Brussels, 4 July 2008 – A claim by the Austrian oil and gas company OMV that it is “securing Europe’s future energy supply…” in an advert published in the European Voice newspaper has been ruled misleading by the Belgian advertising standards authority. The Jury d’Ethique Publicitaire (JEP) has instructed OMV to correct the advertisement entitled: …
EU must not give way on road to fuel efficiency
Brussels, 3 July 2008 – Green campaigners today urged the European Union to ‘push for fuel efficiency’ and agree tough targets for reducing the fuel consumption of cars. As European officials come under mounting pressure from car manufacturers to weaken proposed legislation, Friends of the Earth Europe and other environment groups pushed vehicles around European …
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 …
EU Agriculture Council: Don’t fall for GMO hype
Brussels, 23 June 2008 – As European farm ministers meet today Friends of the Earth Europe, Greenpeace and the European Farmers Coordination are stepping up calls for governments not to fall for biotech industry propaganda that genetically modified (GM) crops are a solution to the food and feed price crisis. Today’s European Agriculture Council comes …
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 …
