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Clear targets for agriculture and forestry missing from Europe’s biodiversity plan

Brussels, May 3, 2011 – Friends of the Earth Europe welcomes today’s European Commission plan [1] for the future of biodiversity in Europe, but warns measurable targets are urgently needed in the areas of agriculture and forestry if the strategy is to succeed. The document outlines how the 27 member states of the EU will …

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‘Secret’ Porsche letters disclosed after threat of legal action

Brussels, April 19 – The European Commission has bowed to legal pressure and has finally fully disclosed letters that were sent by car company Porsche to former Enterprise Commissioner Verheugen in the period 2005-2007. The Commission has illegally withheld these letters for four years. It only decided to disclose them under the threat of court …

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Real costs of GM crops concealed

Brussels, April 15 – A study released today by the European Commission [1] has been criticised for downplaying the costs of GMO contamination in the food sector. Friends of the Earth Europe says the document, which assesses the economic impacts of growing genetically modified (GM) crops, is fundamentally flawed. Estimates of the potential price of …

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Task force must ban MEPs from taking industry jobs on the side

Brussels, April 11, 2011 – The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) has today written to the ten members of the European Parliament’s new working group on ethics and transparency reforms following the ‘cash-for-influence’ scandal. [1] ALTER-EU is calling on the MEPs in the group, led by Parliament president Buzek, to act with …

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