The European Commission’s proposal on human rights obligations of companies bears damaging marks from a successful business campaign.
Environmental groups challenge EU support for 30 fossil gas projects
Friends of the Earth Europe, ClientEarth, Food & Water Action Europe and CEE Bankwatch Network are starting legal action to end support to 30 EU-backed proposed gas projects. They say the EU Commission has given these climate-destructive projects VIP status, in contradiction of its legal obligations. Every other year, the EU Commission draws up a …
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REPowerEU: Fossil fuel industry propped-up while energy poor left in dark
The EU’s strategy to boost Europe’s energy independence – called REPowerEU – risks locking-in climate-wrecking fossil fuels and offers inadequate comfort to people who already cannot afford rising energy bills. The European Commission today released a suite of new energy proposals to accelerate energy transition and make Europe independent from Russian fossil fuels by 2030. …
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Giant ‘ECT-Rex’ dinosaur stops in Brussels to denounce prehistoric trade deal
At the outset of the final round of negotiations to reform the controversial Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), activists organise a massive media stunt on Schuman roundabout in the heart of Europe in an urgent attempt to call on the European Union and its Member States to exit the Energy Charter Treaty. A climate action killer …
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Humanitarian and climate catastrophe in Mozambique fuelled by public money
Report exposes how public money is used to fund destructive gas projects in northern Mozambique A new report by Friends of the Earth groups and partners in Mozambique reveals how rich European countries ignored and underestimated the risky business of managing gas projects in Mozambique, despite warnings from the local civil society. Countries including France, …
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New GMOs: Commission serves big agribusiness’ interests
The EU Commission’s health division has launched a new public consultation on the new wave of genetically modified plants (new GMOs), moving ahead with far reaching deregulation plans. With this consultation, the EU Commission is yet again widely following the wish list of some agribusiness lobby groups as nearly all the questions are framed in …
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