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The EU Renewable Energy Directive recast
The European Union’s (EU) Renewable Energy Directive has had a devastating effect on forests, but is now being amended aspart of the European Green Deal. This is a major opportunity…
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Romania’s top polluter seeks €1.3 billion EU bailout for more coal & gas
The Romanian government’s proposal for CE Oltenia’s restructuring is a test of the European Commission’s commitment to align state aid with the European Green Deal. Approving CE Oltenia’s current restructuring plan would lock Romania into fossil fuels for decades and hinder a meaningful just transition plan for the communities in Gorj County.
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Activists colour EU Parliament green to expose greenwashing of farming reform
Fourteen activists from Greenpeace Belgium covered the entrance of the European Parliament in Brussels in green-coloured water, accusing the politicians inside the building negotiating the EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP) of greenwashing. Two climbers also scaled the platform over the main door and unfurled a banner reading “Stop Greenwashing European Farming”.
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EU governments overlook root causes of pandemic and climate crisis
Plans discussed at an EU summit in Brussels to tackle the pandemic will again ignore the role of climate change and habitat destruction in the emergence and spread of viral infections like Covid-19. Similarly, measures to respond to the climate crisis will duck the question of the inadequacy of the EU’s target according to science,…
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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
