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Climate Change Treaty goes live but war on emissions has only just begun

KYOTO (JAPAN) / BRUSSELS (BELGIUM), 14 February 2005 – Friends of the Earth International warned today that the United Nations Kyoto agreement on climate change that will enter into force on 16 February is only a first modest step towards more drastic greenhouse gas emission cuts needed to address climate change. [1] Catherine Pearce of …

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European Commission gives green light to genetically modified potatoes

Brussels, March 2 – A decision announced today by Europe’s new health and consumer commissioner, John Dalli, to give the go ahead for genetically modified potatoes to be grown in Europe, has been condemned by Friends of the Earth Europe. The ‘Amflora’ potato, designed to produce starch for industrial purposes by Germany´s chemical giant BASF, …

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EU biofuels policy left in tatters

Brussels, 18 January 2008 – A leaked internal European Commission document gives a damning verdict on the EU’s proposals to set a mandatory 10 per cent target for the use of biofuels in transport. The report, obtained by Friends of the Earth Europe and BirdLife International, reveals that the EU’s biofuels policy is likely to …

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EU banks on insiders to fix the financial crisis, says new report

Brussels, 25 February – European leaders handling the economic downturn are relying on the advice of a committee dominated by financial industry insiders implicated in the current crisis, says a new report. ‘Would You Bank on Them?’ examines the track records of members of the EU’s High Level Group of financial “wise men”, who are …

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