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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EIB downplayed climate risk in granting record loans to mega fossil fuel project
In a complaint lodged today with the European Investment Bank (EIB), civil society groups protest that the bank systematically underestimated the climate footprint of a fossil fuel mega project, the Southern Gas Corridor, which helped justify providing it with major financial support using EU public money. Read a summary of the complaint here Despite commitments …
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Climate incompatible France-Spain gas pipeline cancelled
In a victory for the movement for a fossil free Europe, a climate-damaging gas pipeline project between France and Catalonia has today been blocked by French energy regulators. Permission and funding for the central portion of the controversial ‘MidCat’ mega-project – the STEP (South Transit Eastern Pyrenees) – was refused by France’s Energy Regulatory Commission, …
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