In an appeal, 141 NGOs call on the Greenlandic and Danish governments and the EU to protect Greenland’s unique and fragile Arctic environment, which is threatened by mining and fossil fuel extraction projects.
MEPs call for binding target to reduce EU resource consumption
The European Parliament today backed a report urging the European Commission to set a binding targets to reduce the EU’s material footprint – a key step towards ending the bloc’s overconsumption of natural resources. Meadhbh Bolger, resource justice campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe said: “The evidence is clear – we need to urgently …
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Burning trees will not save us from the climate crisis
Many governments and corporations are pinning their climate hopes on Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS). But BECCS is risky, costly and a dangerous distraction from the need to make rapid and deep cuts to emissions. Peoples solutions are the answer.
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Kicking the can down the road
At the start of the 1990s, it was much easier to not litter. Over the last 30 years, supermarket chains and big drinks manufacturers like Red Bull have waged – and largely won – a war against reuseable drinks containers, pumping out a stream of throwaway bottles and cans that are harming wildlife, causing problems …
Civil society concerns on EU critical raw materials plan
234 civil society organisations and academics from across Europe and the world are expressing deep concerns with the direction being taken by the European Commission in its new communications on Critical Raw Materials, in this open letter. Reacting to the Commission’s plans published on Friday 4th September, the signatories urge the Commission to realign strategies …
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EU launches plan to lay hands on critical raw materials
The European Commission has released new plans to access certain raw materials. They include an updated list of raw materials deemed critical for the EU; and an associated action plan. These are raw materials that the European Commission deems to be of economic importance to the EU while having supply challenges. These are mostly metals …
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