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28 August 2008/FoEE 49
European poll shows huge public support for fuel efficient cars - Campaign urges MEPs to vote for fuel efficiency

24 July 2008/FoEE 48
Consumers left at risk as EFSA ignores scientific consensus on Bisphenol A

• Coverage in Daily Mail, EU Business, ENDS

18 July 2008/Seattle to Brussels Network
Back WTO Mini-Ministerial in Geneva: Why the EU's trade agenda is doomed to fail

• Coverage in EurActiv

17 July 2008/FoEE 47
Green product proposals fall short of potential - MEPs and governments called on to strengthen sustainability measures

• Coverage in EUBusiness, ENDS, EurActiv,

10 July 2008/FoEE 46
NEW REPORT: Regulators shirking responsibility on Bisphenol A - Harmful chemical should be regulated under REACH

• Coverage in  ENDS, ChemicalWatch

9 July 2008/FoEE 45
Europe's lobbyists under the spotlight as nominations open for Worst EU Lobbying Awards

7 July 2008/FoEE 44
MEPs support reduced EU biofuel target

• Coverage in International Herald Tribune, EU Business, MLex, EurActiv, Forbes, Financial Times, CSMonitor, ANP (Dutch), Publico (Spanish), European Voice, Romandie News

7 July 2008/FoEE 43
EU biofuel targets must go - NGOs call for biofuel target to be dropped as UK review calls for an immediate rethink and MEPs go to vote

7 July 2008/FoEE 42
Euro MPs urged to drop support for biofuels

4 July 2008/FoEE 41
Oil and gas company guilty of greenwashing - OMV advertising claim ruled misleading

3 July 2008/FoEE 40
EU must not give way on road to fuel efficiency
L'UE doit pousser pour l'efficacité énérgetique des véhicules
EU mag niet wijken op weg naar zuiniger autos

• Coverage in Environmental Data Interactive

25 June 2008/FoEE 39
Commission to investigate compliance with car labelling law

• Coverage in EU Business

24 June 2008/FoEE 38
Carbon-heavy development in new member states still being aided by EU funds billions, finds new spending analysis

23 June 2008/ALTER-EU
One step forward, two steps back? New Commission EU lobby register is weak and unbalanced

• Coverage in Financieele Dagblad

23 June 2008/FoEE 37
EU Agriculture Council: Don't fall for GMO hype

• Coverage in Financial Times

18 June 2008/FoEE 36
Kyoto targets remain distant prospect for EU countries - New data shows EU must radically strengthen measures to reduce emissions

• Coverage in International Herald Tribune, Guardian, EUObserver, Reuters, EurActiv, Times Online European Voice, MSNBC

17 June 2008/FoEE 35
Toyota zero emissions ad ruled misleading

• Coverage in International Herald Tribune blog, EurActiv, EU Business, Le Soir

17 June 2008/FoEE 34a
EU waste policy not fit for future

4 June 2008/FoEE 34
EU waste deal decimates recycling targets - Weak targets fail to address urgency of resource and climate threats

• Coverage in EurActiv, ENDS

3 June 2008/ALTER-EU
Transparency campaigners appeal to Barroso to fix flawed lobbyists' register

• Coverage in EurActiv, The Hill

2 June 2008/FoEE 33
Europe urged to scrap biofuel targets to ease food crisis

• Coverage in The Parliament Magazine, EurActiv

29 May 2008/ECCJ
Justice possible for victims of European companies around world - New legal study details potential for legal reforms to enable victims of corporate abuse to find justice in Europe

Coverage in EurActiv, AFP,

27 May 2008/FoEE 32
New European Chemicals Agency must act on hazardous chemicals

• Coverage in New Europe

27 May 2008/FoEE 31
MEPs back strong aviation carbon trading plan - Environment Ministers must listen and act

• Coverage in Forbes, EurActiv,

26 May 2008/FoEE 30
MEPs in key climate vote - MEPs must back low carbon transport

22 May 2008/FoEE 29
Friends of the Earth Europe concerned about industry bias of the European Nuclear Energy Forum

• Coverage in EU Business, Inter Press Service, Nucleonics Week

19 May 2008/FoEE 28
NEW REPORT: European banks financing damaging agrofuels in Latin America - Friends of the Earth International urges banks to stop fuelling harmful agrofuel boom

