Brussels, 25 February – European countries today failed to reach agreement on whether more controversial genetically modified maize can be grown in Europe. [1] [2] It is the first time in ten years that a type of new genetically modified (GM) maize has been put to the vote in Europe. The vote was forced by …
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 …
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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EU heads for double standards on cutting emissions
February 20th, Brussels – The EU is heading for a double standard on cutting carbon dioxide emissions, warned Friends of the Earth Europe today after a meeting of Environment Ministers. Ministers reaffirmed the EU’s commitment to build and expand on Kyoto to achieve absolute emission reductions by developed countries, going so far as to acknowledge …
Taxpayers’ money involved in financing controversial tar sands companies
London, Brussels, March 1 – A new report launched today reveals that UK bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, has been involved in providing loans worth $7.5 billion in the last three years to companies carrying out highly controversial ‘tar sands’ mining [1] in Canada. A coalition of non-government organisations including PLATFORM and Friends of the …
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Growth in flights will wreck Climate change targets, new research shows
New research published today (Wednesday 1 June 2005) by Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and carried out by the UK Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, shows that unless the EU and the UK Government takes action to reduce the growth in aviation emissions the industry’s emissions will wipe out all …
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