Keyword: Friends of the Earth
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09.03.2016
- The EU has again postponed a decision on whether to extend its approval for glyphosate, the controversial active ingredient for a number of herbicides including Monsanto's Roundup...
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17.02.2016
- A controversial clause in the proposed treaty for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between Europe and the US that would allow multinational corporations to...
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08.10.2015
- As the preliminary end of the EU’s two-year moratorium on certain applications of neonicotinoid (neonic) pesticides nears, the UK’s decision in July to allow selective exceptions...
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09.07.2015
- By a vote of 447 to 229, the European Parliament (EP) on Jul. 8 approved a compromise resolution worked out by its international trade committee in an effort to make the...
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03.07.2015
- Plans by the government of British prime minister David Cameron to launch an all-out shale gas offensive have been dealt another setback, one that could prove lengthy. In two...
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16.06.2014
- Both industry and ecology groupings have criticized the decision by the European Union's environment ministers to allow member states to opt out of allowing cultivation of...
