Right now, millions of people face extreme uncertainty and rising energy poverty. There is no excuse for the EU and national governments to allow colossal profits and wealth to be accumulated when our most vulnerable communities have already paid the social cost of under-investment. When billions of euros are being extracted from Europe’s energy system …
Fact-check: Greenwashing in the new GMOs debate
A look at the marketing promises and what’s behind them Friends of the Earth Europe, together with BUND/FoE Germany and Global 2000/FoE Austria, takes a critical look at the marketing promises in the new GMOs debate with a new fact-checking report. Big Agri has been pushing hard for a quick and wide deregulation of EU …
The last agricultural frontier
Important note: Regarding data on the Cerrado, data updated after the release of this fact sheet shows that deforestation for the month of September actually has grown 141% compared to the same month last year (not +89% as mentioned in the factsheet on page 3). The deforestation increase in less-protected areas of Mercosur While we …
Letter: Don’t trade forests for the EU-Mercosur deal
Trade cannot be an excuse for weakening environmental laws. Friends of the Earth Europe joins other environmental and human rights organisations in sending a letter to the European Commission, calling on Commissioners to resist attempts to water down the EU’s forest protection rules in favour of trade agreements.
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Joint statement for an ambitious pesticides law that protects people & nature
We, the undersigned already more than 75 organisations, representing environment, health and consumers organizations, drinking water suppliers, farmers and agricultural workers, call upon all EU Member States and Members of the European Parliament to support and adopt a strong Sustainable Use of Pesticides Regulation (SUR) without further delays. Securing robust and coherent provisions in the …
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Cold homes, hot profits: How polluters persuade politicians to put profits before people
Across Europe’s capitals, fossil fuel companies and lobby groups have been pulling out all the stops to influence governments’ responses to the energy crisis, sabotaging policies that could help millions of people struggling to pay their bills. All so they can protect their staggering windfall profits (the profits of the big five oil majors’ more …
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