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Strasbourg/Brussels, July 7 – Friends of the Earth Europe welcomed the majority vote in European Parliament today in favour of the European directive to ban illegal timber from the European market. Friends of the Earth Europe has been campaigning for over ten years for this law, to save the world’s forests and to make sure …
New timber law first step towards banning illegal timber in EuropeRead more
Brussels, October 19, 2009 – European politicians will this week make critical decisions about what role Europe is prepared to play in the fight against climate change and Friends of the Earth Europe is urging them to commit Europe to fulfil its historical responsibility for causing the climate crisis. European finance and environment ministers and …
Europe reaches climate crossroads on route to CopenhagenRead more
Brussels, November 17 – Transparency campaigners have welcomed today’s vote of the European Parliament constitutional affairs committee (AFCO) on the proposed Code of Conduct for MEPs [1], but warned that an important loophole on the definition of gifts risks undermining the core of the proposals. Seven months after the “cash for influence” scandal in which …
ALTER-EU welcomes vote to accept MEP Code of Conduct but regrets weakening of rulesRead more
Brussels, 4 May 2010 – Industry claims that Europe’s laws on genetically modified crops harm the animal feed industry are false, shows new research today. Analysis of official EU data by Friends of the Earth Europe proves that current laws function well. Only minute amounts of trade in animal feeds were directly disrupted by contamination …
Europe’s biotech industry accused of modifying the truthRead more
Brussels, October 16 – A new film launched on World Food Day reveals a hidden chain of destruction stretching from factory farms in Europe to the forests of South America where huge soy plantations are devastating communities, destroying wildlife and worsening the effects of climate change. The ground breaking film – Killing Fields, the battle …
Europe’s factory farms devastating communities and environment, reveals new filmRead more
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 …
