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EU Parliament backs ban on dairy-like names for vegan products
The European Parliament has voted to accept proposals to ban the use of words like ‘yoghurt substitute’ or ‘imitation cheese’ for alternative products that contain no dairy.
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Ministers on climate collision course with EU Parliament
Luxembourg/Brussels – European environment ministers meeting in Luxembourg are expected to set up a clash with the European Parliament by ignoring its calls to step up EU climate action.
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EU Parliament backs strong law to protect forests
The European Parliament has voted to call for a strong law which would go a long way towards ending the EU’s complicity in deforestation, ecosystem…
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EU Parliament signs death sentence for small farms and nature, Greenpeace
Brussels, 20 October 2020 – A vote on the EU’s common agricultural policy by the European Parliament plenary session is a signature on the death sentence of European farming, said…
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ECB’s purchasing policies skewed towards carbon-intensive industries – report
Brussels/Frankfurt - A new report reveals how the ECB’s proclaimed "market neutrality" policy actually skews the bank’s corporate bond purchases in favor of carbon intensive industries. Decarbonising Is Easy: Beyond Market Neutrality in the ECB’s Corporate QE was published by the New Economics Foundation, SOAS University of London, the University of the West of England,…
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Majority of European crops feeding animals and cars, not people
Brussels, 16 October 2020 – The vast majority of European crop production is used to feed animals and create biofuels, rather than feeding people, new analysis has found. At the…
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EU summit: Covid response shows climate action is possible
Brussels – The unprecedented response to the coronavirus pandemic is proof that governments can take radical climate action, said Greenpeace as European government leaders met at a summit in Brussels to discuss a higher EU greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for 2030.
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MEPs vote to exclude fossil fuels from coronavirus recovery fund
Brussels - MEPs in the European Parliament’s environment committee have voted to exclude fossil fuel investments from the €672.5 billion Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the largest fund under the EU’s coronavirus recovery plan.
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EU-Mercosur: leaked treaty has no climate protection, undermines democracy
Brussels, 9 October 2020 – There are no sanctionable clauses requiring the EU and Mercosur countries to respect climate or environmental protection in the treaty under negotiation between the two…
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EU Parliament edges climate action forward
Brussels – In a vote on a new EU climate law on Tuesday, the European Parliament has backed an increase in the EU’s 2030 climate target to a 60% cut in emissions.