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For local and ecological agriculture
If there is one area in which our agriculture and our food supply are especially dependent on imports, it’s the sector of vegetable proteins used in the production of animal fodder.
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1.5°C is the limit! Activists urge EU ministers to raise climate target without accounting tricks
Berlin - Ten Greenpeace activists greeted EU environment ministers arriving for a meeting in Berlin with a four-metre high image of a burning planet and the words: “1.5°C is the limit!”. The protesters called on ministers to take climate science seriously and back a 65% cut in EU greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
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“Inadequate and irresponsible”: NGO analysis of EU Commission’s 2030 climate plan
Analysis by eight leading green NGOs.
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EU governments have disproportionately restricted freedoms during COVID-19 pandemic
Brussels, Berlin – Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, EU governments have imposed disproportionate restrictions to civic freedoms, hampering activism and democratic participation, a new report by Liberties and…
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Locking down critical voices
To protect public health, governments have adopted measures that radically change the way we live. Temporary restrictions on certain freedoms may be necessary to save lives and protect at-risk groups.…
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Animal farming in EU worse for climate than all cars
Animals won’t stop farting and burping, says Greenpeace
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Report: Farming for Failure
New calculations based on UN FAO data and other peer-reviewed research finds that greenhouse gas emissions from animal farming in the EU account for 17% of the EU’s total emissions, the equivalent of 704 million tonnes of CO2, more than all cars and vans put together. The analysis also shows the scale of possible emissions…
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EU Commission’s 2030 climate plan trying to negotiate with nature, Greenpeace
A European Commission analysis to back up its climate plans for 2030 has revealed an attempt to fudge its target to cut EU-wide emissions by at least 55%, said Greenpeace, warning that the target also falls far short of what science requires to avoid the worst effects of climate breakdown.
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Politics trumps science as von der Leyen fiddles EU climate goal, Greenpeace
Brussels – Ursula von der Leyen has backed a revised EU climate goal at her first ‘state of the union’ speech as president of the European Commission, where she outlined the bloc’s priorities for the next year. But the new Commission target to cut emissions by 55% by 2030 falls far short of the cuts…
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Gene edited crop can’t stand the light of day
by Franziska Achterberg, Greenpeace EU food policy director
