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Friends of the Earth Europe welcomes French ban on genetically modified maize

BRUSSELS (Belgium), 14 January 2008 – Friends of the Earth Europe has today welcomed an official ban on Monsanto’s controversial genetically modified maize, MON810, in France. The French government announced the ban on Friday evening using a clause in European law that allows countries to ban individual GMOs on health or environmental grounds to outlaw …

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Environment groups: MEPs must improve EU timber law

16 February 2009, Brussels – Tomorrow, members of the European Parliament’s environment committee will vote on crucial amendments to the Commission’s timber law proposal. The legislation aims to regulate the EU timber market and to tackle the problem of illegal logging, but Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and WWF strongly criticise the Commission’s original draft …

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Monsanto targets Europe’s maize

Brussels (Belgium) January 10, 2006 – US-based biotech giant, Monsanto, is aiming to genetically modify all of Europe’s maize over the next 4 years, reveals a new Friends of the Earth report released today. The report also concludes that in the ten years since the introduction of genetically modified (GM) foods in Europe, the biotech …

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MEPs vote for European Recycling Society – and to cut our waste

Strasbourg, 13 February – Friends of the Earth Europe and the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) have welcomed a vote in the European Parliament today backing waste prevention and recycling as the key elements for dealing with waste in Europe. The environmental groups also congratulated MEPs for rejecting a misguided proposal to ‘re-brand’ incineration, which would …

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Katrina

In the aftermath of the devastating hurricane Katrina Friends of the Earth Europe has called the catastrophe a wake-up call for world leaders to act upon the global threat of climate change by swiftly agreeing new steps to cut greenhouse gas emissions. According to Friends of the Earth Europe, any delay will mean more people …

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Stark findings on climate crisis

1st February 2007, Brussels – In light of tomorrow’s release of the latest, starkest findings on climate change, Friends of the Earth Europe has called for the EU to swap grand words with serious action to face up to the crisis. Next month, EU leaders must – at their annual Summit – set ambitious targets …

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