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EU deal on energy efficiency lets down climate and energy-poor

A deal struck today on the EU’s energy efficiency target for 2030, after a year and a half of negotiations, will let down the climate and Europe’s energy-poor, according to Friends of the Earth Europe. Representatives of EU Governments, the European Parliament and European Commission agreed today to: a non-binding 32.5% European target for energy …

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EU concludes inadequate deal on future renewable energy

But citizens will surpass bleak expectations of new target. EU decision makers have concluded an inadequate deal to govern Europe’s future renewable energy to 2030, according to Friends of the Earth Europe. However, citizens and communities have won new rights to generate renewable energy that could prove transformative. The EU Council, Parliament and Climate Commissioner …

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EU Commission failing as nature’s last line of defence

Nature protection efforts are being undermined by the European Commission’s failure to consistently challenge Member States on illegal nature destruction, warn four nature NGOs in a new publication today. The European Commission is “nature’s last line of defence”, as the body responsible for enforcing EU nature laws and challenging violations. However, cases of violations are …

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Commission fails to protect from agribusiness mergers from hell

Commenting on the announcement today by the European Commission to provisionally approve the acquisition by German chemical company BASF of parts of Bayer’s Crop Science business, clearing the way for the Bayer-Monsanto merger, Adrian Bebb, Senior Food Campaigner for Friends of the Earth Europe said: “The European Commission has completely failed to prevent the corporate …

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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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