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EU nature restoration law survives conservative ‘kill list’
Brussels – Despite attempts by the conservative European People’s Party group in the European Parliament to shoot down the new EU law to restore nature, the Parliament’s…
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Letter: Don’t trade forests for the EU-Mercosur deal
Greenpeace and other environmental and human rights organisations sent a letter to the European Commission, calling on Commissioners to resist attempts to water down the EU's forest protection rules in favour of trade agreements.
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State of the Union? On fire
Greenpeace has warned that the EU is in a dire state when it comes to protecting people from environmental destruction, as EU Commission President von der Leyen gave her annual ‘State of the European Union’ speech in Strasbourg.
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EU Parliament backs landmark law to restore Europe’s nature
The European Parliament has voted in favour of legally binding targets to restore degraded natural areas in the EU.
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Environment MEPs refuse to clip nature law’s wings, all still to play for
Brussels – Members of the European Parliament’s environment committee today voted against sending its recommendations on a new EU nature restoration law to the Parliament’s plenary session
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Europe must stop the green PR on forests
Europe's decision-makers seem more focused on competing for the greenest image instead of rolling up their sleeves to protect nature
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EU to adopt new deforestation law
Next week, the European Parliament is due to officially adopt a ground-breaking piece of environmental law that will cut Europe’s contribution to global forest destruction
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EU-Mercosur: a nightmare for nature
For more than 20 years, the European Union and the Mercosur countries struggled to negotiate over a trade agreement. Finally, while Brazil was under the leadership of Bolsonaro
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Chainsaws fall silent: EU agrees deforestation law
Brussels – In a world first, companies will have to show that their products have not contributed to deforestation if they want to sell them in the EU, after negotiations…
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Last negotiations on EU deforestation law
Brussels – On Monday 5 December, representatives of the European Commission, European Parliament and EU national governments will meet in Brussels for what may be the final round of negotiations…