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A new report from Food & Water Watch and its sister organization, Food & Water Europe, traces the links between fracking and pipelines in Pennsylvania and a Scottish energy billionaire’s elaborate and dangerous plan to ship gas liquids across the Atlantic.
Leak at Scottish Gas Plant Linked to Pennsylvania Fracking
Brussels/Washington, 3 May 2017 – Fracked gas from Pennsylvania has caused a public health scare in Scotland — more proof that the fight against dangerous drilling must be global.
Opposition Rises to Planned Agriculture Mega-mergers: Major Threat to Our Food and Farms, Says Civil Society
Brussels, March 27, 2017 – More than 200 organisations –including Food & Water Europe – have today raised their objections to the planned mergers of six giant agriculture corporations.
No EU Money for the Trans Adriatic Pipeline
We express our solidarity with the people from Melendugno and Salento regions of Italy as well as the No TAP committee who oppose the construction of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline.
€200 bn Polluter Bonuses Unleashed by ETS Reform Proposals
Today’s European Parliament vote on the reform of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) rubber stamps 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.
Fracking Legislative Package Enters into Force
Fracking Torpedoes Implementation of Paris Agreement on Climate Change: A Joint Press Release
European Public Service Union – Food & Water Europe – European Water Movement
Last night the National Assembly of Slovenia passed an amendment to its Constitution to include a new article that recognizes the Human Right to Water.
EU-Parliament Welcomes Fracked US LNG and Ridicules Paris Agreement
Brussels, 25 October 2016 – Today, a majority of 415 to 223 MEPs (55 abstentions) approved the report on an “EU strategy on LNG and gas storage”, drafted by EPP MEP András Gyürk. Only a few days before the global Paris Agreement will enter into force, the European Parliament takes a worrying decision by welcoming […]
Governments and Social Movements Concerned about the Impact of CETA on Water
Brussels – As the EU Council and the European Parliament are about to vote on the free trade agreement between the EU and Canada (CETA, or the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement), more questions have been raised about its impact on water as a resource and on water services. In response to a list of […]
Californian Food Products Irrigated With Oil Production Wastewater Might Arrive in Europe
A report by Food & Water Europe shows the worrying link between toxic oil production and what we eat and drink.