Publications Archive - Page 13 of 103 - Friends of the Earth Europe

100+ organisations call on MEPs to vote against EU-Chile deal

17/01/2024

In January 2024, Members of the European Parliament will have to decide whether to approve an exploitative green-washed trade agreement with Chile. The agreement, which has been in place since 2003, is to be expanded, and the addition of a raw materials chapter, which is intended to secure the EU access to raw materials regardless …

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A people-powered plan to exit the energy crisis

13/12/2023

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 …

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Fact-check: Greenwashing in the new GMOs debate

28/11/2023

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 …

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The last agricultural frontier

27/11/2023

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 …

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Letter: Don’t trade forests for the EU-Mercosur deal

14/11/2023

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

01/11/2023

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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