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CAP cash starts rolling into New Europe – but with no environmental safeguards

Billions of euros of CAP subsidies will start flowing from Brussels to the new member states tomorrow (Sat. 16 October) without necessary environmental safeguards, a new Friends of the Earth Europe research warns. In a report published today [1], the environmental organisation warns that despite the Fischler reforms, agricultural developments after the accession are likely …

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Stern climate wake-up call for EU

Brussels, October 30th – European governments must take immediate action against climate change to avoid economic recession, warns the Stern Review – an independent report presented to the UK government today.[1] Friends of the Earth Europe is calling for EU Member States to toughen market mechanisms such as the Emissions Trading Scheme, cut energy waste, …

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EU funds for fifty harmful projects

Brussels, 25 February – A new map with details of 50 environmentally damaging and economically dubious infrastructure projects in Central and Eastern Europe was launched by CEE Bankwatch Network and Friends of the Earth Europe in Brussels today [1]. Based on the most extensive investigation to date, the map entitled ‘Cohesion or Collision?’ shows controversial …

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