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MEPs fail to back tough action on aviation and climate change

Strasbourg/Brussels, 13 November 2007 – EU plans to tackle aviation’s increasing climate change impacts through the Emissions Trading Scheme remain inadequate after MEPs failed to significantly strengthen European Commission proposals in Strasbourg earlier today (13 November) [1]. Aviation is the fastest growing source of carbon dioxide in Europe, and failure to cut it will seriously …

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RSPO: Stop destructive Palm Oil

Brussels/Amsterdam, 9 October 2007 – Green campaigners warned today that proposals for certifying palm oil as sustainable are flawed. As the Round Table for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) presented proposals to label sustainable palm oil, Friends of the Earth groups staged an installation of screaming tree stumps outside the meeting in Brussels, representing the current …

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Amigos de la Tierra advierte contra el uso de aceite de palma con fines energéticos

Brussels/Amsterdam, 9 de Octubre 2007 – Amigos de la Tierra advirtió , durante la presentació n de las propuestas para un etiquetado sostenible del aceite de palma, sobre las deficiencias de esta certificació n y los graves impactos de la demanda Europea de esta materia prima para fabricar agrocombustibles. Amigos de la Tierra organizó en …

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EU must ban European companies from supporting Burmese regime

Brussels, October 5th 2007 – Big European companies such as Alcatel, Siemens, Total, Maersk and Rolls-Royce, and a number of timber companies, are still doing business with Burma – despite the Burmese junta’s human rights violations and environmental destruction, Friends of the Earth Europe revealed today.[1] The group demands that European governments and the European …

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