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March 2025 saw two fossil fuel industry events happen simultaneously on both sides of the Atlantic. Both represented a ‘polluters party’, with oil and gas executives meeting to discuss expanding their dirty, deadly business model.
CERA week, often referred to as the ‘Super Bowl’ of fossil fuel conferences, happened in Houston, Texas; LNGCon, an exclusive conference uniting the LNG industry behind closed doors, took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
These conferences brought together the richest oil and gas companies and the worst extracting industries to shape our energy future – at the cost of a livable planet.
In a powerful show of connectivity and solidarity, groups and individuals from across the Americas and Europe united around these industry events to stand up against polluters’ plans that threaten our health, our economy and the livability of our planet..
It makes sense that Texas, home to a huge amount of fossil fuel infrastructure, and Europe, the primary market for U.S. LNG exports, became focal points of resistance against these fossil fuel gatherings.
To show their disapproval, groups in Amsterdam held a full day of sessions on the dangers of gas, hosted a live-stream with a community member impacted by the U.S. fossil fuel industry, and projected a video featuring advocates voices on a giant wall.
Simultaneously, Texas Campaign for the Environment helped organize a flurry of activities in Houston around CERA week, featuring powerful speeches, performances, and a long and colorful march with hundreds of people. These and further actions included exposing climate villains in many creative ways.
Mutual support through live-streams and solidarity videos showed that the fight against LNG and the need to protect our future spans across the Atlantic and the world.
Also in Texas, NRDC and Conexiones Climáticas held a panel at the famous South by Southwest (SXSW) festival, titled “Wall Street, Big Oil and their Planet-Destroying Love Affair.” The discussion highlighted the threat that LNG export infrastructure such as Saguaro LNG poses for marine life – especially whales.
Beyond Texas and Amsterdam, so much more happened with protectors in Germany, Belgium, Brazil, France and Spain – all saying NO to a dangerous LNG expansion. A few great examples:
- Our own Food & Water Action Europe activities – jointly with Oil Change International and Fossil Free Politics – included an event in the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, as well as a mini film-festival on LNG.
- Influencers, scientists and activists from Germany – the EU country most threatened by LNG build-out – spoke up against this costly, unneeded fossil fuel frenzy.
- In Brazil, a big anti-gas rally took place during Carnival.
- In France, screenings of LNG documentaries featured the impacts of the dirty fuel on communities in the U.S. Gulf South.
- In Spain and Mexico, people reminded Santander Bank that it must not lend its financial support to a destructive LNG terminal in Mexico.
These ocean-spanning activities should be a wake-up call for everyone to stand up against greedy, reckless fossil fuel millionaires, and protect what we love: clean air, clean water, a healthy planet and a liveable future!