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Trade negotiations threat to environment development
GENEVA / WASHINGTON - On the eve of critically important international trade negotiations, Friends of the Earth warned today...
20 July, 2004GM pesticide “secrets” to go public as bayer drops court case
LONDON - Bayer CropScience, the multi-national agro-chemical and biotech corporation, has dropped its court action against Friends of the...
30 June, 2004Shell’s directors promise to visit fenceline communities
LONDON (UNITED KINGDOM) / DURBAN (SOUTH AFRICA) - Pictures from outside the Shell AGM available from Friends of the...
28 June, 2004German government sued over climate change
A legal challenge was launched today to force the German government to disclose the contribution to climate change made...
15 June, 2004Cancún to saõ paulo: Will developing countries gain ground in trade and development talks?
MEDIA ADVISORY - Friends of the Earth International today urged developing countries to stand their ground at a key...
14 June, 2004Inauguration of the Chad-Cameroon oil pipeline by presidents Paul Biya of Cameroon and Idriss Deby of Chad
YAOUNDE (CAMEROON) - Presidents Paul Biya of Cameroon and Idriss Deby of Chad will inaugurate the Chad-Cameroon oil pipeline...
12 June, 2004Renewables 2004: The first step to action?
BONN (GERMANY) - Friends of the Earth International welcomes the participation of over 150 countries at the international renewables...
04 June, 2004World bank spins renewable energy conference, ignores extractive industries review, continues oily business as usual
BONN (GERMANY) - Environmentalists and development advocates today decried the World Bank's announcement of support for renewable energy as...
03 June, 2004GM trade war: judges meet in secret
Three officials who will judge on the controversial transatlantic trade dispute on genetically modified (GM) foods will today (Wednesday...
02 June, 2004Major clean up required at the European Investment Bank
LUXEMBOURG - Civil society activists from across Europe today issued brooms to EIB Governors arriving for the Bank's Annual...
02 June, 2004