EU must slash resource consumption by two-thirds European Green Deal plans will fail to stop runaway mining, creating further permanent damage to the environment and wreaking havoc on human rights. The EU must reduce extraction of natural resources by 65%, according to a new study released today by Friends of the Earth Europe and the …
‘Green mining’ is a myth
The case for cutting EU resource consumption This report, published jointly with the European Environmental Bureau, exposes the myth of so-called ‘green mining’. It shows that the EU is already extracting and consuming a dangerous proportion of the world’s limited resources. And the European Commission’s plans for a European Green Deal will lead to a …
Natural resources: where EU solidarity runs-out?
In this interview, our campaigner, Meadhbh Bolger, talks about what EU solidarity looks like when it comes to natural resources
Why communities need the right to say no to mining projects
EU plans to become more resource-independent must not come at the expense of Europe’s imperiled nature, or displace people who live nearby to, and oppose, new mining projects.
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Driving destructive mining
We’ve joined 180+ communities, organisations and academics to call on on the EU to abandon its plans to expand dirty mining as part of the EU Green Deal. Plans to drastically increase mining in Europe and in the global South are bad news for the climate, ecosystems and human rights around the world. Whatever the …
Dealing with period poverty requires systemic change
Zelena Akcija / Friends of the Earth Croatia calls on decision-makers to finally recognise the problem of period poverty and start working on systemic solutions. Activists marked Period Poverty Week – which takes place from 24 to 28 May – by placing a banner shaped as a single-use menstrual pad reading “We pay this waste …
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