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Governments failing on dangerous chemicals

Press release | May 12, 2010 at 0:00

At least five national governments are failing to protect citizens and aquatic ecosystems from a highly toxic, gender-bending industrial chemical, according to a new Greenpeace report. Such disregard over nonylphenol (NP) is typical of their...

Airborne protest at fisheries meeting

Press release | May 5, 2010 at 0:00

Vigo, Spain — As EU Fisheries Ministers begin debating the Common Fisheries Policy [i] (CFP) reform in Spain, Greenpeace flew airborne banners and displayed balloon-bound banners demanding “Spain: Stop Overfishing” and “EU: Save Our Seas.” Spain,...

Parliament pressures EU governments to ban illegal timber

Press release | May 4, 2010 at 0:00

Brussels, International — The European Parliament environment committee sent a strong signal to the Council by backing tough measures that would ban illegally logged wood products in the EU, said Greenpeace following a second reading vote in...

Greenpeace exposes Spain's ocean destruction

Press release | May 3, 2010 at 0:00

With stocks collapsing in Europe, Spain’s fleet is now plundering waters as far away as Antarctica and Africa using European taxpayers’ money, according to a new Greenpeace report published today. The day before fisheries ministers gather in one...

Greenpeace statement on the European Commission strategy on clean and energy-efficient...

Press release | April 28, 2010 at 0:00

Brussels, Belgium — EU industry commissioner Antonio Tajani today launched a new European strategy to promote green cars in Europe. The strategy presents a set of measures on the development of electric vehicles, but also cars and vans running on...

Cooking up a GM disaster on the streets of Brussels

Press release | April 28, 2010 at 0:00

Brussels, Belgium — Greenpeace volunteers dressed as chefs to hand out hundreds of anti-GM spoof cookbooks to Commission staff in the EU quarter today. MEPs, permanent representatives for member states and Brussels journalists also received the...

GMO Billboard Campaign launched

Press release | April 20, 2010 at 0:00

Brussels, Belgium — Greenpeace has responded to the European Commission’s controversial decision to authorise the Amflora genetically modified (GM) potato with a billboard campaign across Brussels.

Midterm evaluation of the Hungarian EU Presidency

Press release | March 30, 2010 at 12:45

30 March 2011, Budapest/Brussels – Tomorrow, Hungary will be exactly half way through its six month EU presidency period. Greenpeace welcomes the positive role it is playing in relation to genetically modified (GM) crops, but called its...

It’s the green economy, stupid

Press release | March 25, 2010 at 13:05

Brussels, International — As EU leaders discuss the rebuilding of Europe’s economies after the recession, Greenpeace warns that governments are losing sight of the physical constraints to economic recovery and the EU’s energy system. The European...

REACH agreement does little to speed the phasing out of toxic chemicals

Press release | March 25, 2010 at 0:00

Brussels/Helsinki, International — Despite grand words from the European Commission today about speeding up the phase out of dangerous chemicals under the REACH legislation, it will still take 100 years for all hazardous chemicals to be phased...

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