Brussels, 17 June 2008 – An advert for the Toyota Prius in the European Voice newspaper which breached the European car labelling directive, has today been ruled misleading by the Belgian advertising standards authority. Friends of the Earth Europe’s car efficiency campaigner, Jeroen Verhoeven, filed a complaint against the advertisement which showed an image of …
EU waste policy not fit for future
Brussels, 17 June 2008 – Environmental NGOs are deeply disappointed with today’s European Parliament vote on the revised Waste Framework Directive. Parliament accepted a pre-arranged deal that sets inadequate European recycling targets and no target for waste prevention [1]. A number of MEPs made a last-ditch attempt to re-insert the Parliament’s original stronger targets [2], …
EU waste deal decimates recycling targets
Brussels, 4 June – The debate on recycling and prevention targets in the revision of the EU’s main waste directive has now entered a new stage, with a proposed deal at a third informal meeting between the Commission, Slovenian Presidency and a European Parliament delegation on Monday. The deal outlines very low and unenforceable recycling …
Transparency campaigners appeal to Barroso to fix flawed lobbyists’ register
Brussels, 3 June 2008 – The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation in the EU (ALTER-EU) has today written to Commission President Barroso urging him “to intervene and ensure that the Commission’s new register for lobbyists will deliver transparency”. The appeal by the transparency coalition comes after the Commission’s announcement that the long-awaited voluntary …
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Europe urged to scrap biofuel targets to ease food crisis
Brussels, 2 June 2008 – Using crops to make biofuels is contributing to the global food crisis and will lead to millions of people going hungry, warn international development and environment groups today. The statement is made in a letter to the European Commission and EU Heads of State urging them to abandon the proposed …
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Justice possible for victims of European companies around world
Brussels, 29 May 2008 – Victims of human rights and environmental abuses by European companies around the world could find justice in European courts under proposals unveiled today at an international conference at the European Parliament. [1] The European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ) – a leading network of over 250 civil society organisations around …
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