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Why is EU farm policy so hard to change?
Since the latest update to the EU’s common agricultural policy was proposed in 2018, it has dragged through the EU’s institutions, and has harvested some serious criticism.
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EU leaders set to greenwash EU farm policy
Crunch talks on EU common agricultural policy to finish next week
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Enjoy! It’s feeding the climate crisis
The EU bankrolls ads for meat and dairy, even as science unequivocally recommends a significant reduction in meat and dairy consumption and a shift to eating more fruit and vegetables.
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EU Court of Justice rejects Bayer attempt to overturn bee-killing pesticide ban
Brussels/Luxembourg – The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled today that the European Commission was right to ban the use of three bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides – imidacloprid,…
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Joint NGO briefing on EU forest & ecosystem law
The European Commission has committed to publish in June 2021 its long-awaited legislative proposal to minimise the risk of deforestation and forest degradation associated with products placed on the European
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EU Commission opening the door for new GMOs
The European Commission is gearing up to exempt new genetically modified organisms (GMOs) from current environmental rules, Greenpeace has warned.
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EU taxonomy: Commission backs ‘green’ investments for burning trees
The European Commission has greenwashed green investment rules published today under the EU’s so-called EU taxonomy, said Greenpeace.
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Report: EU spent €252 million advertising meat and dairy
Europeans consume around twice as much meat as the global average, and about three times as much dairy. To protect public health and nature, and to tackle the climate emergency,…
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New GMOs: danger ahead
The use of so-called gene (or genome) editing techniques like CRISPR-Cas could not only exacerbate the negative effects of industrial farming on nature, animals and people, but it could turn both nature and ourselves (through the food we eat) into a gigantic genetic engineering experiment.
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Last chance to deliver green EU farm policy
The deal that is struck on the EU's farm policy will have huge implications for small farmers, public health, nature and the climate. We wrote to the European Commission, the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and the European Parliament’s rapporteurs on the EU's Common Agricultural Policy regulations, ahead of the last negotiation…