“This is for the benefit of the citizens”, “We have consulted citizens and…”, “This is what citizens want.”
The word “citizen” is regularly used by politicians and public authorities to justify their decisions.
But sometimes the claim that a decision is based upon the public opinion is baseless.
In this article we define #citizenwashing and help you spot it.

Another sublime contribution by #GreenEurope #EEB #EuropeanEnvironmentalBureau

https://meta.eeb.org/2022/07/13/citizenwashing-what-it-is-and-how-to-spot-it/

The "frugal EU countries" in terms of energy are not those one might think:

Belgian (Flemish) news outlet @mondiaalnieuws alerts us to an analysis by the #EEB (#EuropeanEnvironmentalBureau) which shows that 8 out of 27 EU states (i.e. nearly one out of three) have not yet introduced any measure to reduce gas and
electricity consumption.

The most virtuous nations are France, Germany, Italy and Spain.

https://eeb.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Saving-Energy-for-Europe-Ex.Summary-.pdf

#frugal

Unsere Kollegin Louisa Hantsche war letzte Woche zu Gast beim #EuropeanEnvironmentalBureau, um über Gesetze und Maßnahmen zur #Planungsbeschleunigung der #Energiewende zu reden.

In Deutschland wurden bereits einige Vorstöße gewagt, um insbesondere die #Windenergie zu fördern.

Planungsbeschleunigung ist wichtig, wir betrachten aber einige Gesetzesvorschläge kritisch, wie zum Beispiel die geplante VwGO-Novelle, die Umweltrechtsschutzmöglichkeiten stark einschränken soll: https://www.ufu.de/stellungnahme-vwgo-novelle/