All articles by Greenpeace European Unit
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How Europe’s transport system can tackle the energy and climate crises
This coming winter, Europe will face a major test, juggling an imminent threat of financial hardship and poverty for many households, due to skyrocketing energy prices, and the need to…
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EU energy crisis plans: too little, too late
EU governments finally seem set to act on high energy prices. Any measures they decide must protect the most vulnerable while slashing energy waste and shifting away from fossil fuels.
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“Winter plan” fails to meet fair energy reduction needs and neglects climate targets
The European Commission’s “winter preparedness” proposal published today fails to deliver a fair energy demand reduction strategy, taking into account people’s long-term clean energy needs, says Greenpeace.
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2035 ban on oil-burning cars too late for 1.5°C climate target
Brussels, 29 June 2022 – EU governments patched up a deal to end the sale of new cars with internal combustion engines, but the 2035 deadline is too late to…
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Letter to EU Parliament on Russian lobbyists possibly circumventing ban
Despite a ban on lobbyists for Russia entering the EU Parliament, Russian energy companies may retain access and influence through fossil fuel and nuclear lobby associations, as revealed in May 2022 by Greenpeace France.
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Brazilian soy imports
A new study commissioned by Greenpeace Netherlands from Profundo Research shows how much soy is imported into the Netherlands, the EU's largest importer of soy. The report also shows where the soy comes from, and where it goes.
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Polluting factory farms under the spotlight in new EU rules on industrial emissions
The European Commission has proposed for intensive cattle farming to be covered by the Industrial Emissions Directive, and has imposed stricter thresholds on pig and poultry factory farms
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EU’s economic rules need to overcome permanent crisis mode
The Manifesto for a Green, Just and Democratic European Economy calls for fundamental reform of EU economic policies to reduce inequalities and accelerate action on the climate and nature emergencies.
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Taxonomy: inclusion of nuclear and gas is “attempted robbery” – Greenpeace
The plan would cause billions of euro to flow away from clean energy like renewables and instead go to nuclear energy and fossil gas, accelerating the climate crisis.
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Taxonomy greenwashing: activists cover Macron portraits in oil ahead of speech to MEPs
Activists at the European Parliament plunged official portraits of Emmanuel Macron in fake crude oil to denounce the French president’s “climate sabotage.”