Brussels, 28/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - Environmental protection NGOs welcomed the Commission initiative to create the High Level Group (HLG) on competitiveness, energy and the environment but also sharply criticised how the group was made up, which they considered as being too imbalanced (see other article). In a joint declaration published on Tuesday BirdLife International, CAN Europe, CEE Bankwatch Network, the European Environmental Bureau, Epha Environment Network, Friends of the Earth...