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Glimmer of hope for EU anti-deforestation law
Brussels – A European Commission draft law, published today, to cut deforestation out of the EU’s supply chains is a tentative first step towards protecting the world’s forests, but still…
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Letter: EU deforestation law must protect people and nature
With just a week to go before the European Commission presents its legislative proposal, 56 NGOs from the #Together4Forests campaign are urging the Commission to not water down key elements of…
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Briefing: EU anti-deforestation law could have serious holes
17 November will be a big day for nature protection – here’s what to look out for
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50 NGOs call on EU Commission to stop funding meat and dairy ads
Fifty NGOs wrote to the European Commission to take into account the adverse effects of the current levels ofmeat and dairy production and consumption on the climate, biodiversity, and public…
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5 reasons why burning trees for energy is bad for climate, people and nature
Have you heard about the latest fake climate solutions that our policy makers are pushing? Burning wood as ‘renewable energy’ is being sold to us as a sustainable practice. In…
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EU renewables rules destroying Estonia’s forests
EU rules and national subsidy schemes that encourage the use of wood pellets to meet renewable energy targets are driving the destruction and degradation of forests
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Wood Pellet Damage: renewable subsidies wrecking forests
New research shows how burning wood as “renewable bioenergy” is not as sustainable as the EU’s climate and energy policies assert it to be.
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Does the new EU farm policy measure up?
The new EU farm policy is strikingly similar to the previous one which failed to deliver environmental improvements.
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Fake green deal reached on EU farm plan
Brussels – The promised green reform of the EU’s common agricultural policy has amounted to nothing but greenwashing, and is a disaster for the climate, nature and small farms, said…
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Forest-wrecking industries try to sabotage new EU forest law
Brussels – Companies profiting from the sale of products linked to forest destruction, and their lobby groups, are trying to undermine a draft EU law to limit the impact of…