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Commission plan fails to bring Energy Charter Treaty in line with climate goals

A leaked European Commission proposal reveals that the EU is not serious about ending the protection of fossil fuels under the controversial Energy Charter Treaty. European Commissioners are expected today to sign off proposals to reform the investment agreement, which is currently being renegotiated to ‘modernise’ it, due to climate concerns. Controversial treaty The European …

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Bad week for future of farming

The European Parliament has today voted on the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), in what Friends of the Earth Europe called a ‘historically bad week for the future of farming’. A majority of MEPs voted against substantial improvements to the current harmful system, burying any hope of real reform of the 400 billion Euro funds …

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EU agriculture chiefs back away from Green Deal goals

Responding to the conclusions of today’s meeting of Europe’s Agriculture Ministers, Stanka Becheva, food and agriculture campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe, commented: “Europe needs a strategy to urgently combat the ecological, climate and farming crises – that is not what Ministers have served up today. They have backed away from the already moderate …

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EU Renovation Wave: right direction, wrong speed for emissions and energy poverty

‘Flagship’ EU plans to kickstart large-scale building renovations and energy poverty action, unveiled today by the European Commission, are a step in the right direction, says Friends of the Earth Europe. The ‘Renovation Wave’ strategy had been much anticipated by social and environmental groups – offering a potential ‘win-win-win’ opportunity to tackle climate change, poverty …

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