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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’ Biotechnology companies argue that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) that have been produced through a range…
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Lacklustre drive for renewables threatens energy transition
Brussels – The energy package being discussed by EU energy ministers today could endanger the transition to renewable energy and falls well below the action needed, warned Greenpeace. The “Clean…
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Activists keep justice afloat as CETA threatens to sink democracy
Campaigners warn EU-Canada trade deal is surrender to corporate takeover Strasbourg/Brussels – Eleven activists kept a sinking statue of lady justice afloat in the icy waters surrounding the European Parliament…
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CETA: MEPs put European Parliament on the wrong side of history
Strasbourg/Brussels – Support for the controversial EU-Canada trade and investment protection deal – known as CETA – puts the European Parliament on the wrong side of history, warned Greenpeace. Photos…
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Commission revises EU decision-making rules in move to avoid blame
Brussels – Today the European Commission presented a proposal to revise the decision-making rules under the so-called “comitology” procedure that is used, among other things, for approvals of products such…
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Joint letter on changes to EU decision-making concerning health, agriculture and food
Five environmental, health and agriculture organisations (Friends of the Earth Europe, Greenpeace, HEAL, IFOAM EU and Pesticide Action Network Europe) wrote to EU Commission President Juncker to propose ways to…
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The EU glyphosate timeline
Campaigners and activists met in Brussels and other European cities (Madrid, Rome, Berlin and Paris) today to launch a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) to ban glyphosate, reform the EU pesticide…
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Environmental and health organisations launch European citizens’ initiative to ban glyphosate
Brussels – Campaigners and activists met in Brussels and other European cities (Madrid, Rome, Berlin and Paris) today to launch a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) to ban glyphosate, reform the…
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EU energy plans won’t meet Paris climate commitments
Today the European Commission releases its report on the progress of the European Union’s energy plans, the ‘State of the Energy Union’. Greenpeace has criticised the EU’s energy plans as…
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Commission fails to muster support for 3 GMOs
Brussels – National government representatives voting today did not provide the support needed by the European Commission to approve two new genetically modified (GM) crops and extend approval of the…
