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GMO Campaign Blog – EU rules on GMOs – No GMOs by the backdoor

Stop Climate Change Newsletter – February 2012 – Issue 51

Keep up to date with all of the latest news on climate, policy and international negotiations from our campaign website.

EU food aid scheme – EP approves balanced solution on EU food aid for most vulnerable persons

Gates Foundation – Bill Gates fails to address concerns on Foundation's investments

Aviation emissions – EU must hold course and not yield to Chinese bullyboy tactics

Greens/EFA Round-up – Debriefing of the plenary session 1-2 February 2012

Priorities for the Greens/EFA group for the plenary session included the Euro crisis summit, the debate on Iran and its nuclear programme and the misleading health claims in food

Food claims – EP rejects misleading food claims under EU rules

The European Parliament voted to reject a proposal from the EU Commission to allow misleading nutritional claims for food products. The Greens welcomed the rejection of the proposals, which would have allowed producers to claim reduced percentages of p…

Food claims – MEPs take stand and vote to reject misleading claims on food

Stop climate change blog – Moving to a 30% carbon target makes eco-nomic sense

Today the Environment Committee gives its position on the EU low carbon roadmap. The Greens ask for the EU ETS to be fixed urgently in order to put and end to high-carbon investments and prevent a carbon price crash…

Low Carbon Roadmap – EP reiterates call to shore up emissions trading scheme