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Rethink and repower the EU’s energy system
Europe is facing multiple crises at the same time: the war in Ukraine, the ongoing pandemic and economic fallout, rising cost-of-living and energy bills, and a worsening climate and ecological…
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The European Commission’s trade sustainability impact assessments: a critical review
This study establishes the state of play of the EU’s use of SIAs since they were first introduced more than 20 years ago.
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Activists block giant soy ship at Dutch port
Brussels – More than 60 activists from 15 European countries, volunteering with Greenpeace Netherlands, have blocked a mega-ship arriving in the Netherlands with 60 million kilos of soy from Brazil,…
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For local and ecological agriculture
If there is one area in which our agriculture and our food supply are especially dependent on imports, it’s the sector of vegetable proteins used in the production of animal fodder.
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Proposed EU ban on Russian oil: Greenpeace comment
The answer to Europe’s oil addiction cannot be to simply find new suppliers, but to get to the root of the problem by cutting oil consumption and accelerating the transition to renewable energy.
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New EU law could protect journalists and activists against legal bullying
Journalists exposing human rights abuses or environmental activists campaigning against the destruction of nature may soon have one less thing to worry about, as the European Commission releases a new draft EU law to help prevent legal bullying by corporations, public officials, and powerful individuals.
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Russian coal embargo exposes EU reluctance to phase out oil, gas & nuclear
A fifth package of EU sanctions on Russia, progressively banning coal imports but omitting oil, gas and nuclear fuel, exposes a reluctance by several governments to accelerate an energy transition built on energy savings and renewables, said Greenpeace.
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Oil industry pockets €3 billion in EU profits at the pump since invasion of Ukraine
Oil companies have made about €3 billion in profits through the sale of diesel and petrol in Europe since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, new research commissioned by Greenpeace CEE shows.
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Feeding fears: tackling the farming fallout of the war in Ukraine
The recent disruption of Russian and Ukrainian exports of cereals, oilseeds, fertilisers and fossil gas (used in the manufacturing of synthetic fertilisers that underpin modern industrial farming) makes it clearthat Europe’s farming sector…
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Activists install live deforestation counter on EU Council building while ministers meet
Brussels – Six Greenpeace Belgium climbers scaled the facade of the EU Council headquarters in Brussels to display a live counter of the amount of forest destroyed around the world while environment ministers meet to discuss a proposed EU law to tackle deforestation. The counter on the Europa building displayed the number of hectares of…
