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EU Parliament backs glyphosate restrictions
Brussels/Strasbourg – MEPs have backed restrictions on the use of glyphosate – the world’s most used weedkiller – and a shortening of its licence, amid rising health concerns. Protest action…
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Greenpeace urges Polish EU presidency to lead rapid ratification of Global Ocean Treaty
Activists greeted guests at an event on Tuesday night inaugurating the Polish presidency of the Council of the European Union in Brussels with an urgent call for EU governments to accelerate ratification of the Global Ocean Treaty.
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225 global groups say “Hands off the EU deforestation regulation!”
Global civil society groups urge the European Parliament and national EU governments to vote down the plan to delay the EU's deforestation law by one year
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EU finance ministers let big polluters off the hook
EU finance ministers agreed that public funding is critical to support developing countries facing climate breakdown, but failed to mention the responsibility of the fossil fuel industry and other big polluters to pay up for their role in driving the climate crisis.
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Spike in private jet flights to European holiday destinations
Brussels – New analysis commissioned by Greenpeace Central and Eastern Europe reveals a sharp rise in private jet flights to European holiday hotspots last year, with a…
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New EU Commission: can grand job titles respond to existential challenges facing Europe?
Although green policy has made it in the job titles of several commissioner nominees announced today, questions remain about the social and environmental benefits of a new competitiveness drive, in the wake of intensifying events like the recent devastating floods in central Europe.
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Greenpeace comment on the European Parliament elections
Voters have cast their ballots to elect the 720 members of the European Parliament who will serve until 2029.
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Governments freeze EU nature restoration law
Brussels – EU government representatives today shelved the EU’s new law to restore nature in Europe, ahead of a meeting that was supposed to be a rubber-stamp approval of a…
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Activists to protest nuclear fairy tales at Brussels summit
More than 600 organisations worldwide sign new anti-nuclear declaration for “Safe, affordable and climate-friendly energy for all”.
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EU woefully unprepared for extreme weather
The European Environment Agency today published its first-ever European Climate Risk Assessment, containing stark warnings about catastrophic and urgent dangers from a warming planet. The European Commission
