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TTIP: turning Bees into has Beens?
Walter Haefeker of the European Professional Beekeepers Association tells us why he’s concerned about TTIP […]
Pesticides
Recent updates
TTIP: already disrupting Europe’s precautionary principle?
A cautionary tale on TTIP, Endocrine Disrupting pesticides and the precautionary principle. […]
Latest from EU Member States
UK government to accept industry’s neonics research
Who pays for pesticide research and why? Peter Crosskey investigates. […]
Latest from EU Member States
UK pesticide approvals: business, as usual
How does the UK regulate pesticide use? Peter Crosskey takes a closer look. […]
Latest from EU Member States
Syngenta shelves attempt to overturn UK pesticide ban
Another massive campaign has halted the chemical giant’s efforts to overturn an EU wide 2 year moratorium on neonicotinoid pesticides. […]
Recent updates
Bumblebees dying for a change in US pesticide laws
Mass bee deaths have focused the mind in US, but efforts to introduce the Save America’s Pollinators Act (HR 2692) do not auger well. […]
Main stories
EFSA slammed by Pesticide Action Network over its methods
Worrying trends in how pesticide safety is measured have been uncovered by Pesticide Action Network Europe. […]
Latest from EU Member States
DEFRA spells out online CAP requirements
The UK government has updated its CAP implementation timeline in preparation for a 2015 roll-out. […]
Latest from the ARC network
2/3 of Honeybee Pollen Contaminated with “Chemical Cocktail”
New research by Greenpeace provides damning evidence of just how prevalent pesticide exposure is for pollinators. […]
Latest from Brussels
Pressure on Commission over Delegated Acts
In the run up to Commission meeting on 11th March pesticides, cross-compliance and eligibility are the key issues. […]
Main stories
Germans protesters say NO to GM Maize 1507
Today, citizens protested outside of the German chancellery ahead of next week’s European Commission vote on the matter. […]
Main stories
Time to ACT! Tell your Minister no pesticides in EFAs!
23 Ag Ministers want to destroy the last of greening in the CAP. Here’s how we can stop them. […]
Latest from Brussels
Pressure Builds to Save Ecological Focus Areas from Pesticides
PAN, WWF, IFOAM, BirdLife, EEB & ARC2020 tell the Commission keep pesticides out of EFAs! […]
Main stories
European honeybee shortage threatens crop pollination
Of the 41 European countries studied, barely half had enough honeybees to pollinate more than 90% of their crops. […]
Latest from the ARC network
NGO open letter to Commissioner Cioloș
ARC2020 and other NGOs issued an open letter in the context of reforms to the DG’s advisory groups and concern of the effects of the agribusiness lobby. […]