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How big agri ghost-writes the Commission’s proposal on new GMOs

The European Commission will present a new legislation for a new generation of genetically modified plants (new GMOs, now also called new genomic techniques or NGT) beginning of June 2023, with far-reaching implications including the release of untested plants into nature and onto our plates. A new investigation by Friends of the Earth Europe reveals …

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How European trade deals will propel destructive agribusiness in the Mercosur region

The people and lands of Brazil are facing a legacy of destruction. Four years of Bolsonaro’s aggressive anti-environmental presidential agenda sparked skyrocketing levels of deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions, rural conflicts and contemporary slave labour. Now Bolsonaro is gone but major agribusiness corporations – many linked directly to European company supply chains – continue to …

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Open letter: Commission President must stick to Sustainable Food System Law timeline

Political resistance against sustainable food policies is threatening to derail the process for an EU Sustainable Food Systems Law. Against this backdrop, Friends of the Earth Europe joins 285 other organisations in issuing an open letter urging European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to ensure the Commission proposal is presented by September 2023, as …

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Open Letter: Support a gas package for people not for fossil polluters!

Together with 30+ other organisations we have written to the European Parliament Committee on Energy (ITRE) calling on them to protect constituents from increased gas industry control over our energy system. The Gas Package combines two key legislative files that together define important rules around the gas market in Europe. This package is being revised …

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Redistributing power: How can renewable energy communities relieve energy poverty?

This briefing looks into the power of energy communities and how they can play a key role in alleviating energy poverty. It will analyse the scale of the energy poverty crisis in Europe and the solutions that renewable community energy projects can offer if they’re empowered and provided with the right tools. Who is fuelling …

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