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Polluting factory farms under the spotlight in new EU rules on industrial emissions
The European Commission has proposed for intensive cattle farming to be covered by the Industrial Emissions Directive, and has imposed stricter thresholds on pig and poultry factory farms
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Europe goes despot shopping in misguided response to Putin’s war
As the leaders of the EU’s 27 governments are joined in Brussels by US president Joe Biden to consider a further response to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, they seek alternative suppliers to prolong fossil fuels, nuclear energy and industrial farming, and backtrack on measures to tackle the escalating climate and nature crisis, warned Greenpeace.
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Reduce EU meat factory farming to replace Ukraine’s wheat
Brussels – An 8% reduction in the use of cereals for animal feed in the EU would save enough wheat to make up for the expected deficit in Ukraine as…
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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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Happy 30th birthday, EU! Time to grow up.
A significant birthday is a good time for a reality check. As the Maastricht Treaty hits 30, it’s time for the European Union to rethink its fiscal priorities and face up to the planetary emergency.
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EU Commission plans carbon offset scheme for big polluters
The European Commission’s ‘sustainable carbon cycles’ plan, announced today, risks becoming an excuse for big polluters to stall their own climate action, Greenpeace has warned.
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Letter to EU Commission on sustainable carbon cycles
Carbon removals cannot replace real cuts to actual greenhouse gas emissions.
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EU must look to common food policy after failure to green farming
Brussels – The EU must begin work on a common food policy, after the failure of the common agricultural policy (CAP) reform to deliver a green farming system
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Activists rebrand EIB as European Greenwashing Bank
Activists rebranded the headquarters of the European Investment Bank (EIB) in Luxembourg today, ahead of a meeting of the bank’s board of directors. The activists, who placed a 3x7-meter sign on the building that reads: “European Greenwashing Bank”, are denouncing EIB hypocrisy and greenwash, as the bank continues to fund climate-killing projects and companies, while…
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EU Commission ‘Fit for 55’ package unfit to contain climate crisis
Despite a series of eye-catching announcements, a package of policy proposals released by the European Commission on Wednesday is unfit to tackle the climate crisis, warned Greenpeace.