16/05/13
Debate: debunking shale gas myths
Along with Food and Water Europe, we took a closer look at the US shale gas boom, and revealed an economic system based on shaky foundations, that sid …
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16/05/13
Lifting the lid on RBS’s devastating investments
Friends of the Earth Scotland today went to the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) AGM to ask the bank to disinvest in funding mountaintop removal for coal …
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15/05/13
Don’t cook the planet with tar sands, Canada told
Canada’s attempts to bully Europe into accepting oil from its highly polluting tar sands continued today when Canadian Minister of Environment Peter K …
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03/05/13
Nigerians appeal in watershed Shell case
Nigerian farmers whose farmland was polluted by oil spills have submitted an appeal to the court in The Hague, together with Friends of the Earth Neth …
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10/04/13
EU deal on transparency rules for oil, gas, mining companies
The European Union dealt a major blow yesterday to the oil industry’s push for secrecy by agreeing transparency legislation. It marks a critical step …
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28/03/13
Standing against nuclear power, with a human chain in Paris
To commemorate the second anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, Friends of the Earth Austria, Hungary and partner organisation “Sortir du nucleaire” …
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