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CETA spin unspun
A myth-busting Q&A on the EU-Canada trade deal Resistance to the EU-Canada trade deal, CETA, in Belgium and on the streets of Europe has shone a spotlight on concerns over…
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Media briefing: Potential for citizen-produced electricity in the EU
Half of all European Union citizens could be producing their own electricity by 2050, and meeting 45% of the EU’s electricity demand. Our energy market is switching from fossil fuels…
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Prosumer Rights: Options for an EU legal framework post-2020
Brussels – There are many ways for citizens, small businesses and communities to contribute to the energy transition, actively participating in different aspects of the energy market to become true…
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Stepping up EU action to protect forests is not optional but the only way forward
Greenpeace analysis of the FLEGT evaluation Illegal logging and related trade remain persistent global problems despite the positive impacts of EU actions undertaken since 2004. A recent independent evaluation assesses…
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Commission fails to regulate new GMOs after intense US lobbying
The European Commission has shelved a legal opinion confirming that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) produced through gene-editing and other new techniques fall under EU GMO law, following pressure from the…
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Tackling illegal logging, deforestation and forest degradation
An agenda for EU action This briefing is the contribution of a group of non-governmental organisations to the policy debate related to the evaluation of the European Union Forest Law…
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New techniques of genetic engineering
Why EU GMO law must be fully applied to the so-called ‘New Plant Breeding Techniques’ The European Commission is considering whether genetically modified organisms (GMOs) that have been produced through…
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TTIP Q&A – unpacking EU-US trade talks
Find the answers to all these questions at the link below. What does TTIP stand for and what is it about? What is the focus of negotiations? When…
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Hungary: possible state aid to Paks II nuclear plant
. Greenpeace’s submission on possible state aid to Paks II nuclear power station, February 2016: State aid SA.38454 (2015C) Greenpeace