Propping up an energy system of the past or speeding-up the transition to the energy system of the future? The European Commission has published its so-called REPowerEU strategy intended to accelerate energy transition and make Europe independent from Russian fossil fuels by 2030. Friends of the Earth Europe responded to the plans saying they fail …
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Attend the Right to Energy Forum from 21-23 February 2023 to help ramping up action on energy poverty and create energy solutions in line with social and climate justice. Join other cicvil society groups, activists, and experts to drive meaningful change & ensure people across Europe have access to clean, safe, and affordable energy. When …
Energy Union: It’s Time
Brussels, Munich, July 13, 2009 – Energy Union is a pan-European campaign tour with the objective of empowering young people and policy makers in Europe to take action against climate change. Energy Union promotes “Intelligent Energy”: the potential of renewable energy, energy-conscious behaviour and the need for changes at the political level.[1] Over the next …
EU recovery plan must bring energy efficiency and green energy in from the sidelines
Brussels, 25 November 2008 – With accelerated spending of EU regional aid billions expected to feature in tomorrow’s economic recovery plan announced by the European Commission, CEE Bankwatch Network and Friends of the Earth Europe (FoEE) are calling for substantial increases in EU spending on energy efficiency and renewable energy to be put on the …
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Europe fails to find its feet after Copenhagen
Brussels, March 15 – European Environment Ministers met today to discuss the next steps after the failure of the UN conference in Copenhagen last December. While it is positive that they stick to the existing negotiating texts under the Kyoto Protocol as the basis for a future agreement, Friends of the Earth Europe believes that …
NEW BRIEFING: Flying in the face of the facts
Brussels/Paris, June 20, 2011 – European airlines fuelling aeroplanes with biofuels is greenwashing, and flies in the face of recommendations from major international institutions, Friends of the Earth Europe said today on the opening day of the Paris air show, Le Bourget. The European aviation industry, with support from the European Commission, is expected to …
