Over 80 percent of citizens from multiple EU countries want strong laws to hold companies liable for overseas human rights and environmental violations.
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‘Green mining’ is a myth – new study
EU must slash resource consumption by two-thirds European Green Deal plans will fail to stop runaway mining, creating further permanent damage to the environment and wreaking havoc on human rights. The EU must reduce extraction of natural resources by 65%, according to a new study released today by Friends of the Earth Europe and the …
MEPs fail to end support for climate-damaging gas
European Parliament takes side of big oil and gas companies and their lobbyists, undermining a cleaner, safer fossil-free world.
State of the Union 2021
Praise for youth climate leadership must be matched with action to phase-out fossil fuels European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen today delivered her State of the Union address in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. She said Europe should follow the leadership of young people and go further and faster to tackle the the climate …
MEPs ready to support new fossil gas projects?
As MEPs prepare to vote, they look set to support new fossil gas projects – sending a devastating message that people suffering the effects of climate chaos do not matter to the EU
Europe must curb meat industry to halt climate and biodiversity crises
New ‘Meat Atlas’ reveals devastating global impact of meat sector Industrial animal farming is increasingly damaging the climate and biodiversity, according to the ‘Meat Atlas‘ released today by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung and Friends of the Earth Europe. The livestock industry is responsible for up to 21% of global greenhouse-gas emissions. This figure is likely to escalate if the global …
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