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Brussels, January 13 th , 2006 – The European Commission today ignored environmental and health concerns of Member States and approved the import and use of three Monsanto genetically modified (GM) maize (1). This authorization comes despite studies showing that farmers in the US and elsewhere are not seeing the reduced pesticide use and higher …
EU Commission caves in to biotech industry, Monsanto GM maize authorisedRead more
Brussels/Copenhagen, Monday 16 November – The damaging impacts of corporate lobbying on international efforts to fight climate change are exposed today with the announcement of the eight candidates for the Angry Mermaid Award 2009. The Angry Mermaid Award is named after the iconic Copenhagen mermaid who is angry about the destruction being caused by climate …
Voting opens for Angry Mermaid Award for worst climate lobbyingRead more
Brussels, 17 September 2006 – Illegal US genetically modified (GM) rice has been found on the shelves of a big UK supermarket, Friends of the Earth Europe revealed today. The environmental campaign group is calling for a full product recall and is mounting a legal challenge over the UK Food Standards Agency’s woeful response to …
Friends of the Earth finds illegal US GM rice in UK supermarketRead more
Brussels, November 17 – A new report out today has dispelled the biotech industry’s claim that genetically modified (GM) crops need fewer pesticides. The seminal report by Dr. Charles Benbrook [1], presents hard data proving once and for all that chemical use has increased dramatically since the introduction of genetic engineering, raising concern over any …
Report reveals dramatic rise in pesticide use on genetically modified cropsRead more
Brussels – One week ahead of crucial climate change talks in Copenhagen, a new study released today by Stockholm Environment Institute in partnership with Friends of the Earth Europe proves for the first time that Europe could double its greenhouse gas emission reduction target for 2020. The research, ‘Europe’s Share of the Climate Challenge: Domestic …
New study shows 40% emissions cuts possible in EuropeRead more
Strasbourg, 17 November 2005 – Environmental, women’s, health and consumer organisations recognised the important step taken by Parliament today towards replacing hazardous chemicals with safer alternatives but regretted that MEPs exempted thousands of chemicals from the need to provide any health and safety information.The European Parliament supported the obligation to replace hazardous chemicals with safer …
Parliament votes to phase out hazardous chemicals but allows huge knowledge gaps on safetyRead more