• Coverage in EFE (Spanish), Ethical Corporation Magazine

13 May 2008/FoEE 27
EU and business on trial for crimes in Latin America
La Unión Europea y sus empresas en el banquillo por crimenes en América Latina

• Coverage in EU Business

8 May 2008/ALTER-EU
European Parliament plenary votes for mandatory lobbyists register; Christian Democrats and Liberals weaken resolution

• Coverage in EurActiv, IPS,  The Parliament, EurActiv, Deutsche Welle

7 May 2008/FoEE 26
EU food agency under fire as Commission debates GMOs

• Coverage in Reuters, EU Observer, EU Business, EurActiv, ENDS Europe Daily

6 May 2008/FoEE 25
Friends of the Earth joins Radiohead on EU leg of 'green' world tour

• Coverage in Dire Giovani (Italian), Prima (Italian), La Repubblica (Italian), AFP, The Mirror, The Press Association, BBC Scotland

6 May 2008/ALTER-EU
MEPs urged to vote for greater lobbying transparency

• Coverage in EurActiv

5 May 2008/FoEE 24
Can Commission back out of GMO impasse? Barroso put to test over crucial policy debate

• Coverage in International Herald Tribune, Food Industry News, European Voice, Associated Press, Food Navigator Europe

29 April 2008/FoEE 23
Oil industry accused of undermining emissions reduction efforts - Fuel Quality Directive target achievable without agrofuels, new report shows

• Coverage in Forbes, New Europe, ENDS, EurActiv, Referans (Turkish), AFP, Europa Press (Spanish)

22 April 2008/FoEE 22
Green schemes for biofuel crops set to fail - New research reveals food prices, environment and people left unprotected

• Coverage in Time, International Herald Tribune, EUBusiness

9 April 2008/FoEE 21
MEPs vote again for recycling and waste prevention - now EU Governments must follow Parliament's example

• Coverage in EUBusiness, The Parliament, EurActiv

4 April 2008/FoEE 20
Environmental groups call for credible biofuel safeguards - Leaked documents show only cosmetic changes

• Coverage in ENDS, EU Observer

31 March 2008/FoEE 19
WTO ruling force-feeds hormones to Europe

• Coverage in Bloomberg, EurActiv, Bridges

25 March 2008/ALTER-EU
Commission Expert Groups dominated by industry - ALTER-EU calls for unbalanced advisory groups to be dissolved

• Coverage in Financial Times, EU Observer, Forbes, La Libre, EurActiv, Neues Deutschland (German, Deutsche Welle (in Spanish), EUbusiness, Public Affairs News, Prism Webcast News, International Herald Tribune, EUX TV, Gazeta Wyborcza (Polish),  Euronews (English), Euronews (French), Euronews (Dutch)

19 March 2008/FoEE 18
Suspect timber in EU building projects - Friends of the Earth calls for legislation against illegal timber trade

• Coverage in International Herald Tribune, ENDS, The Herald, Deutsche Welle, Radio Netherlands

14 March 2008/FoEE 17
EU misses another chance to act on climate change - Europe's heads fail to lead world with energy and climate package

• Coverage in EUBusiness

11 March 2008/FoEE 16
Untested, unlabelled and potentially unsafe: Nano foods and products on supermarket shelves across Europe

• Coverage in Daily Mail, ENDS, EurActiv, AFP, Der Spiegel (German), The Sydney Morning Herald, WDR 2 (German), AFP, EUObserver  

27 February 2008/FoEE 15
Friends of the Earth launches 'Big Ask' climate campaign across Europe - Thom Yorke calls on governments and European Union to commit to year-on-year emission cuts

• Coverage in BBC 6 Music, ENDS, APA (Austrian), The Press Association, Information (Danish), EUObserver, The Daily Telegraph, NME, BBC News, El Pais (Spanish), Metro (Flemish), MTV, Liberation (French), De Standaard (Flemish), Environmental Data Interactive, De Morgen (Flemish), FM4 ORF, Europa Press (Spanish), ANP (Dutch), Lidove Noviny (Czech), The Parliament, IPS, Public Affairs News, National Geographic (Hungarian)

