A year after an EU Commission ‘Action Plan’ stated EU governments should better implement nature protection rules, a new report assessing 18 EU countries shows that all 18 are dragging their feet and failing to protect Europe’s most precious natural areas. A report published today by BirdLife Europe, WWF, European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and Friends …
ENERGY ATLAS reveals 100% renewable energy is viable now
Technology now available makes a 100% renewable energy system viable, according to an ‘Energy Atlas’ published by Friends of the Earth Europe, the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, the European Renewable Energies Federation (EREF), and the Green European Foundation. The new report – a unique and comprehensive summary of facts and graphics on renewable energy in Europe, with country-by-country data …
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MEPs vote for energy market reform but fail to reject gas
Members of the EU Parliament’s energy committee have supported reform of energy markets to restrict subsidies for dirty fossil fuel power plants, but failed to reject new gas infrastructure, in two important votes on climate and energy today. (1) Hope for Europe’s energy system The energy committee (ITRE) voted on rules to govern Europe’s electricity …
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Civil society set out demands at EU-Indonesia trade negotiations
The next round of negotiations for a free trade agreement between the EU and Indonesia start today in Solo, Indonesia. Civil society organisations from Europe and Indonesia, including Friends of the Earth Europe and Friends of the Earth Indonesia, will meet in parallel to discuss the consequences of a potential agreement. Friends of the Earth Europe …
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NGOs call for tougher sustainable finance action
Friends of the Earth Europe, ActionAid and Global Witness have welcomed the EU’s latest action on sustainable finance, but warned that tougher action is needed to ensure that Europe’s financial sector includes robust regulatory safeguards. “Although there are some positive proposals in this report, it is significantly less ambitious than we had hoped,” explains Anne …
Controversial gas pipeline awarded €1.5bn
CEE Bankwatch Network, Counter Balance, Friends of the Earth Europe, 350.org The European Investment Bank (EIB) voted today to hand out one of Europe’s largest ever loans to one of the EU’s largest fossil fuel projects, the contentious Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP). The loan approval follows the release of a study last week demonstrating that …