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Greenpeace and Fridays for Future file complaint with OECD against OMV for Romanian Neptun Deep project

May 23, 2024

Greenpeace CEE and Fridays for Future Austria have filed a complaint with the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) against the Austrian oil and gas company OMV saying that the company's expansion in fossil gas activities infringe on OECD guidelines.

The complaint was filed just days before the Annual General Meeting of OMV. The company's projects fuel the climate crisis and threaten to exceed the critical 1.5-degree limit, Greenpeace says in a press...

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