The European Commission presented today its long awaited proposal for a regulation to reduce pesticide use in Europe in order to avoid ecosystem collapse. The proposal has been given a cautious welcome by food and farming groups. Campaigners see it as an urgent and welcome first step, but more is needed to put Europe on …
Nature and human health cannot afford policy delay
A week ahead of the planned publication of the EU Nature Protection Package, and with rumours of a second delay persisting, 24 European environment and health groups, farmer organisations and farm worker trade union jointly call on the EU Commission to maintain its ambition and introduce strong and binding targets to avoid the EU Green …
No Green Deal in sight in CAP Strategic Plans
While several European farm ministers are using the war in Ukraine as a pretext to push for a hurried approval of their Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Strategic Plans, a new report from Friends of the Earth Europe shows that these national plans fall far short of the environmental commitments made by the EU. A close …
Big business derails corporate accountability law for human rights abuses and climate crimes
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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