Updates from the EU Commission, Council and Parliament
Pig Industry “blatantly flouting European law”
44 out of 45 inspected intensive pig units are breaking EU Directives, according to Europe’s leading animal welfare organisations. […]
Updates from the EU Commission, Council and Parliament
44 out of 45 inspected intensive pig units are breaking EU Directives, according to Europe’s leading animal welfare organisations. […]
What’s involved in the ‘Healthier Animals and Plants for a Safer Food Chain Package’? […]
Family farming: a contested notion… […]
As people wind down towards the holidays, DGAGRI pulls a fast one […]
The EP’s final vote on the CAP intensified the failure to deliver a fairer, simpler and greener agriculture policy for Europe. […]
After a week of negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, Friends of the Earth states some key concerns […]
The European Commission is in the middle of developing a new Organic Regulation. What’s the process, and what does the organic movement think? […]
What’s happening to the family farm across Europe? […]
TTIP talks postponed, but is this just another opportunity for the corporate sector to lobby for longer? […]
With milk quota due to end in 2015, how is Europe preparing? […]
Parliament rubber stamps legislation bad for citizens, rural areas and the environment, but battle continues. […]
How was the reaction in Scotland to the recent CAP reform triloge and parliament vote? […]
Trilogue turns out to be a Council monologue in disappointing result for citizens. […]
Farm ministers met informally in Lithuania and agreed on all sorts of things, even if the adopted policies run counter to these observations […]
The European Parliament (EP) voted Wednesday to include what is called Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC) considerations in its biofuels targets. What effect will this have on the EU’s renewable energy, climate change and also on land use? This European Parliament vote means that the real climate impact, due to displacement of food production, will be taken into account in the EU’s biofuel targets and policies. A cap of 6% on land-based biofuels, including energy crops, has been adopted. According to Terhi Lehtonen environment advisor Greens/EFA group: “This would be the minimum necessary to take real measures to tackle the climate, food security and other social impacts due to displacement of food production that is caused by EU biofuels policy.” Lehtonen adds: “The EP vote also signalled to the markets that future investments should be on biofuels with low-ILUC risk and no food based fuels should be supported after 2020.” How did the vote go? See votewatch here Background Biofuels are liquid fuels made mostly from crops which can be mixed with fossil fuels to […]
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