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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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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 …
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 …
Brussels, 29 May – Today global warming campaigners protested outside the Berlaymont, bashing European Commission President Barroso for his hypocrisy on the issue of climate change. They offered Mr Barroso a shame award for driving a gas guzzling car and for disregarding the need to set binding fuel efficiency standards for cars sold in Europe. [1] …
Brussels 29 August 2006 – Friends of the Earth Europe today called on European Union leaders to step up efforts to limit climate change and insisted that the EU must finance adaptation measures and disaster relief in developing countries. The call came as a new report [1], launched in London today by a coalition of …
Brussels, 24 March 2006 – The EU summit has adopted an energy strategy that will undermine global efforts to drastically cut down greenhouse gas pollution in order to limit dangerous climate change, Friends of the Earth charged today. The “Energy Policy for Europe”, agreed last night, aims at securing yet more oil and more gas …
