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The European Commission has released new plans to access certain raw materials. They include an updated list of raw materials deemed critical for the EU; and an associated action plan. These are raw materials that the European Commission deems to be of economic importance to the EU while having supply challenges. These are mostly metals …
EU launches plan to lay hands on critical raw materialsRead more
By an overwhelming majority, MEPs have demanded the European recovery plan dedicates billions to large-scale energy efficiency programmes to lift millions out of energy poverty, in a vote in the European Parliament today. As energy poverty rates soar due to Covid-19, energy savings and building renovations could finally get the attention they deserve, says Friends …
MEPs demand renovation plan to cut carbon and energy povertyRead more
The European Commission has fallen for the fossil fuel industry’s hydrogen hype with its proposals for a ‘European Hydrogen Strategy’ published today, says Friends of the Earth Europe. The strategy aims to boost the growth of hydrogen as part of Europe’s efforts to decarbonise its energy system, by creating a policy framework and identifying projects …
EU hydrogen strategy fails to shut door on fossil fuelsRead more
A critical flaw in the design of an EU law on energy infrastructure has helped the fossil fuel industry pocket over €1 billion in EU taxpayer funds for gas projects, Friends of the Earth Europe and Food & Water Action Europe analysis shows. The analysis comes as a majority of MEPs are set to vote …
Flaw in EU energy law helped gas industry pocket €1 billion of taxpayer fundsRead more
As EU heads of government today deliberate the EU’s proposed €750 billion coronavirus recovery package by teleconference, Friends of the Earth Europe warns they risk a rebound to business-as-usual, which would put global warming targets beyond reach. EU heads of government diverge over the source and type of spending, and are not expected to reach …
Nearly 10 years after a clean-up was urged for areas polluted by Shell and other oil companies in the Niger Delta, work has begun on only 11% of planned sites while vast areas remain heavily contaminated, according to a new investigation by Friends of the Earth Europe, Amnesty International, ERA and Milieudefensie. In 2011 the UN Environment …
Shell’s oil pollution: Niger Delta people “sick of waiting” for justiceRead more
