Brussels, 18 February 2005 – Europe’s largest network of environmental groups today warns that trans-Atlantic relations cannot improve unless the United States takes environmental issues and citizens’ rights more seriously, and drops its corporate-led foreign policies. Ahead of President Bush’s visit to Europe, Friends of the Earth is particularly scathing of the US’s lack of …
Financial fools day – We won’t pay for their crisis
Brussels, 1 April – Brussels-based environment, development, farming and transparency campaign organisations today denounce the EU’s continuing contribution to the financial crises and the limited solutions it is advocating at the G20 with a theatre spectacle in front of the European Council from 12.30-13.15. Politicians and citizens will battle their way out of the financial …
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Dramatic rise in EU emissions
Brussels, 21 June 2005: Friends of the Earth Europe called on EU governments to drastically increase their efforts to combat global warming by reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions, as shocking new data released today by the European Commission shows a dramatic increase in emissions. In 2003, EU-15 emissions were only 1.7% below 1990 levels, while …
Kazakhstan loses $5 bn from oil deal as more delays emerge
Brussels, 21 January 2008 – A new deal with an Eni-led consortium to develop the super-giant Kashagan oilfield will leave Kazakhstan $5 billion worse off than previously, according to new analysis published today. [1] The deal, reached on Sunday after more than six months of dispute over the field, slightly improved Kazakhstan’s share of revenues, …
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MEPs call on Commission to strengthen Corporate Social Responsibility policy
Brussels / Strasbourg, 13 March – The European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ) [1] has welcomed today’s approval by the European Parliament of a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) resolution urging the European Commission to extend legal obligations to some key aspects of corporate accountability. By voting for the resolution, MEPs have called for directors to …
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Finance ministers dodge responsibility in climate cash decision
Brussels, 10 March – European Finance Ministers failed to lay hard cash on the table today to support decarbonising economies in developing countries and to compensate for coping with the consequences of climate change [1]. Carbon offsetting schemes, such as the Clean Development Mechanism, have been put forward as mechanisms to tackle climate change and …
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