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Environment

‘Dieselgate‘ report will help to wrench car emission rules from industry control

28.02.2017

Corporate Europe Observatory welcomed today‘s final inquiry report on the ‘Dieselgate‘ scandal as a first step towards claiming EU emissions regulation back from the car industry.
EU institutions

‘Dieselgate’ lessons must be heeded to end industry self-regulation

28.02.2017

The final inquiry report of the European Parliament's 'Dieselgate' committee  is about to highlight just how widespread emissions cheating has been among manufacturers, and lines up recommendations for curbing excessive car industry influence over emissions regulations.
EU institutions

Driving Into Disaster

24.02.2017

‘Dieselgate’ was the result of corporate-driven deregulation. Our new report takes a look at the complicity of the Commission's 'Better Regulation' agenda and at the way member states and European institutions have turned a blind eye to industry-wide abuse.

EU institutions

European Commission complicit in Dieselgate scandal, say NGOs

23.02.2017

‘Dieselgate’ was the result of corporate-driven deregulation, with both member states and European institutions complicit in turning a blind eye to industry-wide abuse, according to a report released today by Corporate Europe Observatory and Friends of the Earth Europe.

EU institutions

Will MEPs resist lobby pressure to derail better workplace cancer law?

22.02.2017

Next Tuesday, the European Parliament's employment committee will vote on a directive that, quite literally, is a life-and-death issue. On the table: the revision of EU laws to protect workers from cancer-causing substances at work.
Food

Joint Position: New techniques of genetic engineering

20.02.2017

Joint Position: New techniques of genetic engineering

€200 bn polluter bonuses unleashed by ETS reform proposals

15.02.2017

Today’s European Parliament vote on the reform of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) rubberstamps substantial new handouts to polluting industries and locks in a climate target far short of a fair EU share of cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
Trade

CETA approval in EU Parliament sinks corporate hooks into European democracy

15.02.2017

Despite unprecedented public opposition, the European Parliament today approved the controversial EU-Canada CETA deal. The vote flies in the face of millions of people, as well as trade unions, environmentalists and a broad civil society coalition who called for a rejection of the agreement.
Environment

Emissions trading reform: romancing the polluters

14.02.2017

The European Parliament voted on the reform of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) on 15 February, agreeing to weak annual climate targets and massive new handouts to polluters for another decade.