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New research unveils unholy alliance between EU, UAE and Hydrogen Lobby with Big Polluters' Peddling Hydrogen as Climate Solution at COP28.

Amazon's operations in the EU have been incredibly lucrative for the company, at the expense of workers, small businesses, shoppers, and communities. On the occasion of a day of international strikes and actions organised by the Make Amazon Pay campaign, Corporate Europe Observatory, LobbyControl, and SOMO launched a new Amazon profile, uncovering the changing lobbying tactics adopted by Amazon. 

New research by Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), asks further questions of the independence of new EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra and his ability to represent the public interest at upcoming UN climate talks in UAE, and shows why big polluters think Hoekstra is the perfect pick to lead the bloc at COP28.

The pesticide reduction law SUR was voted down in the European Plenary session today in Strasbourg.

Disclosed delegates tied to the world’s biggest polluting oil and gas firms and their trade groups have attended UN-led climate talks at least 7200 times over the last 20 years, according to a new analysis from the Kick Big Polluters Out (KBPO) coalition.

As the European Parliament prepares to vote on its pesticide reduction law (SUR) in plenary this week, new evidence exposes the pesticide lobby’s latest efforts to delay and derail this law.

The EU Artificial Intelligence Act is an attempt to rein in some of  the risks AI systems pose to fundamental rights. New research by CEO reveals how Big Tech has been trying to further dress down the AI Act during the last stretch of negotiations.

Following a complaint from Corporate Europe Observatory and Food and Water Action Europe, the European Ombudsman has announced an inquiry into the European Commission's creation of the EU Energy Platform Advisory Group during the energy crisis response. 

Brussels/Paris, 07 November 2023 -The EU Critical Raw Materials Act, or CRMA, is in the final stages of its adoption. Framed as the European law to secure our green and digital transitions, a new report, “Blood on the Green Deal” published today by two lobby watchdogs, the Observatoire des Multinationales in Paris and Corporate Europe Observatory in Brussels, questions those green credentials.