Brussels – European environment ministers met today in Brussels for the first time since the UN climate conference earlier this month in Cancun, Mexico made a weak agreement to tackle climate change. The ministers acknowledged the outcomes of the Cancún talks, failing to recognise that the agreement has a dangerous lack of substance, and opens …
Commission documents confirm need for new conflicts of interest rules
Brussels – Documents obtained under freedom of information rules and released today by Friends of the Earth Europe [1] reinforce the need to strengthen safeguards against conflicts of interest for former European Commissioners. The 86 documents relate to the approval procedures for six former Commissioners who left the Commission this year and took up positions …
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Government of Liberia and ArcelorMittal complicit in the misuse of county development funds
Buchanan, Liberia, Brussels, Belgium, June 7, 2010 – The CountySocialDevelopment Fund (CSDF)[1] established by the government of Liberia and ArcelorMittal Liberia is failing to address the needs of communities impacted by the operations of ArcelorMittal in Liberia. This is the key conclusion of a new report [2] released by Sustainable Development Institute from Liberia, Friends …
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No guarantees of greener spending in EU budget
Brussels, June 30, 2011 – The next long-term budget for the European Union offers ways to fight climate change and to move Europe’s economies to a sustainable development path but still leaves the door open for harmful spending, according to Friends of the Earth Europe and CEE Bankwatch. The analysis comes after the proposal for …
Justice not done at climate talks – Weak Cancún package lacks substance
Cancún, Mexico / Brussels, Belgium – UN climate negotiations have ended after two weeks of negotiations in Cancún, Mexico with a weak adopted package that leaves the world further away from a just and strong agreement on tackling dangerous climate change. It is a package that has prevented collapse but has failed on the most …
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Commissioner Dalli admits EU food safety regime must change
Conference hears shocking evidence that key herbicide linked to deformities in unborn children Carrefour Group among major retailers vowing to maintain non-GMO policy Minister declares Brussels a GMO-free region Brussels, 16 September 2010 – Europe’s health and consumer affairs commissioner John Dalli endured a barrage of criticism from delegates at a GMO-Free Regions conference in …
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