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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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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 Parliament backs EU-US deal on tariffs, oil and gas
Brussels – The European Parliament has voted to back an EU-US trade deal that would see the EU completely drop tariffs on US goods, in exchange for a capped 15%…
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EU Commission light touch too little to turn energy crisis around
The European Commission’s plan to tackle the energy crisis is too late and too light to deal with the scale of the problem, and does too little to solve Europe’s structural dependence on fossil fuels, Greenpeace has warned.
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Oil companies rake in €81.4 million extra daily in the EU as fuel prices soar
EU governments must urgently tax fossil fuel profits to alleviate energy bills and to speed up investments in cheap, safe and home-grown renewables
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EU Parliament backs Trump trade deal
Brussels – The European Parliament has voted in support of an EU-US trade agreement that would lock Europe into massive imports of American oil and gas in exchange for lower…
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EU trade committee paves way for EU-US deal on oil, gas and tariffs
Brussels – The European Parliament’s trade committee has today voted to advance an EU-US deal on tariffs, which had been held up in response to President Trump’s threats to annex…
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EU must back homes for people, not profit
The European Parliament’s plan to tackle the housing crisis risks loosening rules for property developers and speculators, at the expense of housing standards and nature, Greenpeace has warned.
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Commission tramples democracy to force through EU-Mercosur trade deal
The European Commission has announced that it will force through the provisional application of the EU-Mercosur trade deal, pre-empting a vote to ratify the agreement in the European Parliament and a pending opinion by the European Court of Justice on the legality of the text.