Welcome to the October edition of the Network News. This quarter’s edition features specials on September’s Good Food March in Brussels, and the European day of action against shale gas – Global Frackdown. All the regular updates are there as usual. This will be the last Network News in this format – in the next …
An Analysis of the National Renewable Energy Action Plans
Anticipated Indirect Land Use Change Associated with Expanded Use of Biofuels and Bioliquids in the EU – An Analysis of the National Renewable Energy Action Plans
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Well Spent: Cohesion policy that works for the environment
With €350 billion for the period 2007-2013, the EU’s Cohesion Policy is a formidable investment tool for promoting regional development across the 27 Member States. While the EU is misguided in many of the projects it supports, through investments promoting fossil fuels, carbon-intensive projects or the destruction of nature, sometimes it does get it right. …
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Shale gas: unconventional and unwanted
Europe risks side-lining its vision for a more sustainable, low-carbon energy future, according to this report, unless it permanently closes its doors to unconventional and unwanted fossil fuels like shale gas. Shale gas and the technology used to extract it – hydraulic fracturing, or ‘fracking’ – has become a great controversy in the last couple …
Who’s driving the agenda at DG Enterprise and Industry?
Two thirds of DG Enterprise’s advisory groups are corporate-dominated – meaning industry experts and corporate lobbyists have effectively captured key areas of policy advice within the European Commission according to this research carried out by the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU), and Friends of the Earth Europe. The Commission’s advisory groups provide …
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Transparency in the European Parliament
In March 2011, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) were caught red-handed accepting money for tabling amendments to legislation. What was soon to be referred to as the ‘cash for amendments’ or ‘cash for law’ scandal caused an outcry in Brussels circles. In response, Jerzy Buzek, then President of the European Parliament, started a process …
