European Parliament, Brussels, 4th October 2006 – Members of the European Parliament’s Environment Committee made personal pledges and demands on climate change today as part of a Friends of the Earth Europe photo-action [1]. The action took place shortly before the MEPs voted to recommend a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by eighty percent by …
EU votes on growing genetically modified potatoes
Brussels, 4 December – Friends of the Earth Europe has warned that Europe’s potatoes will be at risk of contamination if genetically modified (GM) potatoes are grown commercially. EU Member States will vote today on a proposal to grow GM potatoes – the first EU vote on the cultivation of GM crops for 8 years. …
Opposition to GMOs in Europe grows: Austria bans Monsanto’s GMO oilseed rape
Brussels, January 23rd – Friends of the Earth welcomes the Austrian Government’s decision today to ban Monsanto’s genetically modified (GM) oilseed rape, GT73. There are now twelve bans of GM foods or crops in the European Union (1). The decision by the current EU presidency follows November’s referendum in Switzerland that banned GM crops for …
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Friends of the Earth protest as EU Farm Ministers allow food to be polluted by GM crops
Brussels, Monday May 22 – Leaked documents obtained by Friends of the Earth Europe reveal that EU Agriculture Ministers will today adopt measures that will allow irreversible contamination of Europe’s food and environment from GM crops. Helen Holder , GMO campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe said, “Evidence shows that you cannot introduce genetically …
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Too early to celebrate REACH
One week before the European Union’s new chemicals legislation – REACH – enters into force (1 June 2007) [1], European environmental, women’s, health and consumer groups have warned in an open letter to the European Commission that REACH cannot be celebrated until it is strengthened to provide proper health and environmental protection. The official start …
Mandelson’s open markets threaten farmers, workers and environment
Strasbourg, 21 May 2007 – The European Parliament is on the brink of backing an open market approach to trade that will give big European corporations great privileges at the expense of small businesses, farmers, workers and the environment, warned the Seattle to Brussels network today [1]. The network of NGOs, trade unions, associations and …
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