How do agribusiness corporations impact decisions on our food system?
Following a report by DeSmog, Corporate Europe Observatory has today demanded an investigation into unregistered influencing activity by European Livestock Voice (ELV).
The biotech industry want GM herbicide-tolerant and insecticide-producing crops to be allowed into our fields without safety checks or labelling. The Commission jumped to obey and designed a GMO deregulation law that will harm health, biodiversity, and farmers.
By Andrea Hamann, Professor and expert on international dispute settlements, concludes that WTO rules do not pose a legal obstacle to an export ban on hazardous chemicals prohibited in the EU.
The severity of climate change and biodiversity decline are evident to many and 1.1 million people supported a European Citizens' Initiative calling for a very ambitious pesticide reduction and support for farmers to achieve this.
Pesticide industry lobbies and their allies have waged a relentless attack on the Farm to Fork promise to cut pesticide use and harm in half by 2030. This key law for biodiversity and health risks to be severely compromised.
Next week, the extention of the use of the herbicide glyphosate for 10 more years in the European Union will be voted. Will they get away with it?
In this new episode of EU Watchdog Radio, Hans van Scharen talks to UN rapporteur on the right to Food Michael Fakhri and Political scientist Yiorgos Vassalos.
The Consumer Choice Center, a US oil-linked pressure group, is now the subject of a new complaint for untransparent and problematic lobbying.
A leaked version of DG SANTE’s proposal to deregulate products of ‘new genomic techniques’ (NGTs, or new GMOs) confirms the early warnings by environmental, sustainable farming groups, consumer-groups and scientists.
As the right wing EPP grouping of the European Parliament gears up with 2024’s election in its sights, it senses blood as its hunts down key aspects of the Green Deal. Legislation to protect biodiversity and make food production more sustainable is under concerted attack.
In this episode of EU Watchdog Radio, Hans van Scharen talks to Special UN Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri.
300+ NGOs call on Vice-President Timmermans to intervene and prevent the far-reaching deregulation of new genomic techniques at the expense of nature and the climate, and of farmers’ and consumers’ rights.
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