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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
Brussels, March12th 2007 – Environmentally-friendly farming will create more jobs and make the EU more competitive than if it grows genetically modified (GM) crops, shows new research published today by Friends of the Earth Europe. The research coincides with the expected withdrawal later today of a European Parliament Resolution that promotes GM crops. MEPs are …
Brussels, 18 January 2008 – Next week, the European Commission will propose a climate and energy package with draft laws to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Environmental NGOs warn that parts of the package could be undermined by strong and unjustified behind-the-scenes pressure from European industry and industry-friendly European Commissioners. CAN-Europe, Greenpeace, WWF and Friends of …
Brussels, 2 March – Today, the European Commission was defeated in its latest attempt to force two countries to drop bans on controversial genetically modified maize [1]. It was the second and third time that Hungary and Austria respectively had come under attack by the European Commission for refusing to grow GM maize. Friends of …
Right to national GMO bans upheld: European Commission defeatedRead more
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 …
Climate Change Treaty goes live but war on emissions has only just begunRead more
