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EU energy ministers will extend subsidies for fossil fuels – stranding EU’s climate objectives Europe’s energy ministers have decided to extend subsidies for fossil gas in today’s approval of the Energy Council’s position for the revision of the energy infrastructure legislation (TEN-E) – a move highly criticised by climate groups and not in line with …
EU energy ministers fail to end fossil gas subsidiesRead more
New EU competition guidelines on climate and energy published today threaten to undermine support for community renewable energy projects. This risks leaving community projects without the support they need
EU competition guidelines leave communities without supportRead more
Responding to the first discussions between EU agriculture ministers on the regulatory future of a new generation of GMOs, Mute Schimpf, food and farming campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe said: “Farming ministers and the rest of the EU need to stop wasting time and resources trying to find loopholes to push new, untested …
Friends of the Earth wins climate case against Shell For the first time in history, a judge has held a corporation liable for causing dangerous climate change. Today, as a result of legal action brought by Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie) together with 17,000 co-plaintiffs and six other organisations the court in The Hague …
Historic victory: judge forces Shell to drastically reduce CO2 emissionsRead more
Ministers to discuss controversial biotech-friendly Commission report which fails to follow European Court of Justice ruling European agriculture ministers will discuss the future of a new generation of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs), starting tomorrow. These key discussions are the lead-up to a decision on whether or not ‘new’ GMOs should be subject to safety checks or labelling before …
New EU industrial alliances – led by big businesses and backed by the Commission – are set to be announced – but our new analysis finds they are a ‘new corporate capture’ in which business’ interests will prevail over the public interest.
EU’s industrial alliances are a new corporate captureRead more
