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“Von der Leyen might as well have wielded the chainsaw herself”, EU forest law delay
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has announced a one-year delay to the application of a crucial law to protect the world's forests from the impacts of European consumption.
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Spike in private jet flights to European holiday destinations
Brussels – New analysis commissioned by Greenpeace Central and Eastern Europe reveals a sharp rise in private jet flights to European holiday hotspots last year, with a…
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New EU Commission: can grand job titles respond to existential challenges facing Europe?
Although green policy has made it in the job titles of several commissioner nominees announced today, questions remain about the social and environmental benefits of a new competitiveness drive, in the wake of intensifying events like the recent devastating floods in central Europe.
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Direct train connections between major European cities could be more than tripled using existing tracks
Europe has huge untapped potential to connect its major cities by direct trains instead of by cars and airplanes
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EU governments back plan to accelerate age of extinction
EU leaders have announced political priorities for the next five years which are weak on environmental protection.
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Nuclear power’s financial problems exposed in new report
Nuclear power is a risky gamble with taxpayers’ cash, according to a comprehensive review of financing models commissioned by Greenpeace Germany
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Austerity is back to wreck the green transition as MEPs endorse new debt rules
The European Parliament has voted in favour of new debt reduction rules
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Greenpeace activists block delegations at Brussels nuclear summit
Activists from Greenpeace France have delayed the arrival of several official delegations at the international Nuclear Energy Summit in Brussels today, which the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Prime Minister of Belgium are hosting.
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Activists to protest nuclear fairy tales at Brussels summit
More than 600 organisations worldwide sign new anti-nuclear declaration for “Safe, affordable and climate-friendly energy for all”.
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EU woefully unprepared for extreme weather
The European Environment Agency today published its first-ever European Climate Risk Assessment, containing stark warnings about catastrophic and urgent dangers from a warming planet. The European Commission