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RSPO: Stop destructive Palm Oil

Brussels/Amsterdam, 9 October 2007 – Green campaigners warned today that proposals for certifying palm oil as sustainable are flawed. As the Round Table for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) presented proposals to label sustainable palm oil, Friends of the Earth groups staged an installation of screaming tree stumps outside the meeting in Brussels, representing the current …

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Amigos de la Tierra advierte contra el uso de aceite de palma con fines energéticos

Brussels/Amsterdam, 9 de Octubre 2007 – Amigos de la Tierra advirtió , durante la presentació n de las propuestas para un etiquetado sostenible del aceite de palma, sobre las deficiencias de esta certificació n y los graves impactos de la demanda Europea de esta materia prima para fabricar agrocombustibles. Amigos de la Tierra organizó en …

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Plans to curb EU aviation emissions must be strengthened, say climate experts

4 September 2007, Strasbourg – Current proposals to include aviation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme will have very little impact on aviation’s contribution to climate change, a new report by leading climate scientists warns today. Friends of the Earth, which commissioned the research, is urging the EU to substantially strengthen its ETS proposals, and …

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EU must wake up to agrofuel warnings

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 …

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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 …

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