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Corporate Europe Observatory, Friends of the Earth Europe, LobbyControl, and Transparency International EU have written to European Parliament President Roberta Metsola to raise concerns about potential conflicts of interest regarding Angelika Niebler, an MEP from the centre-right EPP group. The NGOs raise concerns about her side-jobs and her work, particularly on the Corporate Sustainability and …
NGOs submit complaint about risk of MEP’s conflicts of interestRead more
Documents leaked from a confidential source reveal that the EU-Mercosur deal’s proposed annex, supposedly intended to safeguard the environment, climate and human rights, does nothing to achieve this. The annex exposes a dangerous gap between the European Union’s climate goals and commitments to protect human rights, and what it actually endorses behind closed doors.
At today’s Europe’s Environment Council (16 March 2023), seven ministers disputed Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides’ upcoming proposal to exclude a new generation of untested genetically modified organisms (new GMOs, or now so-called ‘new genomic techniques’ or NGT) from the current GMO legislation.
Environment ministers challenge the Commission’s upcoming proposal on new GMOsRead more
The EU’s new Critical Raw Materials Regulation fails to tackle rampant overconsumption and deliver justice for communities facing mining Brussels, 16 March 2023 – The European Commission today published its Critical Raw Materials Regulation. It addresses both a new list of 16 ‘strategic raw materials’ and a list of 34 ‘critical raw materials’ the European …
As Europe’s trade ministers gather on 9 March for an informal trade Council, environmental, animal protection and trade groups denounce the Commission’s closed-door negotiations with Mercosur countries that aim to push through a controversial Free Trade Agreement (FTA), that has been the subject of public outrage and been rejected by national parliaments across the EU …
Civil society denounces opacity & lack of democratic debate on EU-MercosurRead more
Ground-breaking UK coalition of offshore oil and gas workers, climate groups and trade unions are backing a new plan that would deliver a fair transition away from fossil fuels to protect jobs, communities and climate Over 1000 surveyed oil and gas workers supported the demands to remove barriers to transitioning into renewables; to ensure improved …