25 February 2008/FoEE 14
EU funds for fifty harmful projects - NGOs announce 'RegioScars' - the three most ill-conceived projects in CEE countries

• Coverage in Reuters, ENDS, EurActiv, EUObserver, EUBusiness, United Press International, Sofia News Agency, Die Tageszeitung (German), Europa (Bulgarian), Aktualne (Czech), Lidovky (Czech), Ceske Noviny (Czech), Poslovni Dnevnik (Croatian), TPortal (Croatian), Glas Slavonije (Croatian), Glas Istre (Croatian), Dnevna Mladina (Slovenia), SME (Slovakian), Postimees (Estonian), Gazeta (Polish)

21 February 2008/FoEE 13
Environmental groups welcome UK concern over biofuels

• Coverage in ENDS

21 February 2008/FoEE 12
European business: Stop greenwashing the economy

• Coverage in The Parliament, De Morgen, De Standaard, EU Observer, De Tijd

14 February 2008/FoEE 11
EU needs waste prevention and recycling targets to help the climate

• Coverage in New Consumer, MRW / RWM, ENDS Europe Daily

13 February 2008/FoEE 10
NEW REPORT: GM crops increase pesticide use and fail to alleviate poverty

• Coverage in BusinessWeek, Farmers Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, All Africa, Food Navigator, Natural Choices, The Guardian, Food Navigator

11 February 2008/FoEE 9
EU fuelling human right disaster in Indonesia

• Coverage in DFT (Dutch), EU Business The Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, Guardian, EU Observer

23 January 2008/FoEE 8
Greenhouse gas target too weak to stop climate change - Promising parts overshadowed by Bali-backtracking and push for biofuels

• Coverage in Reuters, The Daily Telegraph, EU Observer, Forbes, NewScientist, Liberation (French), EurActiv, United Press International,

21 January 2008/FoEE 7
Kazakhstan loses $5 bn from oil deal as more delays emerge - Oil companies accused of 'hiding bad news' over Kashagan oilfield

18 January 2008/FoEE 6
EU biofuels policy left in tatters - Leaked internal report highlights failings of biofuels

• Coverage in AFP, EU Business, EU Observer, EurActiv, Financial Times, Guardian Unlimited,
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18 January 2008/FoEE 5
EU climate policy under attack

14 January 2008/FoEE 4
EU Commissioners sound warning over agrofuels - FoEE calls for moratorium on proposed target

• Coverage in AHN, ABC News, Deutsche Welle, EurActiv, Guardian Unlimited, International Herald Tribune, Khaleej Times, New York Times, PR Inside, The Parliament, European Voice, Financial Times, Bloomberg

14 January 2008/FoEE 3
Friends of the Earth Europe welcomes French ban on genetically modified maize

• Coverage in Forbes,

10 January 2008/FoEE 2
Saab warned to withdraw 'greenwash' ads or face legal challenge

• Coverage in EU Business,

9 January 2008/FoEE 1
'Sustainable palm oil' advert false, says watchdog

• Coverage in CNN Money, Guardian Unlimited, Malaysia Star, SoyaTech, Forbes, PR Inside, Malaysiakini, Wall Street Journal

Press releases from 2007

Press coverage on other issues in 2008

Car advertising:
EU Observer, 25 May
EU Observer, 19 May
La Libre Belgique, 15 April
Imagine demain le monde, March-April
Metro, 7 March

EU funds:
European Voice, 15 July
IPS - Inter Press Service, 6 Feb

EU renewables targets:
EurActiv, 11 Jan

European Food Safety Authority:
Checkbiotech, 10 Jun

Lobbying transparency:
EurArtiv, 1 April
EurActiv, 7 Mar
EurActiv, 14 Jan
EU Business, 13 Jan

Meat and milk from cloned animals:
EU Observer, 14 Jan
New York Times, 12 Jan
Financial Times, 11 Jan

Nanotechnology:
EU Observer, 11 Feb

Nuclear decommissioning:
Nucleonics Week, 3 Jan

Survey of Brussels journalists:
EurActiv, 14 May

50 years of the European Parliament:
International Herald Tribune, 12 March