Brussels, November 3, 2009 – France is poised to become the latest in a growing trend of European countries to introduce GMO-free labels for food in a bid to counter weaker EU standards and to compensate for a loophole in European labelling laws [1]. Currently, EU labelling laws mean meat, dairy and eggs from animals …
Billions of EU Funds wasted on dead-end investments
Brussels, February 2 – Substantial environmental and social harm is being caused by controversial projects costing billions of euros of EU money, according to research published today by Friends of the Earth Europe and CEE Bankwatch Network [1]. The groups have mapped 33 harmful projects in Central and Eastern Europe with total costs of sixteen …
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European Commission urged to break stranglehold of financial sector
Brussels, November 5, 2009 – The vast majority of financial ‘experts’ advising the European Commission represent the banks and investors responsible for the global economic crisis, according to a new report published today by the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER EU) [1]. The Commission must break free from these advisors on financial …
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Let’s call it by its name: the association agreement Europe is negotiating will be just a free trade agreement
Brussels, 6 October 2008 – The European Union (EU) insists in calling association agreement what will be in fact a free trade agreement, Oxfam International, Grupo Sur, CIFCA, Friends of the Earth Europe and the International Federation of Human Rights pointed out amid the 5th Negotiation Round between EU –Central America celebrated this week in …
Rich countries scheme to ditch Kyoto targets
BARCELONA, SPAIN, 6 November 2009 – Rich countries are deliberately attempting to sidetrack UN climate negotiations towards a weak, ineffective politically binding agreement in Copenhagen – rather than fulfilling their legal obligations to agree ambitious new targets to slash their emissions – at the conclusion of the latest round of UN climate negotiations in Barcelona, …
ENI’s new energy projects threaten Congo rainforest
Plans by oil company Eni to develop tar sands and oil palm in the Congo Basin risk irreversible damage to biodiversity, local communities and our climate, and break the company’s own guidelines, according to Congolese human rights organisations and their international partners. In a report published today, Energy Futures? Eni’s Investments in tar sands and …
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