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Brook Riley, climate justice and energy campaigner for FoEE, is interviewed at the launch of our energy efficiency campaign


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FoEE's resources specialist, Michael Warhurst, tells the European Voice why Europe must measure its resource use

 

Coverage highlights (by date)
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14 January 2012 - Inter Press Service
France Steps Forward With Robin Hood Tax

12 January 2012 - Bloomberg BusinessWeek
Banks Fuel Hunger, Need Position Curbs, Environment Group Says

12 January 2012 - The Huffington Post
Friends Of The Earth Accuses Banks Of Causing 'Catastrophic Instability' In Food Markets

13 December - EUX TV
Energy efficiency; making savings at source

11 December - The European Voice
Durban agrees to reach deal on CO2 emissions by 2015

5 December - The Hindu Business Line
Letting a serious crisis go to waste

29 November - New Europe
A strong code is the only way to regain trust

28 November - Radio France International
Ouverture à Durban des négociations climatiques

20 November - Huffington Post
TransCanada Spends Millions Lobbying Federal Government

17 November - Reuters
EU biofuel target seen driving species loss -study

31 October - Deutche Welle World
Europe's dependence on foreign soil deepens, report says

12 October - Free Speech Radio
Thursday Headlines: European farmers

12 October - Guardian
EU farm plans 'lost opportuntiy'

10 October - Parliament magazine
Europe has one of world's larest 'land footprints'

5 October - EurActiv
EU faces down tar sands industry

30 September - EUBusiness
EU to serve genetically engineered animals for dinner?

19 September - Parliament magazine
EU under fire for 'watering down' CAP reform plans

19 September - EurActiv
EU in fresh row over biofuels 'green' claims

13 September - EurActiv
Commission mulls harmonised rules on corporate reporting

6 September - France24
EU court backs angry honeymaker in GM row

6 September - Parliament magazine
ECJ ruling on GM crops 'could challenge' EU legislation

5 August - Winnipeg Free Press
Oil sands lobbying decried

4 August - Huffington Post Canada
Oil sands: Canada's 'unprecedented' EU pressure campaign undermines science

4 August - Guardian
Canadian government accussed of 'unprecedented' tar sands lobbying

15 July - Telegraph
First biofuel passenger flight

15 July - Reuters
Lufthansa starts first commercial biofuel flights

11 July - New Europe
MEPs decide against new climate policy resolution

6 July - BBC News
GM crops: EU parliament backs national bans

5 July - Reuters
EU lawmakers give backing for national GM crop bans

24 June - The Ecologist
European airlines to start controversial biofuel-powered flights

22 June - Reuters
Airshow - Airlines in EU biofuels pact to cut pollution

26 May - The Guardian
Green groups take EU to court over biofuels - again

26 May - Parliament Magazine
Realising the potential

24 May - EurActiv
How to bring 30% back into the emissions debate

03 May - EU Observer
EU has second try at biodiversity strategy

26 April - ENDS Europe
Chernobyl anniversary spurs anti-nuclear protests

19 April - The Ecologist
Germany joins up with Lufthansa to sponsor biofuel six times worse than fossil fuels

15 April - EurActiv
Europe can make 30% emissions cuts, EU figures show

15 April - Reuters
Socio-economic impact of GM crops unclear: EU exec

19 March - The Guardian
Japan prays for success of Fukushima 50 in fight to save nuclear plant

17 March - The Parliament
Japan disaster a clear signal to close nuclear plants

15 March - Euractiv
Avitation biofuels: A pie in the sky?

14 March - New Europe
EU to double energy efficiency by 2020

4 March - BBC News
Brussels revises transparency rules for for EU schmoozing

16 February - EU Observer
Commission concedes EU's emission target is too small

16 February - Reuters
EU energy plan could cut CO2 by a quarter

8 February - EurActiv
Energy summit grapples with fossil fuel habit

6 February - Reuters
EU leaders take steps to curb fossil fuel habit

26 January - EU Observer
EU moots link between resource efficiency and budgetary targets

26 January - The Ecologist
Biofuels: jatropha still linked to 'land grabbing and displacement of farmers'

25 January - PressEurop
Europe devours Amazon, claims NGO

25 January - Publico
El consumo europeo amenaza la Amazonia

24 January - Parliament Magazine
Clear as mud

21 January - Reuters
Biofuel Jatropha falls from wonder-crop pedestal

21 January - EU Observer
Green light for ex-commissioner's lover to join his new lobby firm

20 January - Parliament Magazine
EU commission condemned over new 'ethics' code for ex-commissioners

18 January - EurActiv
Protests spread over first European shale gas well

14 January - Radio France International
Nouveau code de conduite de la Commission européenne

 

 

FoEE staff writers:


The ups and downs of EU energy efficiency policy from Brook Riley, climate justice and energy campaigner for FoEE.

Realising the potential - EU Funds expert for FoEE Markus Trilling explains the role of cohesion policy in resource efficiency

Binding contract - FoEE's Brook Riley argues that binding targets are needed if Europe is to drive down energy use



Clear as mud - FoEE's Paul de Clerck argues why we need full blooded commitment to transparency in Europe

 

 

 

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