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EU farming plan could spell disaster for environment, Greenpeace
The European Commission proposal for the new common agricultural policy (CAP) fails the environment and the climate, according to Greenpeace. The new CAP proposal gives national governments the responsibility to…
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Out of Balance – industry links in the European Parliament AGRI committee
For 56 years, European farming has been guided by the European Union’s common agricultural policy (CAP) and the subsidies it distributes to European farmers. The CAP currently accounts for almost…
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Investigation: Majority of EU Parliament agriculture committee linked to industry
Involve other committees in EU agriculture policy reform or risk health and environment, Greenpeace A majority of MEPs on the European Parliament’s agriculture committee have strong links to the farming…
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EU court: protecting people and nature takes precedence over business interests
Bayer and Syngenta lose court cases against 2013 partial neonicotinoid ban The General Court of the European Union has ruled that the European Commission was right to impose restrictions on…
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Activists set up solar panels on European Parliament as EU talks on renewables enter crucial stage
Brussels – Activists have installed solar panels on the European Parliament in Brussels on the day EU talks on renewable energy enter a crucial stage. The Parliament is hosting…
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Make or break for renewable energy in Europe
Negotiations on EU renewables directive enter final stage Greenpeace EU media briefing On 17 May, negotiators representing European governments, the European Parliament and the European Commission will hold crunch talks…
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EU budget leaves environment in the cold
The European Commission has slashed funding earmarked for environmental protection in a draft seven-year EU budget released today. The Commission has removed environmental funding under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP),…
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Three neonicotinoids down, more bee-killing pesticides to go
European governments have backed a European Commission plan for a near-total ban of three bee-killing neonicotinoid insecticides. Representatives from 16 countries meeting in Brussels voted in support of the EU…
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EU moves closer to ban of three bee-killing neonicotinoid insecticides
On 27 April 2018, representatives of EU governments meeting in Brussels will vote on a European Commission plan to ban three neonicotinoid insecticides: Bayer’s imidacloprid and clothianidin, and Syngenta’s thiamethoxam.…
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Investigation: How CAP promotes pollution
Subsidies from the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are supporting some of Europe’s most polluting livestock farms, a Greenpeace investigation has revealed. Over half (51%) of the farms examined…
