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Banks financing agrofuels
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM / MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY, 19 May, 2008 – Many major European banks are funding the rapid expansion of...
19 May, 2008Development bank misleads on climate
MADRID, SPAIN. May 5, 2008. Environmental and human rights groups branded today the Asian Development Bank (ADB) as a "leading...
05 May, 2008Palm oil advert misleading
LONDON, UK / BRUSSELS, BELGIUM , 9 January 2008 – Friends of the Earth International has welcomed a ruling...
09 January, 2008Governments must say no to ‘biofuels’
November 29, 2007 -- Biofuels must not be promoted as a solution to climate change, Friends of the Earth...
29 November, 2007World’s biggest palm oil trader shamed
3 July 2007 - Wilmar, the world’s biggest trader in palm oil, is illegally logging rainforests, setting forests on...
03 July, 20072008 Olympics: plans to sacrifice rainforest should be aborted
JAKARTA (INDONESIA) May 12, 2006 – Only days before a May 16-18 Beijing meeting to prepare the 2008 Olympiad...
12 May, 2006South America pulping problem under the spotlight
VIENNA (AUSTRIA), May 10, 2006 – The negative impacts of pulping in South America came under the spotlight this...
10 May, 2006European corporations under fire for violations in Latin America
BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) / VIENNA (AUSTRIA), May 8 2006 – Several European corporations will come under fire this week during...
08 May, 2006Dutch bank under pressure not to finance Russian oil and gas project
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 27 April, 2006 – Dutch Banking giant ABN AMRO is under pressure at its annual general...
27 April, 2006ING bank dumps divisive 1.7 billion paper mill project
Amsterdam (The Netherlands), 13 April, 2006 – Dutch banking giant ING announced in a letter to Friends of the...
13 April, 2006