut for polluter profit 😡

180,000+ people already said: #HandsOffNature ✊

Join us in telling EU leaders that we will not sacrifice our future for corporate profits
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🕵️‍♂️ BUSINESS FIRST, QUESTIONS LATER?
As the European Commission prepares big decisions on EU competitiveness, voices across Europe are growing louder: profit must not come at the expense of people or the planet. #HandsOffNature is only the beginning.

📨 Dear EU Commission,

When the game isn’t going in our favour, it’s tempting to change the rules – but doing so risks losing the trust of the other players.

Adapting Better Regulation to suit a big industry agenda is no different.

🎲 Today 50+ CSOs call for fair play:
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In French updates, ex minister Duplomb resurrects its pesticides liberalisation bill which was killed by the supreme court. A doctored version will be added to the big farm lobby pleading bill of the new gov, alonside wolf killing, water theft, and other goodies.

And just to be clear, EU laws are being dismantled to profit a very small group of companies and commercial interests. The vast majority of businesses, just like citizens will lose out.

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.

Please support our 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...

‘Pesticide cocktails’ polluting apples across Europe, study finds Pan Europe found several pesticide residues in 85% of apples, with some showing traces of up to seven chemicals

While the intensive farming lobby keeps pushing for easier pesticides use and the EC proposes to satisfy them, citizens, and farmers, keep being poisoned.

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💸 New @greenpeace.eu report exposes EU's corporate-run farming model.

EU subsidies = wealth for the rich: in some countries, the top 1% takes up to 40% while small-scale farmers go under, EU countryside is industrialised, and nature is destroyed☠️

It can be so different. Check our CAP vision below⤵️

🦕 “𝐃𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫”: 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 "𝐉𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜"?

Every year, @nabu.de bestows the iconic award on public figures known for regressive stances on nature & environmental protection.

In 2025, it was earned by the CDU-led state agriculture ministries in Germany 👉 www.nabu.de/news/2025/12...