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Who can challenge EU climate laws? Barriers to climate justice
What happens when the rules governing access to justice make it almost impossible to challenge EU policies and laws that shape our lives?
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EU’s richest 1% linked to more than €300 billion in annual climate debt
The richest 1% of people in 24 EU countries are linked to an estimated €301 billion in climate debt through their ownership of companies and…
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Climbers on EU Parliament tell EU to stop burning gas
Greenpeace activists at EU-parliament in Brussels protest against fossil fuels and gas.
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Major European cities risk getting stuck with gas heating – report
Stockholm, Paris and Vienna lead the pack in a new ranking of 15 major European cities on their transition away from fossil-fuel heating, commissioned by Greenpeace Central and…
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It was the hottest of summers, it was the meekest of responses
The droughts and wildfires of this summer made it impossible for von der Leyen to ignore the impact of the climate crisis on people across Europe. But her speech does not change the fact that the EU Commission continues its crusade to dismantle and defund environmental action that would help keep people safe, cut energy…
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EU electrification push must go renewable and cut energy waste
Brussels – The European Commission’s electrification plan, announced today, must go hand-in-hand with a commitment to transition to 100% renewable energy, and cut energy waste, Greenpeace has said.
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Cots, cows, and the fight for clean water
The EU's limits for safe drinking water date from the era of black-and-white TV. Science has moved on. So why haven't our safety standards?
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Brussels promises permanent monument for climate victims
While heatwaves in Europe lead to thousands of excess deaths, and five years after hundreds lost their lives in devastating floods in Belgium and Germany, the Brussels regional government has promised to erect a monument to all victims of climate change. The ceremony was held on the EU Day for the Victims of the Global…
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€9.9 billion Hormuz energy crisis relief mostly supported fossil fuels
Brussels – Seven EU countries overwhelmingly deepened their fossil fuel dependence with their energy crisis response measures following the US and Israel’s illegal attack on Iran, according to new research…
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EU livestock strategy ignores dangers from nitrates and methane
The European Commission's new livestock strategy avoids the hard questions and fails to confront the destructive intensification in the EU livestock sector.