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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 …
Commission fails to protect from agribusiness mergers from hellRead more
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 …
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 …
ENERGY ATLAS reveals 100% renewable energy is viable nowRead more
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 …
MEPs vote for energy market reform but fail to reject gasRead more
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 …
Civil society set out demands at EU-Indonesia trade negotiationsRead more
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 …
