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Protesters to put pressure on Putin to ratify the Kyoto climate change treaty
LONDON (UK) - Protesters, demanding that Russia ratifies the Kyoto Protocol, will greet in London on Thursday June 26...
24 June, 2003The threat of regional action – how to improve maritime safety and environmental protection in the north and baltic seas
BREMEN (GERMANY) - Coalition Clean Baltic and Friends of the Earth International are disappointed with the outcome of the...
23 June, 2003Superweed Setback for Genetically Modified Crops
LONDON (UK) / SACRAMENTO (US) - The case for Genetically Modified (GM) crops suffered a major setback today following...
23 June, 2003US secretary of agriculture told to stop using hunger to promote genetically modified crops
SACRAMENTO (US) - More than 100 Agriculture Ministers from over 75 countries, most of them developing countries, will attend...
20 June, 2003Environment ministers and the European Commission must stop violations of Helsinki Convention at oil extraction project in the Baltic Sea
At the upcoming Ministerial meeting of Helsinki Commission, (25-26 June, 2003 in Bremen, Germany), environmental groups from the Baltic...
20 June, 2003Transatlantic trade war: US-led coalition starts to crumble as Europe stands firm
BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) - The aggressive attempt by the US administration to force genetically modified (GM) foods into the European...
18 June, 2003WTO complaint goes to EU ombudsman
BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) / LONDON (UK) - Friends of the Earth today July 14 lodged a formal complaint with the...
14 June, 2003WTO director’s invitation declined and ‘business advisory body’ blasted
GENEVA (SWITZERLAND) / EL SALVADOR - An invitation by World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi was declined by...
12 June, 2003Global call for moratorium on controversial BP pipeline
Over seventy environment and human rights groups from twenty nine countries, today called for an immediate moratorium on a...
05 June, 2003G8: A triumph for corporations
EVIAN (FRANCE) - Commenting on the outcomes of the G8 Summit in Evian, Helene Ballande from Friends of the...
03 June, 2003