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Governments steamrolling climate commitments to seek EU-Trump trade deal15/04/2019Brussels – Today’s likely approval by European governments of new mandates to start fresh trade negotiations with the US could raise the infamous TTIP from the dead, despite concerns over…
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Brexit summit: climate change will not grant any extension, Greenpeace10/04/2019**High-quality photos and video available here soon** Brussels – Climate activists hung a giant banner from a European Union building across the road from the Brussels venue where EU…
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Factory farms divide the European Parliament02/04/2019Agriculture committee votes against basic animal welfare, Greenpeace Members of the European Parliament’s agriculture committee voted today for the EU to continue subsidising Europe’s most environmentally destructive factory
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EU Parliament must choose family farms over factory farms, Greenpeace01/04/2019A giant squealing pig in a cage greeted members of the European Parliament today in Brussels, ahead of a crucial vote on the future of farming in Europe.Activists called on…
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German foot-dragging holds back EU climate action despite growing public mobilisation22/03/2019EU leaders fail to agree 2050 decarbonisation target Brussels, 22 March 2019 – European heads of government meeting in Brussels on Friday failed to back a plan to fully decarbonise…
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European Parliament backs more climate action14/03/2019Brussels – The European Parliament has endorsed the European Commission’s plan to reduce the EU’s net greenhouse gas emissions and called for EU emissions to fall to zero as soon as…
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EFSA must side with public, not commercial interests, says EU court07/03/2019In a landmark decision, the EU General Court ruled today that the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) was wrong to refuse access to toxicity studies related to glyphosate, a controversial…
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EU ministers consider decarbonisation plan as climate protests intensify04/03/2019Brussels – As climate change protests intensify across Europe and beyond, energy and environment ministers meeting on Monday and Tuesday in Brussels will discuss whether to back a plan to fully…
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Far-right populist surge would threaten EU climate action, report27/02/2019Brussels, 27 February 2019 – A new report by Adelphi, a German think tank, has shown that the next European Parliament could see a greater share of MEPs opposed to…
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Greenpeace submission to EU consultation on deforestation25/02/2019In December 2018, the European Commission announced plans to act on deforestation and forest degradation. It published a roadmap towards a Communication, which the Commission is expected to adopt in…