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Open letter: European Commission’s biased road to deregulation of new GMOs

Together with 39 organisations we have sent a letter to EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides to express our serious concerns over the way in which the Directorate-General for Health (DG Sante) is organising the impact assessment on new GMOs – new genomic techniques (NGTs) – and in particular, the consultations that will feed into the …

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Energy Communities in the EU: opportunities and barriers to financing

This report provides a substantial overview of the financing tools and mechanisms that are currently available to energy communities in the EU. Using detailed examples, the report examines the different opportunities and barriers faced by energy communities when accessing private or public funds. Energy communities need specified support in order to access the funds they …

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Open Letter: Solidarity means protecting the energy poor, not expanding fossil fuels in Europe

Together with 27 other organisations we have written to the EU Energy Council calling on them to prioritise people struggling to pay their energy bills instead of leaving the door open to more fossil fuel investment. The recent European Commission proposal for a Council Regulation on an emergency intervention to address high energy prices includes …

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Open letter: EU Commission must include the sustainable food systems proposal in its 2023 work programme

In October, the European Commission will adopt its work programme for 2023. Friends of the Earth Europe joined over 20 civil society organisations in sending a letter to the Commission’s President von der Leyen, Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans, Commissioners Stella Kyriakides, Janusz Wojciechowski and Virginijus Sinkevi?ius, calling upon them to ensure ensure that the legislative …

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The Methane Manifesto

This briefing examines the problem of Europe’s methane emissions, and how it can be tackled as part of a phase-out of fossil fuels. It particularly looks at the opportunities provided by the European Commission’s proposal for an EU Methane Regulation and the adjustments needed in the proposal. Supporters are invited to sign the Methane Manifesto …

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How European banks are funding an eco-disaster

Fact sheets on European financiers of beef and soy industries, which fuel deforestation and human rights abuses in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay Greedy agribusiness is continuously eating into South America’s biodiversity hotspots, namely the Amazon rainforest, the Cerrado savannah, the Gran Chaco dry forest, and the Pantanal wetlands. However, while the destruction of the Amazon has hit …

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