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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 …
EU countries missing opportunity to spur innovation in electronicsRead more
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 …
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 …
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 …
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: …
EU Member States missing the deadline on Emissions Trading SchemeRead more
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 …
