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Go big or go bust – report
An analysis of EU-wide farming data that reveals farmers are pushed to produce more to stay in business.
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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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“Cruel” trade loopholes let European companies export toxic products banned from EU market
More than 100 organisations call on the EU to close "hypocritical, cruel unfair and intolerable" trade loopholes.
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Tree sculpture outside EU Parliament urges politicians to protect nature
Brussels – Greenpeace activists today installed a nine-metre-tall installation of a tree of life outside the European Parliament in Brussels, urging European politicians to act decisively to halt the destruction…
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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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Support farmers in need and reward nature protection, says major EU farming review
A major cross-sector review of food and farming, backed by the European Commission, has called for a fundamental rethink of farming to support the most vulnerable farmers and reward those who protect nature.
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EU food safety watchdog backs controversial Commission plan on new GMO plants
The European Food Safety Authority opinion on new GMOs contradicts the findings of the French, German and Austrian health and environment agencies
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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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EU governments adopt diminished nature restoration law
European governments have narrowly adopted a diminished EU nature restoration law, after persistent attacks to torpedo the law and an uncertain outcome until Monday’s Environment Council meeting in Luxembourg.
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Open letter by civil society on the rollback of green measures in the EU
With only a month to go until European elections, over 140 civil society organisations are raising the alarm in a new open letter about a broad attack on many of the EU’s flagship green measures and commitments.