*[Enwl-eng] Vladimir, the results are in

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There is no way to sugarcoat it - this is not the result we wanted. It’s like giving out Michelin stars to the worst restaurants in town…
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The European Parliament just voted to put billions of euros in the pockets of polluters. [1]  New guidelines are set to label toxic fossil gas and nuclear fuels as good 'green' investments. 

There is no way to sugarcoat it - this is not the result we wanted. It's like giving out Michelin stars to the worst restaurants in town. This is what happened - watch the video!

 
But thanks to our pressure, the result has been really tight - this means we can still call on the politicians behind this plan to reconsider. Will you help do that?

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This community has been campaigning to close the gap on the climate crisis - not reward the same fuels that got us here. But, whilst we lost this vote, there is so much we achieved by acting together. And it is not over!

We needed to stand out to start pushing back against a generation of lies. And you rose to the occasion. In our thousands, we took action together. We were sending tweets, writing emails and calling our politicians. We even produced a viral video that spread the truth online! 

 
As the days turned to weeks and weeks into months - we kept stoking that fire for change. Small donations across this community poured in to turn up the heat on our politicians in new ways. 

We bought media space on major political websites. We placed eye-catching billboards outside the European Parliament. Developed articles with journalists that busted the lies of the big polluters.

All to get our message in spaces, places and media these politicians see daily.

 
But we did not stop there. We let the politicians know we were watching by joining forces with grassroots groups and NGOs from across Europe. We even went to Strasbourg to cause a major fuss before the final vote. 

Over several days we marched, hung giant banners and made human chains outside the European Parliament, and we even crashed the party - storming into the voting room after the vote to make our voices heard. We also went into parliament to put door hangers on MEPs' office doors, and this sparked many conversations to convince those politicians to vote for people and the planet.

 
And it worked. At the start, only 190 Members of the European Parliament were pledging to vote down the labelling of gas and nuclear as 'green' fuels. 

In the end, we secured 278 votes. That's a direct result of your actions. That's something you can be proud of.

We might have lost the vote, but we made some major progress along the way. When the European Parliament committees on Environment and Economic issues met to fix their opinion - they chose to ditch labelling gas and nuclear as green. It was you they sided with - not the big polluters.

After those results, the big polluters doubled down on rigging the rules. And ultimately, a few politicians were not brave enough to stand up to them. 

But the WeMove Europe community is brave. We have always been brave. Together we have worked tirelessly for a Europe that puts people and the planet first. This has seen us take on big polluters time and time again. 

For now - let's not let the politicians who tanked this get off so easily.

The result leaves these politicians in a difficult position. They do not have the legitimacy to push forward as they thought they would. So it's not over.

Can you take a second to share your outrage and let them know this is not over? We've set up a page for you to do just that at the click of a button. You can make sure they don't get away scot-free.

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We need to regroup and work out how to keep up this fight. We might not have won, but there may still be opportunities to switch things around. In the meantime, please share your outrage.  

Thanks for keeping the fight alive,
David (London), Virginia (Madrid), Mika (Bordeaux) and the entire WeMove Europe team



P.S. All hope is not lost. As we regroup and work out our next steps, our partners Client Earth, WWF and Transport and Environment are taking the fights to court!



References:
[1] https://www.transportenvironment.org/discover/fossil-gas-labelled-green-in-biggest-act-of-greenwashing-in-history/



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From: David - WeMove Europe 
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2022 6:41 PM
Subject: Vladimir, the results are in

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