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Statement on Commission opinion on Mochovce nuclear project

15 July 2008

Greenpeace condemns today’s Commission opinion that gives a green light to the outdated and dangerous Mochovce nuclear project in Slovakia.

Greenpeace activists hold up signs outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, urging Nicolas Sarkozy to reverse the Sarkozy-Merkel car deal. The proposed Franco-German deal would effectively postpone and weaken the long-standing aim of limiting average emissions from cars to 120g CO2/km by another three years. Enlarge Image

Greenpeace to Sarkozy: Reverse the car deal

10 July 2008

As Nicolas Sarkozy delivered his first address as President of the European Council to the European Parliament Greenpeace activists held up signs inside the hemicycle urging him to reverse the climate bashing Sarkozy-Merkel Car Deal. Outside the Parliament activists also displayed banners reading "Merkel and Sarkozy, Driving Climate Change".

MEPs urged to drop support for biofuels

07 July 2008

Environment groups have today urged members of the European Parliament to vote against controversial proposals to massively expand the use of biofuels. The groups warn that most biofuels threaten wildlife, food supplies and people in developing countries, whilst contributing little to stopping climate change.

EU biofuels target must go

07 July 2008

International environment and development organisations are today calling on the European Union to withdraw proposals to massively expand the use of biofuels. The call follows the publication of a major report [1] by the UK government into the indirect or knock-on impacts of using crops as transport fuels. The report's release coincides with a vote later today in Strasbourg on biofuel targets by the Environment Committee of the European Parliament, which is currently debating a proposal to force all EU countries to use at least 10 per cent renewable energy sources, mostly biofuels, in transport by 2020.

Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas visits the Greenpeace Amazon tree art installation. Enlarge Image

Europe must act on forest destruction

02 July 2008

Greenpeace unveiled a 12-metre Amazon tree as part of a multi-media installation by the acclaimed Brazilian artist, Siron Franco,(1) at the European Commission's headquarters in Brussels today. The trunk taken from an area illegally deforested in the Brazilian Amazon houses nine video monitors projecting images of beauty and destruction from the area.

European Court condones marine destruction

01 July 2008

Environmental organisations Greenpeace, Seas at Risk and WWF are disappointed about today's decision by the European Court of Justice not to protect the waters around the Portuguese Azores against a significant increase in commercial fishing. The region supports a diverse range of marine life, including turtles, sharks, whales and dolphins and deep-sea corals, and is especially vulnerable to intensive fishing activities like trawling and longlining. The Court has ruled in favour of a 2003 decision by the Council of Ministers to open one of Europe's best preserved deep-sea environments to the fishing fleets of all EU member states. Previously, these waters were only fished by vessels from the Azores and few from mainland Portugal.

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