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New GMOs: tight EU Parliament vote removes safety checks & liability

Today, the European Parliament adopted in a tight vote the Commission’s proposal to widely deregulate the new generation of genetically modified organisms (new GMOs, or so-called “New Genomic Techniques” or NGT). A majority of parliamentarians voted to remove new GMOs from safety checks and liability processes, putting nature at risk with the release of untested …

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EU climate targets fail to deliver climate justice and an end to fossil fuel addiction

Friends of the Earth Europe today criticised the new proposal from the European Commission on the EU’s 2040 climate targets as inadequate and a betrayal of climate justice. Considering Europe’s significant historical contribution to causing the climate crisis and its responsibility for halting it, the communication falls short in its proposed emissions cuts. Instead of …

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Environment MEPs scrap safety checks, labelling & liability for new GMOs

Today, members of the Environment Committee (ENVI) of the European Parliament removed the new generation of genetically modified organisms (new GMOs, or so-called “New Genomic Techniques” or NGT) from any type of safety checks, labelling requirements and liability processes. The vote’s outcome shows EU conservative and most liberal parliamentarians’ disregard for the right of consumers …

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The final political trilogue on CSDDD: A bittersweet moment for corporate justice

With the final political trilogue concluded in the early hours of December 14th, Friends of the Earth Europe acknowledges a new step towards the final adoption of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). Regrettably, key elements like environmental protection, accountability for contributing to the climate crisis and due diligence obligations were dropped in the …

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Final negotiations on corporate accountability: Will the EU let multinationals off the hook?

At today’s trilogue, the most controversial issues in the two-years long Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence legislative process – climate obligations, civil liability, and exemptions for the financial sector – are at stake. The decision-makers in the room have an opportunity to change how we hold corporations accountable – but will they rise to the occasion? …

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