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EU President implicated in forest crimes: Greenpeace reveals connections with illegal...

Press release | September 19, 2006 at 0:00

Helsinki/Brussels, International — A Greenpeace International report released today reveals how illegally logged timber from Russia is being freely imported into Finland to factories including those of Stora Enso, which is partly owned by the...

Europe must act on forest destruction

Press release | July 2, 2008 at 0:00

Brussels, Belgium — 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...

Illegal rainforest timber likely used in EU headquarters

Press release | December 1, 2006 at 0:00

Brussels, Belgium — Two-and-a-half years after Greenpeace exposed EU building sites as 'Forest Crime Scenes', the European Commission has admitted that 1000m2 of timber used to renovate the Commission's Berlaymont building came from unknown and...

Carving up the Congo - Part 1

Publication | April 11, 2007 at 0:00

Predictions for future deforestation in Central Africa estimate that by 2050 forest clearance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will release a total of up to 34.4 billion tonnes of CO2, roughly equivalent to the UK’s CO2 emissions...

Italian presidency to tackle EU energy future and genetically modified crops

Publication | June 6, 2014 at 12:33

Italy will take over the six-month presidency of the council of the European Union in July 2014. During these months, a number of important environmental and energy issues will be at the heart of European politics.

Juncker makes controversial choices for Commission environment and energy portfolios

Press release | September 10, 2014 at 13:44

Brussels - Commenting on the choice of candidates for the new Commission led by incoming president Jean-Claude Juncker, Greenpeace EU managing director Mahi Sideridou said:

Environment and fisheries candidate Vella fails to convince

Press release | September 29, 2014 at 16:24

Brussels --- The first of the commissioners’ hearings scheduled over the next two weeks, Karmenu Vella’s performance today raised concerns about the ability of president Juncker’s Commission to play its institutional role of safeguarding...

Concerns remain over Juncker Commission’s commitment to environment

Press release | October 22, 2014 at 14:17

With today’s vote by the European Parliament a new political phase begins in the European Union. The Green 10 alliance of leading environmental organisations calls on President Juncker and his team of Commissioners to give European citizens, and...

Green10 letter on Innovation in EU

Publication | October 17, 2013 at 15:22

A letter from the Green 10 to Mr Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament, Mr Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council and Mr Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission

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