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Press 2009
‘Sustainable palm oil’ advert false, says watchdog
BRUSSELS, 10 September 2009 – Friends of the Earth has welcomed a ruling yesterday by the UK advertising watchdog...
10 September, 2009Shell violates OECD guidelines in the Philippines
Amsterdam (The Netherlands) / Manila (Philippines), 31 August 2009 – The Dutch National Contact Point (NCP) today found Shell...
31 August, 2009Speechless novel launched
LONDON (UK) / AMSTERDAM (THE NETHERLANDS) -- August 17, 2009 – A passionate and purely visual world history graphic...
17 August, 2009Shell climate crimes exposed in new report
Amsterdam, Brussels, London, Washington, June 29, 2009 -- Fresh evidence of oil giant Shell’s colossal contribution to global climate...
29 June, 2009US holds UN climate negotiations hostage
BONN, GERMANY, June 12, 2009 --Throughout the United Nations climate talks due to end today in Bonn, the United...
12 June, 2009Complaint to the ASA about Malaysian Palm Oil Council
June 2009, Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland's: A complaint to the Advertising Standards Association (ASA)...
09 June, 2009Climate crisis: politicians must find just solutions
BONN, GERMANY, JUNE 5, 2009 – On World Environment Day, leaders of industrialised nations have been criticised for failing...
05 June, 2009Carbon offsetting exposed as con
BONN (GERMANY) / LONDON (UK), June 2, 2009 – The push by industrialised countries to offset their carbon emissions...
02 June, 2009New report casts doubt over biofuels “wonder crop” jatropha
LONDON (UK) / MBABANE (SWAZILAND), 28 May 2009 -- Biofuels produced from the crop jatropha may be competing with...
28 May, 2009Public warned over ‘Green Soy’ scam
CAMPINAS (BRAZIL), BRUSSELS (BELGIUM), 27 May 2009 - A new initiative to re-brand the intensive and damaging farming of...
27 May, 2009