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Campaigners light the way towards a pesticide-free EU

On Wednesday 22 November, MEPs will vote in plenary the EU Commission’s pesticide reduction regulation proposal (SUR). Campaigners from Friends of the Earth Europe, WeMove Europe, Générations Futures, BirdLife Europe & Central Asia, PAN Europe lighted up the EU Parliament with a giant projection calling on them to ‘Say NO to pesticides’ and to support an ambitious regulation that champions biodiversity and people’s health over corporate profits.

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EU companies involved in 100+ world’s biggest fossil fuel extraction projects

A new report released today by a broad coalition of civil society organisations led by CAN Europe and Friends of the Earth Europe, reveals that at least 107 out of 425 of the world’s biggest fossil fuel extraction projects are operated by EU-based companies such as Total Energies, Shell, RWE, and ENI or financed by …

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How the EU Commission’s new GMOs proposal threatens consumers’ & farmers’ right to transparency

Today, on 26 October 2023, EU agriculture lawmakers debate the European Commission’s controversial proposal to widely deregulate the new generation of genetically modified organisms (new GMOs, so-called ‘new genomic techniques’), before it goes to environment Members of the European Parliament. During a press briefing held today, Friends of the Earth Europe and Slow Food warned …

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New report: Fossil fuel lobbyists undermine energy crisis measures across Europe

New research by the Fossil Free Politics campaign and their national partners uncovers how fossil fuel industry lobbyists have successfully pressed governments and the EU to undermine measures meant to reduce household bills, protect people from energy poverty and tax windfall profits during the energy crisis. Case studies from Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic, the …

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New changes to Raw Materials laws still give way to EU’s extraction worldwide

Today, the European Parliament voted on the Critical Raw Materials Act, the Regulation proposed by the European Commission in March 2023. There were high hopes for MEPs to make significant improvements to the file, and a big win was achieved with binding recognition of Indigenous peoples rights. However overall, the adopted changes maintain a narrow …

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