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Press releases and coverage highlights (by date) (News articles are reproduced for non-profit, educational purposes) 08 May 2008/ALTER-EU European Parliament plenary votes for mandatory lobbyists register; Christian Democrats and Liberals weaken resolution 07 May 2008/FoEE 26 EU food agency under fire as Commission debates GMOs Coverage in Time, Reuters, EU Observer, EU Business, EurActiv, ENDS Europe Daily 06 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) 06 May 2008/ALTER-EU MEPs urged to vote for greater lobbying transparency Coverage in EurActiv 05 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 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 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, Prism Webcast News, International Herald Tribune, EUX TV, Gazeta Wyborcza (Polish) 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 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, Al Jazeera 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 releases organised by campaign topic Climate change European GMO Campaign Agrofuels Trade, Environment and Sustainability Programme Nuclear Power Billions for Sustainability? Safer Chemicals Corporate Accountability Food and Farming: Time to Choose Mediterranean Programme Bite-Back Press statements of Friends of the Earth International
		Press coverage on other issues in 2008 Car advertising: Metro, 7 March Imagine demain le monde, March-April La Libre Belgique, 15 April EU funds: IPS - Inter Press Service, 6 Feb EU renewables targets: EurActiv, 11 Jan Lobbying transparency: EurActiv, 7 Mar EurActiv, 14 Jan EU Business, 13 Jan EurArtiv, 01 April 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 50 years of the European Parliament: International Herald Tribune, 12 March
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