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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Fortis dodges Indonesian mud volcano responsibility
BRUSSELS, 21 June 2007 (EMBARGOED) – Today, Fortis Bank responded to Friends of the Earth International regarding the bank’s financing of the companies which caused a catastrophic mud volcano in Indonesia through gas exploration. [1] Friends of the Earth International requested that Fortis uses its influence to make Lapindo Brantas – the operator of the …
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EU still not on track to meet Kyoto targets
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 …
