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Commission to investigate compliance with car labelling law

Brussels, 25 June 2008 – Seven countries are to be investigated by the European Commission for failing to ensure fuel consumption figures are prominently displayed in car advertising, following a formal complaint today by green groups. Friends of the Earth Europe, together with a coalition of environment organisations, [1] is accusing Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, …

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Carbon-heavy development in new member states still being aided by EU funds billions, finds new analysis

Brussels, 24 June – CEE Bankwatch Network and Friends of the Earth Europe (FoEE) revealed today, on the twentieth anniversary of the EU’s Cohesion policy, that clean and efficient energy and transport investment projects continue to be denied sufficient priority attention in the EU-sponsored spending plans of the new member states (EU-10). Since the group’s …

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One step forward, two steps back?

Brussels, 23 June 2008 – The voluntary EU lobby register launched today by the Commission is weak and unbalanced, said the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency (ALTER-EU). “The Commission started off over three years ago with worthy ideas for an EU lobby register, but the end product is proof that commercial lobbyists have excessive influence in …

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Toyota zero emissions ad ruled misleading

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 …

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