Brussels, 26 November – As negotiations over new EU targets for biofuels enter a critical final phase, environment and development campaigners have warned of a ‘climate time bomb’ if so-called ‘sustainability criteria’ are not dramatically improved. The EU’s proposed renewable energy directive (RED) calls for 10 per cent of transport fuel to come from renewable …
European leadership lacking ahead of global climate talks
Brussels, 25 November 2008 – Europe will face major embarrassment at international climate change talks next week if it fails to live up to its commitment to tackle global warming, environment and development groups warned today. The world is looking at how high Europe will set the bar at climate talks in Poznan, Poland, starting …
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EU recovery plan must bring energy efficiency and green energy in from the sidelines
Brussels, 25 November 2008 – With accelerated spending of EU regional aid billions expected to feature in tomorrow’s economic recovery plan announced by the European Commission, CEE Bankwatch Network and Friends of the Earth Europe (FoEE) are calling for substantial increases in EU spending on energy efficiency and renewable energy to be put on the …
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MEPs urged to evict business liaison group from offices inside European Parliament
Brussels, 14 November 2008 – Transparency campaigners have today written to the Bureau of the European Parliament urging it to use its meeting today to enforce a previous decision to ask the European Business and Parliament Scheme (EBPS) to vacate its offices inside the European Parliament building [1]. The Parliament’s Conference of Presidents ruled earlier …
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EU raw materials initiative: industry interests undermine sustainable resource use
Brussels, 5 November 2008 – Friends of the Earth Europe has expressed severe concerns about the ‘Raw Materials Initiative’ announced today by the European Commission [1] which it says will have a detrimental effect on the environment and developing countries. The plan outlines ways that the European Union, member states and industry could avoid raw …
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Banks set to finance disastrous Kashagan oil project
Brussels, 8 October 2008 – Financial backers behind the Kashagan oil field in Kazakhstan have been called upon today to take action to resolve the environmental and health problems caused by offshore exploration at the 13 billion barrel project, located 20km off the northern Caspian Sea coast. In a letter to BNP Paribas, the leading …
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