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CETA threatens food safety even before national parliaments sign off
On the eve of the preliminary application of the EU-Canada trade deal, CETA, Greenpeace warned of threats to food safety and agricultural standards. .... Around 90 per cent of CETA will…
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Monsanto’s view of independent science copied into EU evaluations
Brussels, 15 September 2017 – According to media reports, large sections of the EU report evaluating the independent science on glyphosate’s potential risk to human health have been copied, word…
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Open and honest look at the EU’s trade practices needed
EU trade commissioner Malmström today published a package of proposals on trade and investment policy. The Commission also published draft mandates for trade negotiations with Australia and New Zealand, and…
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Giant weedkiller bottle torn down as Europe debates future of glyphosate
1.3 Million Europeans call for ban in fastest growing citizens initiative Brussels – Citizens toppled a giant glyphosate bottle at the Schuman roundabout outside the European Commission to symbolise the…
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EU-Japan trade deal smacks of corporate protectionism
Brussels – According to media reports, the European Commission and Japan have reached an agreement which closes negotiations on most parts of the EU’s biggest bilateral trade deal to date.…
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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…
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Leaked trade papers
EU backtracks on transparency and environment pledges Brussels/Amsterdam, 23 June 2017 – Greenpeace Netherlands is releasing 205 pages of previously undisclosed chapters from secret talks for an EU-Japan trade agreement…
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Tighten rules on subsidies for coal, says European Parliament draft plan
Rules governing subsidies for coal power plants should be tightened, according to a draft plan published today by MEP Krišjānis Kariņš. Kariņš said that so-called ‘capacity mechanisms’, whereby governments pay…
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NGO statement on deforestation
Forests are essential for life on earth. Three hundred million people worldwide live in forests and 1.6 billion depend on them for their livelihoods. Forests are the largest stores of…
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More than one million Europeans stand up against glyphosate
Fastest-growing European Citizens’ Initiative demonstrates huge societal concern about pesticides Brussels, 15 June 2017 – Today, the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) to ban glyphosate, reform the EU pesticide approval process,…
