EU and business on trial for crimes in Latin America

Alternative summit puts spotlight on environmental and social impacts of EU and European companies

Brussels (Belgium)/Lima (Peru), 13 May 2008 – Environmental and human rights violations committed by European companies in Latin America are being examined at a people's tribunal in Lima, Peru this week (13-16 May).

The tribunal is one of the events at the 'Enlazando Alternativas' peoples' summit being held in parallel to the official EU-Latin America and Caribbean meeting of heads of state.[1] Friends of the Earth, together with the biregional network Europe-Latin America, is using the tribunal to draw attention to the impacts of EU politics and transnational companies on people and the environment in Latin America. More...

EU food agency under fire as Commission debates GMOs

Brussels, 7 May 2008 - Today's European Commission decision to send three controversial genetically modified crops back to its food safety agency is a huge vote of no confidence in the EU's approval system claim Friends of the Earth Europe and Greenpeace, who say it raises serious concerns about the ability of the agency to check the safety of GM crops. More...

Friends of the Earth joins Radiohead for EU leg of 'green' world tour

Radiohead (Photo credit: Kevin Westenberg)

Brussels, 6 May 2008 - Friends of the Earth will be joining Radiohead on the European leg of their world tour which kicks off in Ireland this June. Radiohead invited the environmental organisation to join the tour as part of a programme of action aimed at tackling climate change. More...