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Welcome to the Greenpeace European Unit

The Greenpeace European Unit is based in Brussels, where we monitor and analyse the work of the institutions of the European Union (EU), expose deficient EU policies and laws, and challenge decision-makers to implement progressive solutions.

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Battle of the Grids

Battle of the Grids

Publication | January 18, 2011 at 0:00

A 32 page report outlining how Europe could switch to 100 percent renewables power and phase out dirty energy.

Legal opinion on European Citizens' Initiative Dec 2010

Publication | December 9, 2010 at 0:00

Legal opinion on the European Citizens' Initiative from Prof. Dr. Ludwig Krämer

GMO ECI petition Q&A

Publication | December 9, 2010 at 0:00

A deep sea disaster

Publication | November 29, 2010 at 13:44

A 2 page briefing on one of Europe’s most destructive fishing sectors

Our demands of the Hungarian EU Presidency

Publication | November 18, 2010 at 0:00

Greenpeace demands of the Hungarian EU Presidency 2011

Driving to destruction: The impacts of Europe’s biofuel plans on carbon emissions and land

Driving to destruction: The impacts of Europe’s biofuel plans on carbon emissions and...

Publication | November 8, 2010 at 0:00

A new study analyses the likely impacts on land use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of biofuel use by 2020, as projected in recently published National Renewable Energy Action Plans (NREAPs) in 23 EU member states. The analysis includes...

Proposed nuclear waste directive - a Greenpeace overview

Publication | October 26, 2010 at 0:00

Member States should be aware of significant and potentially costly omissions from the European Commission’s proposed Euratom directive, to be delivered by Commissioner Oettinger on 3 November 2010. The risk is that a sub-standard Commission...

Steering clear of oil disasters

Steering clear of oil disasters

Publication | October 20, 2010 at 0:00

Greenpeace EU’s independent report demonstrates that if the EU set a series of progressive CO2 emission standards for cars and vans up to 2030, oil consumption in Europe would fall by eight percent by 2030, compared to business as usual. This...

Rock Solid? A scientific review of geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste

Rock Solid? A scientific review of geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste

Publication | September 15, 2010 at 0:00

European leaders are being misled over the safety of underground disposal of highly dangerous nuclear waste which could poison groundwaters for centuries, a new study concludes.

How Africa is feeding Europe

How Africa is feeding Europe

Publication | September 13, 2010 at 16:15

Many of Europe's fishing fleets have the capacity to fish two to three times more than the sustainable level. This overcapacity has led to the current dire state of European fisheries. In European waters, the level of overfishing is higher than...

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