A growing group of civil society organisations[i] is calling on the EU to abolish its Emission Trading System (ETS) to open space for truly effective climate policies. Today they release a joint declaration that highlights the many structural loopholes the ETS●●●
WATERSHED DUTCH COURT RULING AGAINST SHELL
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH EUROPE / FRIENDS OF THE EARTH NETHERLANDS
Brussels/The Hague, January 30, 2013 – A Dutch court has ruled today that Shell is responsible for not preventing the pollution of farmlands at Ikot Ada Udo, Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria. The case brought by Friends of the Earth●●●
International Mission in Guatemala and El Salvador: ‘Transnational corporations pillage natural resources and violate human rights’
Friends of the Earth International
SAN SALVADOR (EL SALVADOR), November 19, 2012 – An international mission organized by environmental federation Friends of the Earth International in Guatemala and El Salvador has verified systematic human rights violations and criminalization of environmental activists and communities resisting mining●●●
