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Environment ministers surprise Commission with support for higher EU 2030 carbon target
Brussels, 4 March 2016 – Environment ministers meeting in Brussels today have joined calls for the EU to increase its 2030 carbon target. On Wednesday, the European Commission failed to…
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EU presidency denies public access to trade Council CETA and TTIP talks
Brussels – The Dutch EU Council presidency has turned down a request to publicly broadcast today’s ministerial talks in Brussels on EU-US (TTIP) and EU-Canada (CETA) trade agreements. EU trade…
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EU Commission sounds second retreat to make way for corporations profiting from nature destruction
The European Commission announced on Tuesday that it will once again delay the application of the EU deforestation regulation. As a result, European consumers will continue to unwittingly contribute to the destruction of precious habitats across the planet.
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Low-cost flights up to 26 times cheaper than trains
Brussels, 21 August 2025 – A new Europe-wide Greenpeace study shows that climate-damaging flying is still cheaper than taking the train on a majority of cross-border routes – even though…
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EU must not replace Putin’s gas with Trump’s – Greenpeace
The European Commission’s plan to end the EU’s imports of Russian fossil fuels risks replacing one dangerous dependency with another, warned Greenpeace.
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New GMOs: sorting spin from facts – media briefing
The European Parliament’s environment committee will vote on Tuesday to start the final phase of negotiations on a controversial draft EU law on a new breed of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). These GMOs are produced with new genomic techniques (NGT). European governments and the European Parliament are divided and the political fight is expected to…
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EU governments back loophole for new GMOs
Brussels – EU governments have supported a loophole for new genetically modified crops (GMOs) in the EU’s regulations to protect people and nature from potential risks, a move that Greenpeace…
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Joint statement: EU omnibus deregulation slashes human rights and environmental protections
Greenpeace activists take part in a demonstration in Brussels against the EU's omnibus law and deregulation weakening corporate accountability
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EU Commission plans to appease Trump and polluting industry
Brussels – European Commission plans aimed at reducing energy prices, the ‘affordable energy action plan’, and boosting European industry, the ‘clean industrial deal’ released today are a gift to polluting industries, Greenpeace warned.
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EU Commission’s tunnel vision on food and farming
Brussels – New European Commission plans for the European agri-food sector, published today, do little to curtail the environmental, climate and socioeconomic threats facing most farmers, and ignore the findings…
