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Commission funds fossil fuels industry through controversial infrastructure projects
Brussels - The Commission’s list of Projects of Common Interest (PCI) includes a number of projects that, under the pretence of facilitating the development of hydrogen technology, risk being just…
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Commission tries to extend use of toxic glyphosate beyond 2023 – Greenpeace
Brussels, 12 October 2023 – EU government representatives will meet on 12-13 October to discuss and vote on a European Commission proposal for a ten-year licence for controversial weedkiller glyphosate.…
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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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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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No phase-out date for fossil gas in revised EU rules
Brussels – EU energy ministers meeting in Brussels today failed to agree a date for the phase-out of fossil gas ahead of negotiations with the European Parliament
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EU must publish sustainable food system plan
286 organisations urge European Commission president to stick to Sustainable Food System law timeline
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Greenpeace to take European Commission to court over controversial gas and nuclear greenwashing
Greenpeace will take the European Commission to the European Court of Justice over the inclusion of fossil gas and nuclear energy in the EU’s Taxonomy
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Time for healthy EU-US competition on climate
The US has passed historic, albeit imperfect, climate legislation – the Inflation Reduction Act. But how do EU officials respond? “Nobody wants a subsidy war” said Margrethe Vestager. Talk about missing the wind farm for the turbines.
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Activists confront pulp and paper ship in protest against EU forest destruction
Activists from across Europe are confronting a pulp and paper container ship in the port of Lübeck and calling for the protection of Europe’s last-remaining forests. The protest takes place as representatives of EU governments and the European Parliament are in the final stages of negotiations on a new EU law against deforestation.
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Polluting farms’ industrial emissions must be regulated
Livestock farms are major sources of air pollution, water pollution and soil pollution.
