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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…
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The EU must not use forests to offset climate inaction
Forest restoration must not be used to offset climate inaction in the agriculture, energy, housing, industrial and transport sectors.
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Leak: polluters gut EU green finance rules
Major concessions to polluting industries under new EU sustainable finance rules, leaked on Monday, would stab the EU green deal in the heart, said Greenpeace.
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The EU must not rely on certification schemes to protect nature
We wrote to European Commission Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans and European Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius asking them to introduce a strong EU law to keep products linked to destruction of forests…
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Certification schemes let forest destruction into EU market
Brussels – Products linked to forest and ecosystem destruction, land disputes and human rights abuses continue to access the EU market labelled as ‘sustainable’ by many certifications schemes, according to…