05/10/2021 (Agence Europe) – The European Union should set a target to reduce its material footprint by 65%, say the NGOs Friends of the Earth Europe (FoEE) and the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) in a report published on Tuesday 5 October. These NGOs are concerned about the future increase in mining projects. According to the report, batteries (mainly for electric vehicles) are expected to increase the EU’s demand for lithium by almost 6000% by 2050. The two NGOs regret that the...