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- 2007
- 3 Big Asks - and a good reply
- A grilling from MPs
- As Climate Bill consultation ends – summer begins
- Aviation carbon trading plan will sell the climate short
- Big Ask at Wychwood Festival 2007
- Bloomin' marvellous
- Champions in action
- Cinema goers give Ming the Big Ask
- Cream teas and climate change
- Did Brown green the Budget ......
- Download Johnny Borrell's new song
- EBRD step away from Sakhalin II
- Free, the Big Ask CD
- Giant flag for Europe’s energy future
- Home Truths
- Investing in a community wind farm
- James Blunt and The Big Ask
- Join us on The Big Ask cinema tour
- Kyoto afloat despite attempted sabotage
- Launch of the draft Climate Change Bill
- Ming fronts next Big Ask cinema night
- MPs have their say on The Big Ask
- New Big Ask materials
- OECD Guidelines
- Rare footage of The Big Ask Live
- Razorlight frontman supports climate solutions
- Sat 8 Dec - Join the climate march
- The Big Ask - Big Autumn Push
- The Big Ask cinema night sells out
- The Big Ask goes to the Lords
- The Big Ask goes to the movies
- The cinema in the sun
- The Holloways take The Big Ask to the seaside
- The Severn Barrage
- UN Climate talks - Bali Dec 2007
- UN Climate talks - special update
- Who is the greenest Lib Dem leadership candidate?
Giant flag for Europe's energy future1 March 2007
Friends of the Earth campaigners from across Europe were in Brussels last week to demand a clean safe energy future.
Spring Summit
March to the Council
building
At the Spring Summit in Brussels on March 8/9, European Heads of State met to discuss Europe's energy.
On the agenda were targets for
- Energy efficiency
- Renewable energy
- Greenhouse gas emissions
Decisions made at this meeting could lock Europe into decades of dirty power or a cleaner brighter future.
Friends of the Earth action
Friends of the Earth Europe organised an action outside the Council building to show the need to tackle climate change.
image © Nick Davies/Friends of the Earth
300 activists from 15 Friends of the Earth Europe groups travelled from central, eastern, southern and northern Europe to participate in the action.
They created a 12m high European flag with positive and negative energy symbols and sent their message to the heart of the European government.
Representatives from the German delegation delivered a star signed by everyone present on the action to the Council meeting.
As a result of the meeting, EU Leaders agreed to:
- Cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020
- Get 20% of energy from renewable sources by 2020
© Lode Saidane, Nick Davies/Friends of the Earth
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