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Protecting public watchdogs across the EU: Greenpeace’s proposal for an EU anti-SLAPP law
Greenpeace EU Unit published a model of the #Anti-SLAPP directive we expect the European Commission to table in the coming months.
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The European Commission must stop flying into climate crisis
Brussels – A new study published by the European Commission on the non-CO2 impacts of aviation on the climate crisis confirms that the non-CO2 impacts of air…
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Burning gas and trees labelled as ‘green’ in EU Commission’s sustainable investment rulebook
Brussels – The European Commission has opened the door to funding for polluting gas, bioenergy and cars by classifying them as ‘sustainable’ in a draft rulebook on green investments, known as taxonomy.
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EIB’s climate promises go up in flames
Brussels – The European Investment Bank (EIB) board of directors approved a climate roadmap for 2021-2025 that fails to require all companies and intermediaries receiving funding to adopt adequate decarbonisation…
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Gas prepares to cash in as MEPs back €672.5 billion coronavirus recovery fund
Brussels – MEPs in the European Parliament’s budget and economic affairs committees are today expected to open up the possibility for the fossil fuels industry to access an unprecedented €672.5…
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GMO status of Cibus SU Canola
In September, an open-source method to detect a gene-edited, herbicide-resistant canoladeveloped by US company Cibus, was published in the scientific journal Foods. SU Canola is not authorised for placing on…
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EIB’s draft climate roadmap fails to exclude funding for polluters
Brussels – A leak of the European Investment Bank’s (EIB) draft climate roadmap would allow funding for climate-destroying activities, including the fossil fuels industry, motorway expansion and industrial farming.
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Fossil fuels could tap into EU green recovery funds with MEPs’ support
On Monday 9 November, in a crucial joint vote, the European Parliament’s economic affairs committee and the budgets committees will decide how to allocate €672.5 billion in emergency coronavirus recovery funds. The European Parliament has a last chance to ensure polluters don’t sink the chance for a green and just recovery.
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Withdraw CAP proposal to save EU green deal, NGOs tell Commission president
Leading environmental NGOs have written to European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen to call on her to withdraw the Commission's proposal on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to safeguard the European green deal.
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Greenpeace activists demand EU transport ministers transform transport and stop driving the climate crisis
Greenpeace Germany activists projected the slogan “Stop driving the climate crisis #TransformTransport” onto the Germany Ministry of Transport in Berlin early this morning to stop the expansion of freeways and invest in infrastructure for climate-friendly alternatives such as rail, bus and bicycle transport.
