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Norwegian environmentalists have stepped up their efforts to prevent dumping of mine waste in pristine Norwegian fjords. Young activists are ready for civil disobedience as Nordic Mining prepares to start construction by the Førdefjord in Sunnfjord, western Norway. Last week, activists from Naturvernforbundet / Friends of the Earth Norway, Natur og Ungdom / Young Friends …
Young activists ready to stop mining facility to save Norwegian fjordRead more
Friends of the Earth Europe expresses its support for Friends of the Earth Sweden and others opposing plans for a new iron ore mine in Gállok, Sweden. These plans would devastate the livelihoods of two Sámi villages, pollute clean water, and threaten Sweden’s environment and climate ambitions.
To start this new year, we’re introducing our vision for an economy transformed. We need an altogether new kind of economy, and we’ve developed 7 transformational ideas for Europe to bring about a life-sustaining economy within Earth’s limits. The economy is designed, and we can redesign it! We want to inspire action to wholly transform …
The economy is designed, and we can redesign it! – transformational ideas for a life-sustaining economy within Earth’s limits With our European network in 32 countries, Friends of the Earth Europe has developed 7 transformational ideas for a new economy for Europe. We hope it will inspire action to wholly transform the current dominant growth-based, …
Majority of MEPs give their backing to a “desperate plunder for resources” Damaging plans to secure EU access to raw materials around the world have been given the European Parliament seal of approval today. A majority of the European Parliament voted to approve a new opinion report on the European Commission’s Critical Raw Materials Strategy …
Destructive raw materials plans get Parliament approvalRead more
We were delighted about the high levels of interest in our new report last week: ‘Green mining’ is a myth: the case for cutting EU resource consumption. More than 150 people attended the online launch event, with a broad spectrum of sectors and expertise present – from civil society and EU and national policy makers, …
Mining and resource consumption – a much-needed debateRead more
