Brussels, 29th June 2007 – Environmental NGOs today condemned the results of yesterday’s Environment Council vote as a serious climb-down on more than 30 years of European waste policy. Ministers promoted incineration and missed the opportunity to modernise waste policy so that it increases Europe’s resource efficiency and reduces its climate impacts. The Ministers voted …
World leaders must agree future climate roadmap
Brussels, 3 November 2006 – Friends of the Earth Europe today demanded strong leadership by European governments at next week’s United Nations climate conference in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, as tens of thousands of people prepare for worldwide demonstrations tomorrow to demand urgent action to save our climate [1]. Friends of the Earth Europe called …
Environment ministers must reject EU plan to promote incineration
Brussels, 26th June 2007 – Environmental NGOs today called on EU Environment Ministers to reject a plan to redefine waste incineration from ‘disposal’ to ‘recovery’, arguing that the redefinition would promote environmentally-damaging incineration and is, in any case, unnecessary. Under current EU law, most incinerators are defined as disposal installations, and installations can only be …
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EU stands up to US pressure – unfazed by genetically modified ‘Herculex’
Brussels, June 25 2007 – EU member states today stood up to intense pressure from the US and refused to allow a new strain of genetically modified maize to be imported into the EU. The move has been welcomed by Friends of the Earth Europe. [1] European Commission documents show US pressure to ignore risk …
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EU Parliament’s modest crack-down on pesticides
Brussels, 26 June 2007 – The Environment Committee today voted for a modest improvement on the proposed Thematic Strategy and Framework Directive on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides. Environmental and health groups EEB, Friends of the Earth Europe, Health & Environment Alliance and Pesticides Action Network Europe, are glad that Members of the European Parliament …
Major international banks finance catastrophic mud volcano
BRUSSELS (BELGIUM), JAKARTA (INDONESIA), 21 June 2007 – Major international banks such as Credit Suisse, Barclays, Fortis Group, Merrill Lynch & Co. and Natixis are injecting hundreds of millions of Euros into a set of companies responsible for a catastrophic mud volcano in Indonesia, Friends of the Earth International has revealed in two new reports …
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