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One of the world’s most famous actors and activists, Mark Ruffalo, who plays ‘The Hulk’, has today weighed into Europe’s climate debate, urging members of the European Parliament in Brussels to vote against a list of priority EU energy infrastructure projects next week, as it could subsidise 55 new fossil fuel projects, including those that …
Mark Ruffalo implores EU: no green deal with fracked gasRead more
The EU Commission is trying to lower EU food safety standards as part of a rushed trade deal with the USA, according to statements from senior trade officials. EU trade commissioner Hogan and other trade officials have confirmed their intention to reduce ‘non-tariff’ barriers on farm goods in trade negotiations. This could bring unsafe food, …
EU Commission aims to slash food safety standards for Trump trade dealRead more
MEPs on the European Parliament’s Energy Committee (ITRE) have failed to reject the EU’s list of priority energy projects, despite it containing dozens of new harmful fossil fuel projects incompatible with the Paris climate agreement. 55 fossil gas projects on list of support The Projects of Common Interest (PCI) list identifies the highest priority energy …
MEPs fail to reject harmful fossil fuel priority energy projectsRead more
The European Commission has launched proposals for a package to help workers and communities make the shift to fossil free societies – a policy Friends of the Earth Europe and unions have for years demanded. The proposal is part of the EU Green Deal, unveiled in December 2019. However, €7.5 billion public funding for the …
New EU mechanism to help workers and regions make fossil free shift is not enoughRead more
Prospects for vulnerable communities in the global South look dire, as wealthy countries refuse to pay up for the climate damage they have caused and Northern governments and corporations push forward carbon trading, says Friends of the Earth International as another round of deeply disappointing world climate talks draw to a close. The environmental justice …
European governments today adopted to a target of zero net carbon emissions by the year 2050. Responding to this new long-term goal approved by heads of state and government at a summit in Brussels, Susann Scherbarth, climate justice spokesperson for Friends of the Earth Europe said; “A target 30 years in the future in 2050 …
2050 climate target must be matched with faster fossil fuel phase-outRead more
