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Cape Town/Brussels – Biofuels have driven nearly 300 large-scale land grabs worldwide, a new report by GRAIN reveals today [1], on the eve of a meeting of EU energy ministers to debate the future of biofuels in Europe. [2] EU targets have put Europe at the forefront of increasing global demand for environmentally and socially …
Biofuels drive land grabs, EU energy ministers warnedRead more
Reforms to Europe’s rules on biofuels were top of the agenda at a meeting of EU energy ministers in Brussels today. It was the first time ministers commented on proposals to limit the quantities of crop-based biofuels that can count towards EU renewable energy targets. [1] The policy was proposed by the European Commission last …
Inaction as biofuels continue to grab land and polluteRead more
Brussels, February 14, 2013 – Europe is failing to manage its resources sustainably, unnecessarily sending valuable materials to incineration and landfill, according to a report published today by Friends of the Earth Europe. [1] The European Union currently landfills and incinerates 60% of municipal waste. Valuable materials which could be recycled or re-used are being …
Aluminium, cotton and lithium needlessly wasted – new reportRead more
The European Union currently landfills and incinerates 60% of municipal waste. Valuable materials which could be recycled or re-used are being thrown away as rubbish, contributing to demand for more raw materials. In the case of textiles, for example, Europeans discard 5.8 million tonnes every year, with 75% going to landfill or incineration and only …
Less is more: resource efficiency through waste collection, recycling and reuseRead more
Monrovia, Liberia – Palm oil companies are grabbing more than 1.5 million acres of land in Liberia and are violating the human rights of local communities, according to Liberian NGOs including Friends of the Earth Liberia. On the eve of a United Nations meeting in Liberia, that will discuss the future of development in Liberia, …
Europe’s land footprint is 640 million hectares a year – an area equivalent to 1.5 times the size of Europe itself. This is the land required to make everything that we consume, from food to material products to fuel. Friends of the Earth Europe’s conference addressed Europe’s land footprint, its causes, and solutions to the …
