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 …
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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Environment MEPs adopt binding pesticide reduction law proposal
Today, members of the Environment Committee (ENVI) of the European Parliament adopted the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Regulation (SUR) and voted in favour of setting binding targets to halve the use and risk of pesticides in the EU.
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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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EU-CELAC summit: 450+ organisations call to stop toxic EU-Mercosur deal
A coalition of more than 450 organisations from Latin America and Europe, including trade unions, peasants, social movements, animal activists and environmentalists criticised the announcement by leaders from the EU and Mercosur countries that they aim to resolve outstanding issues and conclude the EU-Mercosur trade agreement by the end of 2023. Lis Cunha, Greenpeace Germany …
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Agribusiness fostered by EU-Mercosur deal threatens Brazil’s environmental agenda
Despite hopeful reports of a deforestation decrease in the Brazilian Amazon, the situation has worsened in the less protected and less scrutinised Cerrado territory, reveals a new factsheet published by Friends of the Earth Europe and Reporter Brasil. Meanwhile, the EU will try to make progress on the ratification of the EU-Mercosur deal during the …
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