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LUXEMBOURG/BRUSSELS, 18 OCTOBER 2005 — As EU Environment Ministers agreed the EU’s position towards the next UN climate negotiations taking place next month in Montreal, Canada, Friends of the Earth Europe warns that by yesterday’s agreement the EU is endangering international leadership previously demonstrated by the EU on climate change. Jan Kowalzig, climate campaigner at …
Europe misses chance to agree ambitious action agenda for next climate negotiationsRead more
Brussels, January 25, 2011 – Growing demand for meat, animal feeds and agrofuels in Europe is contributing to the continued destruction of the Amazon and Cerrado habitats in Brazil, reveals a new report launched today by Friends of the Earth Europe. The research comes at a time when Europe is debating the future of farming. …
Europe’s overconsumption driving destruction of Amazon rainforestRead more
Brussels, 19 March – European leaders meeting in Brussels today failed to cough up the cash needed to finance the fight against climate change, provoking condemnation from Friends of the Earth Europe. Heads of the 27 European Union countries spent most of their time discussing multi-billion Euro responses to the financial and economic crises and …
Europe running out of time to cough up climate cashRead more
Brussels, 18 July 2006 – The European Commission has been ruled guilty of “maladministration” after hiding documents from Friends of the Earth Europe that reveal scientific concerns about the safety of genetically modified (GM) foods. The Commission falsely used the premise that World Trade Organisation (WTO) disputes should involve the secrecy levels of court cases. …
European Commission guilty of wrongly concealing GMO documents says OmbudsmanRead more
Brussels, 12 March – Environmental organisations are urging Europe not to agree weak energy efficiency measures and confusing changes to energy labels for key appliances this week. Experts from European Union member states will vote on ‘green’ standards for household appliances like televisions and fridges and how to update or introduce new energy labelling of …
EU must not cool its commitment to efficient appliancesRead more
Brussels, 3 March – On the day that the European Commission launches its vision for 2020, its ‘Europe 2020 strategy’, a new report from CEE Bankwatch Network and Friends of the Earth Europe lays out how improved targeting of EU structural and cohesion billions for energy efficiency and renewables can get the EU – and …
New report: EU funds must plug clean energy gap in central and eastern EuropeRead more
