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EU ministers back exit from the Energy Charter Treaty

Today EU economic affairs ministers reached an agreement in principle on the European Commission’s proposal to leave the controversial Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), an international trade agreement protecting fossil fuel investments. Ministers sent the proposal to the European Parliament for approval.  The discussion on the ECT withdrawal was put on the agenda of today’s Competitiveness …

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CSDDD: France, Germany and Italy are making a mockery of the EU’s democratic processes

Today’s failure of the EU Council to endorse the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive – CSDDD – marks a deplorable setback for corporate accountability and the protection of Human Rights and the environment worldwide. Alban Grosdidier, Climate Campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe said: “France, Germany and Italy are making a mockery of the …

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Stop backing gas projects and reject PCI list

Tomorrow, Thursday Feb 22, the European Parliament’s Energy committee will vote on the latest list of ‘Projects of Common Interest’ – the EU’s list of priority energy infrastructure projects to receive support.  This 6th list continues to feature fossil fuel projects and will include the controversial Maltese Melita TransGas pipeline, marked by assassination, corruption,  and …

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New GMOs: tight EU Parliament vote removes safety checks & liability

Today, the European Parliament adopted in a tight vote the Commission’s proposal to widely deregulate the new generation of genetically modified organisms (new GMOs, or so-called “New Genomic Techniques” or NGT). A majority of parliamentarians voted to remove new GMOs from safety checks and liability processes, putting nature at risk with the release of untested …

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EU climate targets fail to deliver climate justice and an end to fossil fuel addiction

Friends of the Earth Europe today criticised the new proposal from the European Commission on the EU’s 2040 climate targets as inadequate and a betrayal of climate justice. Considering Europe’s significant historical contribution to causing the climate crisis and its responsibility for halting it, the communication falls short in its proposed emissions cuts. Instead of …

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