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 …
Commission issues €200m new subsidies for fossil fuels
The European Commission today announced new subsidies for fossil fuels, with nearly €200 million for gas projects, as part of a larger package of energy investments for 2018. This new pledge takes the total financing for fossil fuel infrastructure under the EU’s flagship fund for energy infrastructure, the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), to over €1.3 …
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ECJ opens back door to new GMOs
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) today gave the first indication of how it will classify foods and crops derived from new genetic engineering techniques. The opinion issued by one of the ECJ’s Advocates General noted that even if all food and crops derived from new GM techniques were to be considered genetically modified organisms …
MEPs back out of ambitious 2030 climate goals
The European Parliament today voted its position on EU energy goals for 2030, backing out of the level of action needed to combat climate change. MEPs voted on three files of the ‘Clean Energy Package’ of climate legislation for the next crucial decade for climate action. The positions adopted today will now be taken forward …
Bulgaria protests to save national park spread
Thousands of protesters are expected tonight on the streets of central Sofia and 15 other Bulgarian cities, objecting to corruption and the illegal decision to permit a ski resort and commercial logging in Pirin National Park. It coincides with a visit of all EU Commissioners and the opening ceremony of the Bulgarian Presidency of the …
COP23: EU acts as if climate change a distant prospect
As two weeks of UN climate talks draw to a close in Bonn, Germany, Friends of the Earth Europe pointed to actions by civil society and developing countries which helped push through progress on short-term emissions reduction commitments. But it said that, on the whole, rich countries including the European Union had once again shown …
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