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  18 December 2001
Latvian National Development plan: 150 pages over a week end!


17 December 2001
U.S. AND BIOTECH CORPORATIONS IMPOSE GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS WORLDWIDE UNDER WTO THREATS


12 Decembe
r 2001
No to Euratom loan for Cernavoda
II

10 December 2001
US Government threatens Croatian’s GMO moratorium with WTO action

28 November 2001
Wild maize contaminated with GMOs

23 November 2001
Time to change - NGOs call for concrete steps in EIB reform


9-13 Novembe
r 2001
Latest update from Qatar


7 November 2001
WTO Ministerial in Qatar: EU position threatens development, environmental sustainability and democracy

30 October 2001
WTO: Developing countries and NGOs stunned by WTO draft declaration


29 October 2001

International Conference on Globalisation: Friends of the Earth tells Verhofstadt to listen to citizen’s demands 

16th October 2001
MEMBER STATES RELUCTANT TO LIFT GMO MORATORIUM

15th October 2001
GMOs - Member states urged to maintain the moratorium


9th October 2001
NGOs call on Environment Ministers to ensure ambitious environment indicators for EU


5th October 2001
EUROPE THREATENED BY MASSIVE INCREASE IN GMO FOODS
Commission proposes "voluntary agreements" with biotech industry

28th September 2001
LIABILITY FOR GMO CONTAMINATION NEEDED NOW TO ENSURE BIOSAFETY


September 24th 2001, Geneva
Governments trade away Earth Summit? 


September 17/18 2001
La propagande ‘pro-OGM’ au sommet des ministres de l’agriculture refusée par une large coalition d’ONG

September 6th 2001
EU trade ministers questioned by civil society


August 31st 2001
Opposition against new round is mounting


August 28th 2001
GMO Campaign: FoE’s Bee returns from successful GMO awareness-raising tour of Baltic states

July 25th 2001
EU PROPOSALS ON GMOs PUT INDUSTRY FIRST, THE ENVIRONMENT AND CONSUMERS SECOND
When "unapproved" becomes "admissible"


July 25th 2001
Unauthorised and Unlabelled Genetically Engineered Soya Product found on Polish Market


July 13th 2001
Press conference: PROTEST IS A RIGHT - VIOLENCE IS WRONG!
AFTER GOTHENBURG - BEFORE BONN: A NEW CAMPAIGN FOR PEACEFUL PROTEST


July 12th 2001  
UN CLIMATE TALKS: BONN 16th to 27th July 2001


July 10th 2001
EU position at trade talks threatens democracy warns new report

July 7th 2001
EU Stance at Services Negotiations at the World Trade Organisation:
A Threat to Democracy, Warns New Civil Society Report

June 16th 2001
No Vision, No targets, No timetables:
EU leaders fail to deliver on Sustainable Development Strategy


June 14th 2001
EU Summit: Civil Society calls on EU to withdraw new WTO round proposal


June 13th 2001
Broken Promises.
The Chad Cameroon Oil and Pipeline Project

June 8th 2001
Thirty years of hope and resistance
friends of the earth celebrates founding anniversary

June 7th 2001
SUSTAINABLE THEORY - UNSUSTAINABLE PRACTICE?


May 30th 2001
Open letter to heads of state and government on the EU's Sustainable Development Strategy by FoEE, EEB and NFI


May 29th 2001
Open letter to heads of state and government on the EU's Sustainable Development Strategy by the "Green-8"


May 18th 2001
LIFEBOAT TO RESCUE THE WORLD CLIMATE TREATY !

Friends of the Earth bring thousands to UN climate negotiations in Bonn, July 21st


May 11th 2001
"Investigation of pre-accession funds corruption in Slovakia must not be halfway" Says Friends of the Earth Slovakia, FOE Europe and CEE Bankwatch


May 10th 2001
"LAMY'S ATTACK ON PEOPLE AND PLANET" Seattle to Brussels civil society network Open letter to Trade Commissioner Lamy


April 27th 2001
"Euro Campaign Launched to ban 'Suspect' GMO crop", press conference and new report concerning Aventis T25 maize


April 24th 2001
15 years after Chernobyl - European Commission has still not learnt any lessons - Leaked Commission document reveals new plans for Russian nuclear programme


April 18th 2001
EU FUNDS ABUSE IN SLOVAKIA - NGOs call for investigation

April 12th 2001
WORLD TELLS BUSH "WAKE UP TO CLIMATE CHANGE"
100,000 e-protesters flood the White House


April 12th 2001
EU to waste 1.23 billion Euro on nuclear research Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace joint press release

April 5th 2001
THOUSANDS FLOOD WHITE HOUSE e-protest gives Bush a taste of climate change


March 29th 2001
BUSH FLOODED ! …after betraying climate treaty Friends of the Earth launch global email petition to save the Kyoto Protocol

March 29th 2001
NGOs announce boycott of Temelin Environmental Impact Assessment


March 28th 2001
WORLD FACES CLIMATE DISASTER AS BUSH RATS ON KYOTO TREATY


March 23rd 2001
Open Letter to Parliamentarians: Save the Kyoto Protocol 

March 22nd 2001
World Water Day - STOP THE GATS ATTACK ON WATER

March 19th 2001
Open Letter to the European Commission: STOP EURATOM - No more EUROs for Nuclear Power Plants 

March 14th 2001
EU standing alone on climate change ? Problems foreseen for next international climate talks after positive EU judgement and negative announcement by President Bush   

March 6th 2001
EU Ministers must fix the Chemicals White Paper- says Friends of the Earth 


March 1st 2001, Trieste
G8 Ministers meet in Trieste - Friends of the Earth groups launch new publication 'LIMITED SAFETY / UNLIMITED RISK' calling on G8 governments to revise nuclear policy 


February 14th 2001, Strasbourg
"SHOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER" Europe adopts new GMO directive


Embargoed until Feb. 14th 00:01, 2001
European Commission mediating Environmental Impact Assessment - but already claims that Temelin is safe

New FoE paper criticizes WENRA study used by European Commission, rejected by experts

February 8th 2001
Still no progress on Temelin EIA – Commissioner Verheugen asked to  finally enter the trialogue 


February 6th 2001
A Tough New Chemicals Policy is crucial for a sustainable Europe says FoE Europe, EEB and WWF!


February 5th 2001
Roundtable in the European Parliament - European Investment Bank project in Palestine - a case study for good intentions but bad results ?


January 29th 2001
Friends of the Earth 'Cow Action !' calling for labelling of GM animal feed -  outside the EU Agriculture Ministers' meeting


January 25th 2001
Friends of the Earth in Davos to campaign against undemocratic trade discussions at the World Economic Forum


January 24th 2001
Friends of the Earth announce PRESS CONFERENCE - MONDAY JAN 29TH before  Agriculture Council Ministers meetting


January 24th 2001
Next WTO Ministerial to Meet in Secrecy ? Repressive Persian Gulf State Qatar to Host Next Meeting


January 15th 2001
Temelin turned off - Environmental Impact Assesment underway

 
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