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EU woefully unprepared for extreme weather
The European Environment Agency today published its first-ever European Climate Risk Assessment, containing stark warnings about catastrophic and urgent dangers from a warming planet. The European Commission
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Letter: EU cannot ignore nature-based water resilience
European Commission must urgently put nature-based EU water resilience initiative back on the agenda, says broad coalition of 28organisations in an open letter.
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EU-Mercosur trade deal breaches EU climate laws – legal analysis
A trade deal between the EU and Mercosur countries would lead to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions and is incompatible with EU and international climate laws.
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Activists confront politicians and lobbyists responsible for farmers’ hardships
Big food companies make monster profits at the expense of most farmers, consumers and nature
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Regulate fossil fuel lobbyists like tobacco, experts tell EU Parliament
Brussels – Oil, gas and coal lobbyists should be kept at arm's length from policy making, just like tobacco lobbyists, the European Parliament heard today in
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Farmers are right to protest — but Green Deal is wrong target
Farmers across Europe are struggling and are hitting the streets to protest. But when politicians and big agriculture lobbies blame Europe's green legislation, they are not only misleading farmers, they are risking their survival.
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More misery for farmers as EU Parliament endorses draft law to deregulate GMOs
Brussels - The European Parliament (EP) has endorsed a controversial European Commission plan that exempts many new genetically modified organisms (GMOs) from current safety rules, ignoring critical science, and farmer and consumer rights.
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EU climate target missing end to fossil fuels
European Commission scraps plans to cut farming emissions and stop subsidising fossil fuels
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EU Parliament holding hearing on tobacco-style controls on fossil fuel lobbyists
European Parliament, Brussels – room ASP1G3 – 14 February, 14:30-16:00
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Statement in solidarity with farmers
The social, environmental, and economic sustainability of European food systemsdepends on the dignity, viability, and wellbeing of the farming community.Farmers are not only stewards of the land but also providers…
