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Five thousand people flood Copenhagen for climate justice

Copenhagen, Denmark, December 12 – More than five thousand people from around the world have joined Friends of the Earth International’s ‘Flood for climate justice’ this morning in Copenhagen to demand climate justice and an end to offsetting carbon emissions. The spectacular, blue-coloured crowd flooded through the streets of Copenhagen with a clear message to …

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The Angry Mermaid winner is…

Copenhagen, Denmark, December 15 – The winner of the Angry Mermaid Award 2009, announced by award-winning writer and journalist Naomi Klein at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen today is the biotech giant Monsanto with 37% of the total vote [1]. Oil giant Shell took second place (18%) in the Award for lobbying to sabotage …

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Friends of the Earth suspended from UN climate talks

Copenhagen, Brussels, December 16 – Friends of the Earth representatives have been barred from the United Nations climate talks in the Bella Centre in Copenhagen today. Every delegate from the international environmental campaign group arrived at the centre this morning to find their badges were no longer valid. Friends of the Earth representatives from countries …

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Climate hopes dashed in Copenhagen

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, December 18, 2009 – Commenting on the failure of rich country governments to secure a strong and fair UN agreement to tackle climate change in Copenhagen, Magda Stoczkiewicz, director of Friends of the Earth Europe said: “Politicians cannot call this ‘outcome’ a success when in fact nothing meaningful has been agreed. Negotiations must …

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Stalemate on tar sands

Brussels/Paris/Amsterdam, February 23, 2012 – Representatives from European governments met today to vote on plans to keep tar sands out of Europe, but intense lobby pressure from Canada and the oil industry has brought about a stalemate, according to Friends of the Earth Europe. [1] Abstentions and rejections from a number of European governments means …

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