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NEW REPORT: Europe’s demand for palm oil driving deforestation and land-grabbing

Amsterdam/Brussels, 15 March – One of the leading suppliers of “green” palm oil to Europe is causing illegal encroachment upon Indonesian forest and peat land, according to a report published today by Friends of the Earth Europe. The report exposes the illegal activities of the Malaysian showcase company IOI Group and shows that the increasing …

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Environmental groups welcome UK government concern over biofuels

Brussels, 21 February – Environmental groups BirdLife International, EEB, Friends of the Earth and Transport and Environment, welcome UK transport secretary Ruth Kelly’s announcement that the UK will initiate a wide ranging review of biofuel production. The green groups expressed their hope that other member states will engage in this review and that it will …

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Europe faces up to the resource challenge

Brussels, January 26 – The scale of the challenge posed by Europe’s unsustainable use of the world’s natural resources has been acknowledged today by the European Commission. Lawmakers in Brussels published an initiative outlining how Europe plans to tackle its resource use which affects global resource prices, natural ecosystems and people – particularly the poor …

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How recycling can fight climate change

‘How recycling can fight climate change’ is part of a study commissioned by Friends of the Earth Europe and the European Environmental Bureau, which looks at how recycling and waste prevention play a key role in the sustainable management of resources and the fight against climate change. Energy is needed to mine, extract and produce …

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Sustainability as a smokescreen: The inadequacy of certifying fuels and feeds

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. The report from Friends of the Earth groups comes amid global worries about the increasingly tragic impacts of rising food prices. Biofuels – plants grown to make fuel not …

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