Corporate Europe Observatory turn their telescope to look at the push for the increased use of Brazilian sugarcane ethanol within the EU.

Nicolas Robin, lobbying consultant and associate director at Brussels-based lobbying firm Cabinet Stewart, has been nominated as ‘European consultant of the year’. The work for which he has been praised involves campaigning aggressively against the Kyoto Protocol and other government efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, write the Corporate Europe Observatory.

Despite growing public concern about the risks associated to agrofuels, the European Union, influenced by the strong lobbying activities of interested industries, is throwing its weight behind the promotion of these often very harmful crops, write the Corporate Europe Observatory.

In a major test case of its commitment to seriously tackling CO2, the European Commission has bowed to an intensive lobbying campaign by the automobile industry and watered down its proposals for reducing emissions from cars. This does not bode well for the Commission’s ability to act in the public interest and take the difficult decisions needed to halt climate change.

An open letter calling for the abandonment of the development of biofuels in the EU.

Lobbying transparency key to bridging the EU’s democratic gap.

How covert industry funding fuels the expansion of radical rightwing EU think tanks.

The Chemical industry’s fight to destroy chemical regulations in the EU.

In this first in a new series of in-depth articles on deceptive corporate lobbying and spin in EU capital Brussels, Corporate Europe Observatory presents the case of the Bromine Science and Environmental Forum (BSEF).