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Today, the European Commission’s proposals for the implementation of crucial EU climate legislation for reducing emissions from transport fuels passed in the European Parliament, despite a rejection by the majority of MEPs who voted. “We are disappointed that the European Commission’s weak proposals to limit tar sands and other highly polluting fuels have passed despite a …
Weak rules for polluting transport fuels passed, justRead more
Indonesian palm oil company Bumitama announced in September 2014 that it has terminated its contract with an illegal palm oil plantation in Borneo, from which it is no longer purchasing palm oil. This decision followed a public campaign by Milieudefensie / Friends of the Earth Netherlands and Friends of the Earth Europe, including a complaint …
Bumitama cuts ties with illegal palm oil plantationRead more
December 14 – The UN climate talks ended in Lima today – 36 hours behind schedule – with a weak text from world governments, which contrasted sharply with the real leadership and inspiration demonstrated by social movements. Rich industrialised countries are responsible for the lack of an equitable response in the face of planetary emergency …
Lima climate talks do nothing to prevent climate disasterRead more
Central and Eastern European countries are planning to use unacceptable amounts of their €350 billion allocation from the EU budget on dirty energy projects, polluting forms of transport and incinerators, according to a comprehensive analysis of draft government spending plans published today by CEE Bankwatch Network and Friends of the Earth Europe. The European Commission …
New research today reveals that European governments have already paid at least €3.5 billion to private investors due to a clause in international trade deals. The mechanism – known as ‘investor-state dispute settlement’ – is set to become more widely used if EU trade deals with Canada and the US go ahead as planned. The …
Revealed: how taxpayers are footing the bill for Europe’s trade dealsRead more
As world climate talks open in Peru today, new research shows how fracking is likely to further accelerate climate change, destroy water sources and infringe on communities’ rights worldwide unless urgent action is taken to stop the ‘dash-for-gas’. The report, from Friends of the Earth Europe, maps the expansion of the shale gas industry outside …
Shale gas increasing threat to climate, environment, communities worldwideRead more
