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 …
Exxon exposed for twisting facts
Brussels, September 26th – Friends of the Earth Europe today released The Exxon Files – an animation spoof exposing how oil giant ExxonMobil is working to prevent action on climate change. The cartoon’s website, www.exxon-files.eu, asks people to add their support to a formal complaint about the company’s misleading advertising. The animation, a satirical version …
Trade and transparency campaigners slam secret cocktail deals
Brussels, 23 May 2006 – Trade and transparency activists today offered protest cocktails to EU trade officials as they arrived for an exclusive closed-doors meeting with the European Services Forum Photo free of use, credit Lode Saidane – click on the photos to get high resolution ones Brussels, 23 May 2006 – Trade and transparency …
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