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Letter: EU cannot ignore nature-based water resilience
European Commission must urgently put nature-based EU water resilience initiative back on the agenda, says broad coalition of 28organisations in an open letter.
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EU Parliament backs landmark law to restore Europe’s nature
The European Parliament has voted in favour of legally binding targets to restore degraded natural areas in the EU.
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MEPs exempt super-polluting factory farms from regulation
In a blow to EU nature protection, MEPs have voted to exempt even the most polluting factory farms from regulation under the EU’s industrial emissions directive.
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Methane, ammonia and nitrate pollution from animal farming
The vast majority of Europe's farmland is dedicated to feeding an increasing number of farm animals for meat, dairy and eggs. This huge overproduction of animals brings dangerous levels of pollution.
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Environment MEPs vote to cut livestock pollution
The European Parliament’s environment committee today voted to strengthen the EU’s industrial emissions rules by including the largest cattle farms for the first time.
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Chainsaws fall silent: EU agrees deforestation law
Brussels – In a world first, companies will have to show that their products have not contributed to deforestation if they want to sell them in the EU, after negotiations…
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What Lula’s victory in Brazil should mean for the EU-Mercosur trade deal
Now is the time to let the Amazon heal. But without a major overhaul, the EU-Mercosur trade deal would do the exact opposite.
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EU parliament votes to take forest destruction off supermarket shelves
The European Parliament has voted in favour of a strong new EU anti-deforestation law, which would for the first time ban products linked to the destruction of forests and human rights violations.
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EU Commission plans carbon offset scheme for big polluters
The European Commission’s ‘sustainable carbon cycles’ plan, announced today, risks becoming an excuse for big polluters to stall their own climate action, Greenpeace has warned.
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Letter to EU Commission on sustainable carbon cycles
Carbon removals cannot replace real cuts to actual greenhouse gas emissions.