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What comes to mind when you think of the EU? Brexit? Freedom of movement? The European debt crisis? How about protecting the environment? Safeguarding the living world isn’t something most…

Brussels – Today’s likely approval by European governments of new mandates to start fresh trade negotiations with the US could raise the infamous TTIP from the dead, despite concerns over…

**High-quality photos and video available here soon**   Brussels – Climate activists hung a giant banner from a European Union building across the road from the Brussels venue where EU…

Agriculture committee votes against basic animal welfare, Greenpeace Members of the European Parliament’s agriculture committee voted today for the EU to continue subsidising Europe’s most environmentally destructive factory

A giant squealing pig in a cage greeted members of the European Parliament today in Brussels, ahead of a crucial vote on the future of farming in Europe.Activists called on…

On 2 April, MEPs on the European Parliament’s agriculture committee will weigh in on a European Commission plan to reform the EU’s common agricultural policy The committee will vote on…

EU leaders fail to agree 2050 decarbonisation target Brussels, 22 March 2019 – European heads of government meeting in Brussels on Friday failed to back a plan to fully decarbonise…

In response to a petition from Food & Water Europe, ExxonMobil is at the center of yet another inquiry into its role in promoting climate change denial. This time in Brussels,…

Brussels – The European Parliament has endorsed the European Commission’s plan to reduce the EU’s net greenhouse gas emissions and called for EU emissions to fall to zero as soon as…

In a landmark decision, the EU General Court ruled today that the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) was wrong to refuse access to toxicity studies related to glyphosate, a controversial…