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 …
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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EU Environment Ministers fail to support lifting GM food bans
Brussels, 30 October – Austria’s ban on genetically modified maize now lies in the hands of the European Commission, after 21 out of 27 EU Environment Ministers refused to force the ban to be lifted today.[1] Friends of the Earth Europe has urged the European Commission to respect member states’ wariness and leave Austria’s ban …
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Dimas calls for GM maize ban in Europe
Friends of the Earth Europe and Greenpeace have today welcomed the news that EU Environment Commissioner Dimas is for the first time proposing to ban two types of genetically modified (GM) maize because of the risks they pose to the environment. The green groups urge the whole of the European Commission to put environmental safety …
Mandelson ignoring Mediterranean poverty warning
Brussels, 22 October – Friends of the Earth Europe hit out today at EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson, for blazing ahead with a free trade area in the Mediterranean, even though the European Commission’s own research predicts that this will make people in Med countries poorer. Mandelson met with Trade Ministers from Euro Mediterranean countries …
