Twenty five thousand people from around Europe are asking to “stop the squeeze out and make orange juice fair”, The petition launched by members of the international SUPPLY CHA!NGE campaign carried out a stunt in front of the Hilton Hotel in Antwerp, Belgium. Caged in a massive trolley they attracted the attention of 100s of...
NGOs hail ban as a feather in the new environment minister’s cap Friends of the Earth Malta and the Malta Organic Agriculture Movement have hailed government’s decision to kick start the process for a national ban on glyphosate in Malta as a feather in the new environment minister’s cap. Martin Galea De Giovanni, Director of...
The European Parliament has responded to the communication by the European Commission on Unfair Trading Practices (UTPs). They’ve send a strong message to upgrade the current fig leaf and get real on UTPs. Friends of the Earth Malta together with a coalition of 29 NGOs united in the Supply Cha!nge project now look forward to...
The controversial trade deal being negotiated between the EU and the US could spell disaster for European farming, finds a new report from Friends of the Earth Europe. The report ‘Trading away EU farmers’ launched today in 14 EU countries, reviews modelling studies carried out in the EU and US on the impacts of the...
Today, representatives of over 130 nations are expected to attend the signing ceremony of the Paris Agreement at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. This brings parties one step closer towards ratifying the Agreement through national Parliaments in most cases – with nations turning their intended pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (known as...
Friends of the Earth Malta with the support of project partner Sudwind (through the Supply Cha!nge Project) evaluated 62 supermarket store brand chocolates from 11 leading Maltese supermarkets. The results show 38 products rated red, 16 rated orange and only 5 rated green for environmental and social criteria. 62 storebrand chocolates (including 4 easter-themed products)...
Over 147 Heads of State will launch a two-week United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP) Summit on November 30, expected to deliver a global climate change agreement that would come into effect in 2020. The undersigned are afraid that this agreement will be a weak one and will do little to slow down climate change....
A historic deal that heralds a new epoch of policymaking and campaigning has been agreed last Saturday in Paris. Yet the agreement falls far short of the grand rhetoric declared by world leaders at the opening of the Paris events two weeks ago. An ambition to keep global temperature rises below 1.5 degrees is a...
Friends of the Earth Malta welcomes the recent decision by the Maltese Government to avail itself of an opt-out clause on growing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Malta. This is a positive step forward which reflects the Government’s previous votes on GMOs at EU level. Outright rejection of genetically modified (GM) crops snowballed across Europe,...
The European Commission yesterday announced its plan for the reform of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement Mechanism (ISDS), the clause allowing foreign investors the right to sue governments included in the ongoing TTIP negotiations between the European Union and the United States. [1] The new Investment Court System would replace the ISDS mechanism in all on-going...
