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Brussels, May 6 – MEPs are being urged to strengthen a key resolution on lobbying transparency when it comes before the Parliament on Thursday 8 May or risk leaving large areas of lobbying activity unchecked. The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation in the EU (ALTER-EU), has today (Tuesday) written to MEPs urging them …
MEPs urged to vote for greater lobbying transparencyRead more
Brussels, 5 May 2008 – The credibility of the European Commission will be seriously undermined if it is unable to respond to intense pressure to reform EU GMO policy at a long-awaited internal debate on Wednesday 7 May, warned Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth Europe today. There are bans on the cultivation of GM …
Brussels, 29 April 2008 – Oil companies have the potential to achieve more than 10 per cent cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 without using agrofuels, reveals a report launched today by Friends of the Earth Europe. [1] Released on the day Shell and BP announced combined quarterly profits of 14.4billion US dollars, [2] …
Oil industry accused of undermining emissions reduction effortsRead more
Buenos Aires (Argentina) / Brussels (Belgium), April 22, 2008 – Attempts to use certification schemes to reduce the widespread environmental and social problems caused by growing crops for fuels and animal feeds are bound to fail, states a new report released today by Friends of the Earth groups. [1] The report is released on the …
Brussels, April 9 – The European Environmental Bureau and Friends of the Earth Europe have strongly welcomed yesterday’s vote in the European Parliament’s Environment Committee reasserting the need for EU-level targets on waste prevention and recycling. Voting on the Waste Framework Directive, an overwhelming majority favoured targets for Member States to stabilise waste generation by …
Brussels, 4 April 2008 – Leaked EU documents reveal that preliminary negotiations to establish sustainability criteria for biofuels could fail to prevent an increase in greenhouse gas emissions and fail to stop negative impacts on wildlife and people, international environment groups warned today. The documents reveal that EU Member States are currently planning to apply …
Environmental groups call for credible biofuel safeguardsRead more
