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Support farmers in need and reward nature protection, says major EU farming review
A major cross-sector review of food and farming, backed by the European Commission, has called for a fundamental rethink of farming to support the most vulnerable farmers and reward those who protect nature.
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EU food safety watchdog backs controversial Commission plan on new GMO plants
The European Food Safety Authority opinion on new GMOs contradicts the findings of the French, German and Austrian health and environment agencies
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Direct train connections between major European cities could be more than tripled using existing tracks
Europe has huge untapped potential to connect its major cities by direct trains instead of by cars and airplanes
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EU governments adopt diminished nature restoration law
European governments have narrowly adopted a diminished EU nature restoration law, after persistent attacks to torpedo the law and an uncertain outcome until Monday’s Environment Council meeting in Luxembourg.
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EU summit: competitiveness miracle cure erases social and environmental programme
Living standards and nature are under threat from the latest EU competitiveness drive, which government leaders are expected to announce at a summit in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Dumping EU green rules a poisoned gift for farmers
Brussels, 11 April 2024 – Greenpeace activists installed a giant poisoned apple outside the European Parliament in Brussels, urging politicians in the parliament not to give farmers a poisoned gift…
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Leaked strategic agenda: military ambition leaves EU vulnerable to ecological collapse
A leaked plan to ramp up investments in the EU weapons and military industry would leave people in Europe vulnerable to the security impacts of the escalating climate and nature crisis.
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Bankrolling Extinction: EU banks financing nature destruction
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EU Parliament holding hearing on tobacco-style controls on fossil fuel lobbyists
European Parliament, Brussels – room ASP1G3 – 14 February, 14:30-16:00
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EU dodges conflict of interest in new hydrogen grid
Brussels – The fossil gas industry will not be handed control of a future European hydrogen network, according to a deal concluded today on updated rules for the EU’s gas…
