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Some MEPs appear to have fallen for the fossil fuel industry's spin. The proposed plans would fund projects that transport hydrogen - which is produced by burning fossil gas (Photo: Bilfinger SE)

Hypocrisy of S&D and Left MEPs on fossil-fuel gas pipelines

"We've had enough of empty rhetoric from those who say that they believe that climate change has to be addressed as a matter of urgency, but then duck out when push comes to shove, when the real binding measures that can make a difference are negotiated."

This was the Socialists and Democrats' MEP Miriam Dalli speaking to the European Parliament in 2019, as MEPs voted to

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Some MEPs appear to have fallen for the fossil fuel industry's spin. The proposed plans would fund projects that transport hydrogen - which is produced by burning fossil gas (Photo: Bilfinger SE)

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Tara Connolly is senior gas campaigner at Global Witness.

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