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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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Activists call out EU ministers for failing to support renewable energy development
Sofia/Brussels, 19 April 2018 – Climate change activists demonstrating outside a meeting of EU energy ministers in the Bulgarian capital Sofia urged European governments to stop restricting the rights of…
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More than one million Europeans stand up against glyphosate
Fastest-growing European Citizens’ Initiative demonstrates huge societal concern about pesticides Brussels, 15 June 2017 – Today, the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) to ban glyphosate, reform the EU pesticide approval process,…
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Investigation: EU subsidises Europe’s most polluting livestock farms
CAP payments fund factory farms leaking ammonia into air and water Subsidies from the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are supporting some of Europe’s most polluting livestock farms, a…
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EFSA confirms pesticides danger to bees
National governments must now back EU neonicotinoid ban, says Greenpeace Three widely used neonicotinoid pesticides are a danger to bees, according to a report released today by the European Food…
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EU must stop palm oil deforestation, says European Parliament
Palm oil industry identified as major cause of forest destruction The European Parliament voted in favour of a report calling on the EU to stop funding and contributing to deforestation.…
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EU Parliament backs people-powered renewables but aims too low
Energy committee plan would undo Spain’s controversial ‘sun tax’ The European Parliament’s energy committee voted today to recognise the right of Europeans to produce and sell their own renewable electricity.…
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Rush to adopt EU-Canada trade deal would increase distrust in mainstream politics
Brussels – The accelerated application of an EU-Canada trade deal (CETA) – as proposed today by the European Commission – would increase distrust in mainstream politics and threaten democracy and…
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Landmark ECJ ruling: research on dangers of pesticides must be made public
Luxembourg/Brussels, 23 November 2016 – The European Court of Justice ruled today that safety tests conducted by the chemical industry and used by regulators to assess the dangers of pesticides…
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Leaked EU-Canada joint declaration has legal weight of a holiday brochure
Brussels – Greenpeace has slammed a joint EU-Canadian declaration meant to reassure critics of a controversial trade deal between the two blocs. Greenpeace described the document as a PR exercise…
