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Fossil fuels

European Green Deal

Pollution

Climate

EU

Europe

7 June 2022

We’re fighting EU support for 30 gas projects

Fossil fuels

15 March 2022

We’re taking legal action against Shell’s Board for mismanaging climate risk

Climate

Greenwashing

Climate accountability

Fossil fuels

3 March 2022

We’re joining legal action against Total for greenwashing
Gas pipeline

EU

Climate finance

Fossil fuels

Clean energy

European Green Deal

Climate

2 February 2022

What’s wrong with the EU’s new green investment rules?

European Green Deal

Fossil fuels

EU

Climate

19 November 2021

The EU keeps spending money on fossil fuel infrastructure – why?

Climate

Fossil fuels

Poland

28 June 2021

The end of Europe's biggest coal plant

Fossil fuels

Greenwashing

Climate

17 May 2021

Coal is not clean – exposing greenwashing in the coal industry

Climate

Fossil fuels

Europe

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17 March 2021

One law, 50,000 industrial plants, no cap on carbon
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Fossil fuels

Pollution

16 December 2020

Our wins in the fight against coal

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9 November 2020

ClientEarth takes emergency legal action to stop plastic in its tracks

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22 September 2020

Huge coal win as judge orders Europe’s largest power plant to work with ClientEarth to close

Fossil fuels

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11 September 2020

Fight to save German homes from coal taken to court
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