Tianjin, China – With talks under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change set to close here today, members of Friends of the Earth International said they were disappointed by the lack of progress, particularly rich countries’ threats to abandon their existing legal commitments under the Kyoto Protocol. At the same time, they said …
EU misses mark with energy efficiency directive
A plan to reduce Europe’s energy use unveiled in Brussels today will not make savings to the extent promised, or on the scale needed to fight climate change. That is the verdict of Friends of the Earth Europe – and the plan’s own authors – on the Energy Efficiency Directive published by the European Commission. …
Europe wastes its resources: €5 billion thrown away every year
Brussels, 7 October – Europe throws away resources worth over 5 billion euros every year by landfilling or incinerating materials that could be recycled, Friends of the Earth Europe reported today [1]. At the same time, Europe is importing ever-increasing quantities of materials from the rest of the world [2]. Dr Michael Warhurst of Friends …
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Full economic effects of GM-crops revealed
Brussels, March 14, 2011 – The costs of segregating genetically modified (GM) and conventional crops are much higher than originally thought, and could push up food prices, warns Friends of the Earth Europe in a new briefing today. ‘The socio-economic effects of GMOs’ reveals the hidden costs of GM crop cultivation that are being unfairly …
Double fault
Brussels, June 21, 2011 – Poland, holders of the EU’s next Council presidency, blocked any progress in climate discussions at today’s Environment Council. Poland refuses to step up to a 25% domestic emission reductions by 2020 in Europe as suggested by Commissioner Hedegaard in March [1]. Earlier in the day, environment ministers failed to provide …
120,000 people sign against illegal timber trade
Brussels, July 5 – In the week of the European Parliamentary vote for a new European timber law, over 120,000 European citizens have signed a petition asking European law makers to put a stop to the illegal timber trade. The petition was organised by Friends of the Earth Europe and global citzen’s network Avaaz.org. Friends …
