Members of the European Parliament today voted to continue the process of ‘greening’ European agriculture. However the changes don’t go far enough, says Friends of the Earth Europe which is calling for much stronger measures to protect the environment and the majority of small farmers. The vote on the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) …
Canadian First Nations leader brings ‘stop tar sands’ message to Europe
A leader of Canada’s Indigenous peoples gave a dramatic eyewitness account of the environmental and social devastation associated with mining tar sands at the world’s biggest tourism fair today. Representatives from Canada’s First Nations and Friends of the Earth Europe are at the Berlin ITB expo to protest about the destruction of Canada’s natural environment …
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Problems of Europe’s appetite for land
Europe must urgently tackle its over-use of the world’s land, finds a new report from Friends of the Earth Europe, released today. [1] The report, ‘Hidden Impacts’, is based on newly available data and shed lights on Europe’s role as a major user of global land resources. Europe’s high consumption levels, and insatiable appetite for …
Savings of €250 billion per year with energy efficiency
A new report out today shows that the European Union could benefit from €200 billion net savings per year providing it gets on track to meeting its stated 20% by 2020 energy savings target [1]. The report written by Ecofys and commissioned by Friends of the Earth Europe and Climate Action Network Europe also looks …
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Biofuels drive land grabs, EU energy ministers warned
Cape Town/Brussels – Biofuels have driven nearly 300 large-scale land grabs worldwide, a new report by GRAIN reveals today [1], on the eve of a meeting of EU energy ministers to debate the future of biofuels in Europe. [2] EU targets have put Europe at the forefront of increasing global demand for environmentally and socially …
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Inaction as biofuels continue to grab land and pollute
Reforms to Europe’s rules on biofuels were top of the agenda at a meeting of EU energy ministers in Brussels today. It was the first time ministers commented on proposals to limit the quantities of crop-based biofuels that can count towards EU renewable energy targets. [1] The policy was proposed by the European Commission last …
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