Food & Water Action Europe
A diverse coalition of groups and academics from the UK and the US released a letter to Prime Minister Theresa May supporting the National Trust’s efforts to prevent the petrochemical company Ineos from making the first steps towards fracking in one of England’s most treasured environmental areas
The Energy Security Communication, adopted this morning by the European Commission, fails to articulate an ambitious, long-term strategy to reduce the EU’s growing import dependency – in particular for natural gas – because the no-regret option of reducing energy demand is not at the core of this strategy.
The European Commission (EC) made public today the communication on the European Citizen’s Initiative on the Right to Water.
Food & Water Europe today asked the UK Government to change its vocal but ill-founded pro-GM position in light of the evidence that GM and non-GM farming are incompatible.
The National Family Farm Coalition, representing family farmers across the US, has sent a clear warning against any escalation of GM crop reliance on chemicals in Europe.
Today on Human Rights Day, the European Water Movement welcomes the submission of 1.8 million signatures to the European Commission, demanding it to “implement the human right to water and sanitation”.
Social justice, environmental, and labour organizations in Europe are applauding the city of Bern for taking a bold new step to protect water as a commons.
Members of the European Parliament’s Environment Committee overwhelmingly endorsed a proposal to impose a mandatory Environmental Impact Assessment for all shale gas drilling activities in the European Union.
Press Release: A report released by Food & Water Watch analyzes the connection between the rapid proliferation of GE crops and affiliated pesticides and the rise of herbicide-resistant “superweeds” that have led to the steadily increasing use of more dangerous herbicides.