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Greenpeace letter to the European Commission on Hungarian nuclear regulator plan
Please click on the link below to read the full letter. – 2016094 Letter to EC on Hungarian nuclear regulator plan
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ECHA response heightens rather than alleviates conflict of interest concerns
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is due to publish a safety assessment of glyphosate, a controversial weedkiller linked to cancer by the WHO. Twenty health and environmental organisations expressed concerns…
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Request for publication of confidential industry studies on glyphosate
Joint NGOs letter to Commissioner Andriukaitis UPDATED 23 June 2016 Here is the joint NGOs letter sent in April, and here is Commissioner Andriukaitis’ response to NGOs dated 22 June.
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Ten principles for trade
Globalisation affects all of us. The current global trade and investment regime imposes high social and environmental costs on people and planet. In many cases, governments favour trade over social…
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NGOs call for a Fitness Check of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
107 NGOs are calling on European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to initiate an in-depth review of food production and consumption in Europe by conducting a Fitness Check of the…
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Civil society calls for a new Europe for people and planet
177 European and national civil society organisations and trade unions signed this common statement, ahead of the EU27 Summit in Bratislava on 16 September 2016. “Too many people across Europe…
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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…
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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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Paris agreement: statement from the Coalition for higher ambition
. CAN statement from the Coalition for Higher Ambition 19042016
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First pan-European field study confirms neonicotinoid pesticides harm bees
Greenpeace’s comment on new findings Exeter, 29 June 2017 – A major industry-funded field study [1] assessing the impacts of neonicotinoid pesticides clothianidin and thiamethoxam on honeybees and wild bees…
