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37 organisations call for EU food policy and European Commission Vice-President for Food

After Ursula Von Der Leyden was confirmed as the new President of the European Commission, Friends of the Earth Europe joined 36 other civil society organisations working on farming, fisheries, the environment, animal welfare, health, consumers, consumer co-operatives, development, social justice, climate, and forestry, to ask her to seek a new direction in the way …

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Red carpet courts – 10 stories of how the rich and powerful hijacked justice

Imagine an environmentally or socially destructive corporate project – say, a toxic mine, which could poison your local supply of water, or a luxury real estate project, which would displace hundreds of people. You and your community oppose the plans, the courts judge in your favour and the project is stopped. Seems like a community …

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Are Member States planning for renewable energy communities?

Most EU member states positively acknowledge renewable energy communities in their draft National Energy and Climate Plans and some commit to boosting community renewables. However, for most EU countries, they do not match this acknowledgment with concrete policies or measures to support energy communities. As they finalise their plans by the end of 2019, there …

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