Brussels, 19 September 2007 – Friends of the Earth Europe today accused the European Union of ignoring key warnings about the environmental and social problems of agrofuels – also called biofuels. The environmental group today published a list of recent cautions from prominent organisations and launched an email campaign urging the public to write to …
EU Member States missing the deadline on Emissions Trading Scheme
WHEN: The 25 EU Member States are due to present to the European Commission the National Allocation Plans for the second phase of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) by 30 June 2006. The Commission will have to comment within three months. The plans will be enforced in the period 2008-2012. WHAT IS THE ISSUE: …
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Recycling priorities threatened with incineration
Brussels, Tuesday June 27 – Environmental NGOs have criticised EU Environment Ministers for failing to address the controversial Commission proposal to reclassify municipal waste incinerators as ‘recovery facilities’ when they discussed EU Waste Strategy today. The redefinition risks boosting incineration at the expense of reduction and recycling of waste. “By making burning of waste as …
MEPs to vote on burning waste issues
Brussels, 24 November – Friends of the Earth Europe and the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) today challenged members of the European Parliament to vote down an attempt to promote incineration of waste at the expense of recycling and waste prevention. As explained in a new briefing [1], the European Parliament’s Environment Committee will vote on …
Kashagan oil operations should not resume – NGOs
Atyrau, Brussels, Paris, Prague, Rome 13 September 2007 – A coalition of NGOs monitoring the detrimental impacts of the Kashagan oil field in Kazakhstan today urged the European Commission, the Italian government and public and private financial institutions to conduct a full environmental social and health impact assessment of the Kashagan oil field development before …
OECD slams agrofuels
Brussels, 11 September 2007 – Today Friends of the Earth Europe called for the EU to scrap its target for using plant-based agrofuels for transport, after a leaked paper revealed the OECD’s [1] grave concerns about their social and environmental effects. Adrian Bebb, Agrofuels Campaign Coordinator for Friends of the Earth Europe said: “Hurtling headfirst …
