Friends of the Earth has today delivered a court summons to Shell at its headquarters in the Hague, to legally compel the company to cease its destruction of the climate, in a historic climate litigation on behalf of more than 30,000 people from 70 countries. The 236-page complaint was delivered to Shell’s international headquarters this …
Climate strikes hit every European country
Hundreds of thousands of youth climate strikers, and adults, today hit the streets of cities in every European country. They demanded urgent, massive and transformational action for a safe fossil-free future. In one of the biggest environmental protests ever seen, 900 grassroots ‘Global Climate Strike For Future’ events took place across 35 European countries. There …
#ElectNoHate appeal launch
21 civil society organisations and unions today launched #ElectNoHate, a joint call for EU elections campaigning free from hate speech and divisive rhetoric, which legitimise hateful actions and pose a threat to human rights. MEP candidates, politicians, the media and those in the public eye are asked not only to avoid engaging in, or amplifying, …
Farming should work in harmony with nature, not kill it
In the wake of shocking reports of insect and wildlife decline, attention is turning on intensive farming in Europe. Major reports have warned of “insectageddon” “Plummeting insect numbers ‘threaten collapse of nature‘” “Global wildlife populations have fallen by 60% since 1970” Intensive agriculture has major negative impacts on Europe’s biodiversity – whether due to pollution, …
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Majority of EU countries unable to keep citizens warm this winter
First-of-its-kind EU-wide ranking reveals energy poverty especially prevalent in south and east of Europe, and worst in Bulgaria. A majority of EU countries have significant levels of energy poverty and are unable to keep all their citizens warm this winter, groundbreaking new research by Open Exp released today by the European Right to Energy coalition …
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NGOs tell EU environment chief, ‘it’s the final countdown’ for nature
Europe’s nature remains in dramatic decline – facing a barrage of illegal threats even to protected sites and wildlife – meaning the EU is on track to miss its own 2020 target to stop nature loss. Today, environmental NGOs BirdLife Europe, European Environmental Bureau, WWF European Policy Office, and Friends of the Earth Europe, have …
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