Brussels, 19 September 2007 – Friends of the Earth Europe today accused the European Union of ignoring key warnings about the environmental and social problems of agrofuels – also called biofuels. The environmental group today published a list of recent cautions from prominent organisations and launched an email campaign urging the public to write to …
OECD slams agrofuels
Brussels, 11 September 2007 – Today Friends of the Earth Europe called for the EU to scrap its target for using plant-based agrofuels for transport, after a leaked paper revealed the OECD’s [1] grave concerns about their social and environmental effects. Adrian Bebb, Agrofuels Campaign Coordinator for Friends of the Earth Europe said: “Hurtling headfirst …
World’s biggest palm oil trader shamed
Jakarta (Indonesia) / Amsterdam (The Netherlands) / Brussels (Belgium), 3 July 2007 – Wilmar, the world’s biggest trader in palm oil, is illegally logging rainforests, setting forests on fire and violating the rights of local communities in Indonesia according to a new report published today by Friends of the Earth Netherlands. [1] Friends of the …
Europe can be happy and low-carbon, shows new index
Brussels, 16 July – Europeans can live long and be happy without the need for soaring carbon dioxide emissions, shows the European Happy Planet Index launched today by nef (the new economics foundation) and Friends of the Earth Europe. The Nordic countries demonstrate that low carbon living is compatible with high levels of well-being, but …
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Europe clinging to dinosaur energy policy
Brussels, 8 March 2006 – Old fashioned and backward looking – a so-called new EU energy policy grounded in the days of the dinosaurs. This is the verdict of Friends of the Earth Europe on the EU’s Energy Plan to be published later today. Jan Kowalzig, energy campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe in …
Environment Ministers water down EU waste policy
Brussels, 29th June 2007 – Environmental NGOs today condemned the results of yesterday’s Environment Council vote as a serious climb-down on more than 30 years of European waste policy. Ministers promoted incineration and missed the opportunity to modernise waste policy so that it increases Europe’s resource efficiency and reduces its climate impacts. The Ministers voted …