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The business model of one of the world’s biggest oil companies, Shell, hangs in the balance tonight after court hearings draw to a close in the Hague on the compatibility of the Dutch oil giant’s business with climate goals. The judgement on Shell, one of the ten biggest climate polluters in the world(1), is now …
Shell awaits judgement in historic climate case in the HagueRead more
Joe Biden has defeated Trump in the U.S. election, offering potential hope for people and the planet. Jagoda Muni?, director of Friends of the Earth Europe, reacted with the following statement: “Biden’s narrow victory offers a glimmer of hope for people and the planet. “European leaders must go all out now to help President-elect Biden …
Biden win offers hope: EU leaders must get to actionRead more
Friends of the Earth France are celebrating a major campaign victory today for their anti-fracking campaign. Multinational French energy utility Engie has reportedly dropped a massive deal to import fracked gas from the U.S.A., citing environmental concerns over U.S. fracked gas. French government and NGOs raised fracking pollution concerns The negotiations were over a contract …
Victory as energy utility Engie drops U.S. fracked gas import dealRead more
Friends of the Earth Austria/GLOBAL 2000 have filed an EU complaint against their government today for an inadequate and illegal plan on building renovations and energy efficiency. Austria’s long-term renovation strategy is inadequate, harms energy poverty and carbon reduction efforts, says the group. EU minimum standards for buildings must also apply in Austria so that …
Austria faces EU complaint for inadequate building renovation planRead more
Today the environment ministers of EU governments have backed the Biodiversity Strategy 2030, which lays out the EU’s new 10-year-plan to tackle nature loss. The meeting comes days after a report on the State of Nature in the EU revealed that, despite the EU’s Nature directives, 81% of habitats and 63% of the species that the directives were …
EU member states endorse new plan to address biodiversity crisisRead more
Factory-farmed meat production in the EU is on the rise, and is putting the climate and human health at risk according to a new report released today from Food & Water Action Europe and Friends of the Earth Europe. A rise in industrial meat production in the European Union has been accompanied by a rapid …
