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Why is EU farm policy so hard to change?
Since the latest update to the EU’s common agricultural policy was proposed in 2018, it has dragged through the EU’s institutions, and has harvested some serious criticism.
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EU leaders set to greenwash EU farm policy
Crunch talks on EU common agricultural policy to finish next week
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Enjoy! It’s feeding the climate crisis
The EU bankrolls ads for meat and dairy, even as science unequivocally recommends a significant reduction in meat and dairy consumption and a shift to eating more fruit and vegetables.
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NGOs demand shift from air and road travel to rail
Delivering on the European Year of Rail 2021. Letter from 36 environmental groups to EU transport ministers.
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EU Court of Justice rejects Bayer attempt to overturn bee-killing pesticide ban
Brussels/Luxembourg – The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled today that the European Commission was right to ban the use of three bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides – imidacloprid,…
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Joint NGO briefing on EU forest & ecosystem law
The European Commission has committed to publish in June 2021 its long-awaited legislative proposal to minimise the risk of deforestation and forest degradation associated with products placed on the European
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EU must protect journalists from legal intimidation
The 3rd of May is World Press Freedom Day. Greenpeace and 20 other environmental and press-freedom organisations wrote to Commissioner Jourová, asking for an EU law to protect journalists and activists from legal harassment for their work.
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EU Commission opening the door for new GMOs
The European Commission is gearing up to exempt new genetically modified organisms (GMOs) from current environmental rules, Greenpeace has warned.
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EU taxonomy: Commission backs ‘green’ investments for burning trees
The European Commission has greenwashed green investment rules published today under the EU’s so-called EU taxonomy, said Greenpeace.
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EU agrees hollow climate law
Under pressure to take part in a climate summit hosted by US president Joe Biden on Thursday with a wrapped up climate law, the EU has agreed an emissions reduction target for 2030 that falls well short of what science requires to stop catastrophic climate breakdown.
