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Toxic sludge disaster in Hungary – a statement from Friends of the Earth Europe

Friends of the Earth Europe sends it condolences to the families of the people who have lost their lives this week in the toxic sludge leak in Hungary. Our thoughts are with the thousands who are suffering from this environmental disaster. Far too often we see environmental disasters of this kind yet we continue to …

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Petition against biofuels in Switzerland

Pro Natura/FoE Switzerland, together with a large coalition of environment, development, and progressive farmers organisations, today submitted a petition against the development of agrofuels in Switzerland. The petition, signed by 62,000 people, was submitted to the Swiss government in Berne. The petition urges the government to establish strict criteria for authorising the production and the …

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Conference presentations Nov 9th: Responsible or irresponsible: Europe’s resource use and its impacts

Presentations: 9th November 10:00 – 11:00 Europe’s land dependency and its impacts Stephan Lutter – Researcher, Sustainable Europe Research Institute Anders Dahlbeck – European Campaign Coordinator, ActionAid David Cardozo – Sobrevivencia (Friends of the Earth Paraguay) 11:30 – 12:30 Tackling Europe’s land dependency Michael Warhurst, Resources and Consumption Programme Co-ordinator, Friends of the Earth Europe …

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Conference presentations Nov 8th – Responsible or irresponsible: Europe’s resource use and its impacts

Presentations: 8th November 9:40 – 10:30 Opening – How responsible is Europe’s resource consumption? Jacqueline McGlade – Executive Director, European Environment Agency 11:00 – 12:30 Can decoupling result in responsible resource use? Jacqueline Aloisi de Larderel – Member of the UNEP International Resources Panel Ton Manders – Deputy Head, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency Keith …

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Conference: Responsible or irresponsible: Europe’s resource use and its impacts

Europe imports huge amounts of resources; but exactly how much, and at what cost? Is Europe consuming natural resources responsibly; or irresponsibly over-consuming, without consideration of the impacts? Europe is recognising the urgent need to tackle its resource dependency: the European Commission has published its Flagship Initiative on resource efficiency, and the Roadmap to a …

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