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Over one million people and 100 environmental NGOs across Europe are calling on the European Union to restart its economy by launching the biggest green investment plan the world has ever seen, financed by the bloc’s increased budget and recovery instrument. Tomorrow, MEPs will decide what they want in the EU’s Recovery Fund and seven-year …
Over one million people and 100 NGOs call for just recoveryRead more
As EU heads of state and government today discuss a collective response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Friends of the Earth Europe has called on them to act urgently and decisively and put addressing inequalities and the planetary emergency at the heart of a recovery plan. Jagoda Munic, director of Friends of the Earth Europe, said: …
EU Council: Governments must act together to ‘build back better’Read more
The European Commission’s new Circular Economy action plan, launched today as part of its European Green Deal, contains a patchwork of some positive initiatives on how we produce, consume and dispose of resources and products but will likely fail to prevent runaway resource overconsumption, according to Friends of the Earth Europe. The package of policy …
Circular Economy plan: EU Commission “burying its head in the sand”Read more
The European Commission today publishes a new climate law that Friends of the Earth Europe says does not represent emergency action for the climate crisis. Climate law lacks new target for 2030 Heralded as a cornerstone of the European Green Deal, the proposal will set into law the well-known goal of net ‘climate neutrality’ by …
According to a European Commission study on human rights due diligence published today, voluntary measures have not succeeded in protecting workers, communities, and the environment from systematic human rights violations linked to the global supply chains of European businesses and financial institutions. The study recommends mandatory rules to deliver on the EU’s commitments on human rights, …
EU study shows urgent need for laws to hold companies liableRead more
A quarter of MEPs today voted in favour of a resolution to reject the EU’s proposed list of priority energy infrastructure, including 55 fossil gas projects, though this was insufficient to veto the list. 169 MEPs voted in favour of a rejection of the 4th PCI list, 443 against, with 36 abstentions. The vote in …
European Parliament okays new energy infrastructure including 55 fossil fuel projectsRead more
