cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/c/[email protected]/p/2226024/webinar-how-the-eu-is-giving-companies-permission-to-pollute-corporate-europe-observato

00:00:00 Intro

00:02:34 Background – EU lawmaking, corporate capture and deregulation

00:06:16 Permission to Pollute: What's happening and why does it matter?

00:14:33 How did we get here?

00:19:30 Lessons from around Europe

00:20:10 Data centres in Ireland

00:30:13 Mining in Sweden

00:39:32 Planned CO2 pipelines in Germany and Italy

00:49:17 Implications and how to resist?

Researchers and campaigners from Corporate Europe Observatory Rachel Tansey, Bram Vranken and Pascoe Sabido will discuss what's at stake from sweeping changes to EU permitting rules for industrial projects, in response to lobbying from Big Tech, fossil fuel and mining companies.

They address how it will affect communities resisting polluting and badly planned infrastructure; lessons from around Europe (data centres in Ireland, mining in Sweden, CO2 pipelines in Germany and Italy); and how to resist this attack on hard-won social and environmental protections, under the guise of corporate 'competitiveness'.