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EU Commission’s new GMOs proposal sacrifices consumers’ rights and puts nature at risk

On 5 July 2023, the European Commission published its legislative proposal to deregulate the new generation of genetically modified plants (new GMOs, or now so-called ‘new genomic techniques’ or NGT). The proposal abolishes labelling requirements, safety checks and any type of liability processes for new GMOs. As a result, consumers, farmers, and food processors will no longer have transparency on whether the plants and food they grow, buy and eat contains new GMOs or not.

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EU Commission moves ahead with coordinated exit from the Energy Charter Treaty

In a recent decision, the European Commission pushed for the coordinated withdrawal of the EU, Euratom and all member states from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), an international investment agreement protecting fossil fuel investments, rejecting the EU Council’s proposal to move ahead with the splitting option. A split withdrawal from the ECT means the EU, …

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Victims still have mountains to climb in EU’s Corporate Accountability law

The EU still has a long way to go in delivering justice for victims and protecting the climate from corporate harm, says Friends of the Earth Europe, as members of the European Parliament delivered their final position on the EU’s corporate sustainability due diligence directive (CSDDD). Today’s vote marked the end of the Parliament’s process …

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130+ EU and US decision makers call to end fossil fuel influence at UN climate talks

An unprecedentedly large coalition of politicians from the United States Congress and the European Union Parliament have today called for an end to fossil fuel industry influence at the UN climate talks weeks before crucial negotiations on the topic in Bonn, Germany. In a letter addressed to the UN secretary general, the European Commission President …

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