Brussels, 14 June 2007 – Friends of the Earth Europe has demanded an urgent acceleration of action to fight climate change by European governments, after new data released by the European Commission today reveals that overall EU emissions are still not on track to meet Kyoto targets. [1] EU emissions slightly decreased in 2005 relative …
Ministers open door for GMOs in organic food
Brussels, June 12th 2007 – At the Agriculture Council today EU Ministers decided to allow contamination of organic food with genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The Ministers adopted a new law which allows organic food containing up to 0.9 percent “adventitious or technically unavoidable” GMO content to be classed and labelled as organic [1]. Environmental groups …
Shell’s misleading ad: complaint submitted
May 8, 2007, BRUSSELS (BELGIUM), LONDON (UK), THE HAGUE (THE NETHERLANDS) – Complaints are being filed today, May 8, in three European countries against a shameless advert that makes exaggerated and misleading green claims about oil giant Shell’s operations. Friends of the Earth Europe is filing simultaneous complaints to the national advertising standards authorities of …
Options to tackle climate change are affordable, agree governments
BANGKOK, THAILAND, 4 May 2007 – The world’s leading scientists say governments can tackle climate change and that the solutions are affordable and available, in a key United Nations (UN) report published here today. The report assesses many technologies that could be used to cut emissions of greenhouse gases, but does not make recommendations about …
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US still bullying EU to market GMOs
30 May 2007, Brussels – New documents obtained by Friends of the Earth reveal that the United States continues to pressure the EU to market new genetically modified (GM) crops and foods, despite the World Trade Organisation’s recent verdict that the EU has a right to protect itself against GMOs. In an email exchange, US …
Shell still flaring gas, defying Nigerian courts
Brussels, 3 May 2007 – In response to the news that Shell has defied a court order and continues to emit huge quantities of toxic and greenhouse gases in Nigeria by gas flaring, Friends of the Earth Europe has called on the European Commission to order European companies operating in the rest of the world …
