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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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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 …

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Ciolos’s empty offer

The European Commission’s proposals to reform the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) will not prevent climate change, protect biodiversity or stop the collapse of family farming, claim Friends of the Earth Europe today. The claim comes in response to a leaked communication from the Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Ciolos, who lays out a range of ideas for …

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Bursting the Brussels Bubble – New book sets out demands for greater transparency in the EU

Brussels, 26 April – The ALTER-EU coalition today sets out its road map for greater transparency and accountability in the European Union with the publication of a new book: Bursting the Brussels Bubble – the battle to expose corporate lobbying at the heart of the EU. The book, written by some of the leading transparency …

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