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EU’s industrial alliances are a new corporate capture

04/05/2021

New EU industrial alliances – led by big businesses and backed by the Commission – are set to be announced – but our new analysis finds they are a ‘new corporate capture’ in which business’ interests will prevail over the public interest.

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Let Bulgaria breathe

08/03/2021

Around one hundred people marched in protest against waste incineration and air pollution in the streets of Sofia today. The demonstration brought together citizens from Sofia and the north-eastern town of Devnya, both of which plan to build new waste incineration facilities. Devnya is one of the most polluted areas in the country, home to …

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Moratorium on Greenland mining – 141 NGOs

11/02/2021

In an appeal, 141 NGOs call on the Greenlandic and Danish governments and the EU to protect Greenland’s unique and fragile Arctic environment, which is threatened by mining and fossil fuel extraction projects.

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MEPs call for binding target to reduce EU resource consumption

10/02/2021

The European Parliament today backed a report urging the European Commission to set a binding targets to reduce the EU’s material footprint – a key step towards ending the bloc’s overconsumption of natural resources. Meadhbh Bolger, resource justice campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe said: “The evidence is clear – we need to urgently …

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Burning trees will not save us from the climate crisis

27/01/2021

Many governments and corporations are pinning their climate hopes on Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS). But BECCS is risky, costly and a dangerous distraction from the need to make rapid and deep cuts to emissions. Peoples solutions are the answer.

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Kicking the can down the road

21/12/2020

At the start of the 1990s, it was much easier to not litter. Over the last 30 years, supermarket chains and big drinks manufacturers like Red Bull have waged – and largely won – a war against reuseable drinks containers, pumping out a stream of throwaway bottles and cans that are harming wildlife, causing problems …

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