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Today, the European Parliament voted on the Critical Raw Materials Act, the Regulation proposed by the European Commission in March 2023. There were high hopes for MEPs to make significant improvements to the file, and a big win was achieved with binding recognition of Indigenous peoples rights. However overall, the adopted changes maintain a narrow …
New changes to Raw Materials laws still give way to EU’s extraction worldwideRead more
We have joined with 42 civil society organisations to write and sign on to a position paper with our views on the European Commission’s proposed EU Critical Raw Materials Act and how it needs to be improved by the European Parliament and Member States. This includes that the EU needs to actively reduce its dependence …
Joint position paper on the EU Critical Raw Materials ActRead more
In March 2023, the European Commission published its proposal for a Regulation on Critical Raw Materials (‘CRMA’). Our new report exposes the concerning extent to which the Commission’s proposal grants the lobbying wish-list of the mining industry and metals- and minerals-using industries. Our main findings: Mining companies, metals- and minerals-using companies and their lobby groups …
How industry is forging the EU Critical Raw Materials ActRead more
The EU’s new Critical Raw Materials Regulation fails to tackle rampant overconsumption and deliver justice for communities facing mining Brussels, 16 March 2023 – The European Commission today published its Critical Raw Materials Regulation. It addresses both a new list of 16 ‘strategic raw materials’ and a list of 34 ‘critical raw materials’ the European …
Friends of the Earth Europe joined over 130 civil society organisations in sending a letter to the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, to demand that the IFC stop using public taxpayer dollars to finance exploitative industrial agriculture.
Open letter: Crunch time for new EU laws on raw materialsRead more
Nothing says “happy new year” like a bold and much-needed resource use reduction target. Following the Finnish and Dutch lead, the Austrian government is setting a new year’s resolution to systemically trim down on material footprint. This article was chiefly authored by the European Environmental Bureau – on their website here. Overconsumption is so last …
Austria’s new year’s resolution: Wellbeing within planetary limitsRead more
