Brussels, 6 November – Online voting began today for the second annual “Worst EU Lobby Awards”, organised by Corporate Europe Observatory, Friends of the Earth Europe, LobbyControl and Spinwatch [1]. The nominations reveal five “true masters of spin and manipulation” and five “not-so-neutral EU officials”. “Over the last year, there has been a lively debate …
Plans to curb EU aviation emissions must be strengthened, say climate experts
4 September 2007, Strasbourg – Current proposals to include aviation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme will have very little impact on aviation’s contribution to climate change, a new report by leading climate scientists warns today. Friends of the Earth, which commissioned the research, is urging the EU to substantially strengthen its ETS proposals, and …
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EIB signs up to EU environmental principles – but the devil is in the details, warn NGOs
Brussels, Belgium — Today, on the opening day of the European Commission sponsored Green Week, the European Investment Bank (EIB) launched a declaration entitled “European Principles for the Environment” [1]. The declaration was signed by the EIB together with four other financial institutions, including the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development [2]. It reinforces the …
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EU countries missing opportunity to spur innovation in electronics
Brussels, 28 September 2006 – Companies that develop environmentally-friendly televisions, mobile phones and other electronic goods could be forced to subsidise the waste disposal of their competitors’ more hazardous and less recyclable items because of poor national implementation of a European law, according to two reports, both released today, by Greenpeace International, the European Environmental …
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MEPs vote to waste less
Brussels, 28 November – Friends of the Earth Europe and the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) have welcomed new forward-looking targets for waste prevention agreed by the European Parliament’s Environment Committee today. The environmental NGOs also commended the committee for rejecting a controversial proposal to rebrand and effectively promote waste incineration, but expressed concern that additional …
Bush meeting undermining UN climate talks
Brussels, 27 September 2007 – Friends of the Earth Europe has warned that US President George Bush aims to undermine the ongoing UN climate negotiations by hosting a meeting of major greenhouse gas emitters in Washington today and tomorrow. Bush is expected to promote only voluntary targets for cutting emissions, instead of legally binding targets …
