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Activists challenge EU ministers to tackle impact of transport on climate crisis
Luxembourg, 6 June 2019 — Activists from Germany, Poland, Belgium and Greenpeace Luxembourg are peacefully demonstrating outside a meeting of EU Transport Ministers in Luxembourg with a crashed car and…
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EU approves unprecedented cuts to single-use plastics
European ministers have approved much-anticipated laws to slash single-use plastics in the EU at a meeting in Brussels. The new laws to reduce single-use plastics were negotiated between the European Commission, the European Parliament and national governments in December 2018.
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EU agrees unprecedented cuts to single-use plastics
After months of intense negotiations, the EU has agreed much-anticipated laws to slash single-use plastics in the EU.
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European Parliament votes to protect people and nature from plastic pollution
National governments must follow suit and cut single-use plastic, Greenpeace Strasbourg, 24 October 2018 – The European Parliament has voted to protect people and the environment from the most common single-use…
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Plastic producers could market single-use items as reusable to dodge EU ban
European Parliament must close loopholes, say campaigners Brussels – Producers could simply market items like throwaway plastic cups as reusable, under changes to a draft EU laws on single-use plastics…
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Ten years left to say goodbye to petrol, diesel and conventional hybrid cars
If Europe is to honour its commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5°C, sales of petrol, diesel and conventional hybrid cars must end
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European Parliament says biodegradable plastics will not solve plastic pollution
Strasbourg – Biodegradable and compostable plastics do not prevent plastic pollution and should not be an excuse to keep consuming single-use plastics, the European Parliament recognised in a vote today.
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Greenpeace activists bare their lungs for clean air
Commission ordered Member States to explain inaction on dangerous air pollution Brussels – Nine Greenpeace activists baring their lungs on their chests demanded “Clean Air Now” outside a closed-door emergency…
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EU chemicals agency sweeps glyphosate cancer evidence under the carpet
Brussels – Following in the footsteps of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has dismissed scientific evidence showing that the controversial weedkiller glyphosate could cause…
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Joint letter on changes to EU decision-making concerning health, agriculture and food
Five environmental, health and agriculture organisations (Friends of the Earth Europe, Greenpeace, HEAL, IFOAM EU and Pesticide Action Network Europe) wrote to EU Commission President Juncker to propose ways to…
