16 July, Brussels – Friends of the Earth Europe has welcomed EU member states’ rejection of the latest application to grow GMOs in Europe, as the EU Agriculture Council today failed to approve the commercial growing of a genetically modified potato. There have now been no new GMOs grown in the EU for ten years. …
Europe can be happy and low-carbon, shows new index
Brussels, 16 July – Europeans can live long and be happy without the need for soaring carbon dioxide emissions, shows the European Happy Planet Index launched today by nef (the new economics foundation) and Friends of the Earth Europe. The Nordic countries demonstrate that low carbon living is compatible with high levels of well-being, but …
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CO2 emissions: EU member states abuse Emissions Trading System
Brussels, Belgium – Europe’s governments are guilty of allowing their industries to produce as much carbon dioxide as they wish at no cost, environmental organisations accused today. As the European Commission releases the data on emissions of installations covered by the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), evidence from the markets proves that most Member …
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European GMO Conference: a missed opportunity
Vienna, 6 April 2006 – Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth have today warned that Europe’s food and farming will be widely contaminated if genetically modified crops are grown in Europe. The warning came at the end of a European Commission conference which failed to resolve any of the problems of growing GM crops. Agriculture …
Weak G8 Climate Deal lacks substance
Heiligendamm, Germany, June 7, 2007 – Campaigners warned that today’s statement on climate change by leaders of the eight most industrialised nations (or G8) meeting is weak and lacks substance, but reveals the urgent need to tackle climate change. G8 leaders meeting in Heiligendamm, Germany made some progress under the leadership of German Chancellor Angela …
EU fails to develop credible transparency rules
BRUSSELS, 3 May 2006 – The Commission’s proposals for the new European Transparency Initiative (ETI) fail to deliver transparency around the role of lobbying in EU decision-making and will not improve public trust in the EU institutions, the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) charged today. ALTER-EU will continue to push for a …
