Brussels/Strasbourg, 7 July 2008 – Environment groups have today urged members of the European Parliament to vote against controversial proposals to massively expand the use of biofuels. The groups warn that most biofuels threaten wildlife, food supplies and people in developing countries, whilst contributing little to stopping climate change. The European Parliament’s Environment Committee will …
EU biofuel targets must go
Brussels/Strasbourg, 7 July 2008 – International environment and development organisations are today calling on the European Union to withdraw proposals to massively expand the use of biofuels. The call follows the publication of a major report [1] by the UK government into the indirect or knock-on impacts of using crops as transport fuels. The report’s …
EU must not give way on road to fuel efficiency
Brussels, 3 July 2008 – Green campaigners today urged the European Union to ‘push for fuel efficiency’ and agree tough targets for reducing the fuel consumption of cars. As European officials come under mounting pressure from car manufacturers to weaken proposed legislation, Friends of the Earth Europe and other environment groups pushed vehicles around European …
Europe urged to scrap biofuel targets to ease food crisis
Brussels, 2 June 2008 – Using crops to make biofuels is contributing to the global food crisis and will lead to millions of people going hungry, warn international development and environment groups today. The statement is made in a letter to the European Commission and EU Heads of State urging them to abandon the proposed …
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New European Chemicals Agency must act on hazardous chemicals
WHEN: The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) will open on 3rd June 2008 in Helsinki. WHAT: The task of the European Chemicals Agency is to assure the implementation of REACH, the EU chemicals regulation that entered into force on 1st June 2007 after 8 years of fierce debate. WHAT IS AT STAKE: The opening of ECHA …
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Green schemes for biofuel crops set to fail
Buenos Aires (Argentina) / Brussels (Belgium), April 22, 2008 – Attempts to use certification schemes to reduce the widespread environmental and social problems caused by growing crops for fuels and animal feeds are bound to fail, states a new report released today by Friends of the Earth groups. [1] The report is released on the …
