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- UN climate summit puts global spotlight on EU
- A United Nations climate summit taking place today in New York city is expected to expose Europe's lack of progress to tackle the climate emergency, warned ... — last modified 23 September 2019, 13:18 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%
- Von der Leyen unveils new team, but green game plan still falls short
- Incoming European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced a new team of commissioners, but her game plan for the environment still falls short ... — last modified 10 September 2019, 23:58 CET — filed under: Environment, Commission — Relevance: 1%
- Activists urge von der Leyen to save forests, fight climate breakdown
- Greenpeace activists greeted incoming President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, on 3 September in The Hague with a burning globe of several ... — last modified 04 September 2019, 12:52 CET — filed under: Environment, Commission — Relevance: 1%
- Deforestation action plan does little to tackle impact of EU trade dogma, Greenpeace
- A deforestation action plan released today by the European Commission paints a bleak picture of Europe’s responsibility for global deforestation, but fails to ... — last modified 23 July 2019, 14:07 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%
- EU-Mercosur deal trades in environmental destruction, Greenpeace
- The trade deal that could be agreed this weekend between the EU and Mercosur countries is a disaster for the environment on both sides of the Atlantic, said ... — last modified 28 June 2019, 14:17 CET — filed under: Environment, Trade — Relevance: 1%
- Germany and France fail to muster support for EU climate action
- After talks at an EU summit in Brussels, European leaders have failed to back an EU target to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and passed up ... — last modified 20 June 2019, 23:25 CET — filed under: Environment, European Council — Relevance: 1%
- National energy plans: EU must raise the bar - Greenpeace
- Ahead of a crucial summit that could define the EU’s collective response to the climate crisis, the European Commission has released its recommendations to EU ... — last modified 18 June 2019, 18:03 CET — filed under: Environment, Energy — Relevance: 1%
- Leaked: EU strategic agenda fails to back urgent action against climate crisis - Greenpeace
- A leaked five-year plan setting political priorities for Europe has exposed a stubborn reluctance by governments to take urgent action against the existential ... — last modified 12 June 2019, 00:24 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%
- Merkel shows support for climate-neutral EU by 2050
- After months of dithering, German chancellor Angela Merkel has shown support for a target to make the European Union climate-neutral by 2050 and asked her ... — last modified 14 May 2019, 15:50 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%
- Scientists and indigenous groups right to raise alarm about impact of EU trade - Greenpeace
- Over 600 scientists from across Europe and representatives of 300 Indigenous groups from Brazil have called on the European Union to make trade talks with ... — last modified 25 April 2019, 23:00 CET — filed under: Brazil, Environment, Trade — Relevance: 1%
- Governments steamrolling climate commitments to seek EU-Trump trade deal
- Today's approval by European governments of new mandates to start fresh trade negotiations with the US could raise the infamous TTIP from the dead, despite ... — last modified 16 April 2019, 00:07 CET — filed under: Environment, USA, Trade — Relevance: 1%
- Industry studies behind EU food safety assessments must be public, EU Parliament
- The European Parliament voted today to introduce new transparency rules for EU food safety assessments, as part of the EU's 'general food law'. — last modified 17 April 2019, 21:30 CET — filed under: Environment, Food & Drink — Relevance: 1%
- EU Parliament agriculture committee backs factory farming, Greenpeace
- Members of the European Parliament’s agriculture committee voted today for the EU to continue subsidising Europe's most environmentally destructive factory ... — last modified 02 April 2019, 18:01 CET — filed under: Environment, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- EU Parliament must choose family farms over factory farms, Greenpeace
- A giant squealing pig in a cage greeted members of the European Parliament today in Brussels, ahead of a crucial vote on the future of farming in Europe. — last modified 01 April 2019, 16:36 CET — filed under: Environment, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- MEPs vote on the future of factory farms
- On 2 April, MEPs on the European Parliament's agriculture committee will weigh in on a European Commission plan to reform the EU’s common agricultural policy. — last modified 29 March 2019, 00:23 CET — filed under: Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- European Parliament backs more climate action
- The European Parliament has endorsed the European Commission's plan to reduce the EU’s net greenhouse gas emissions and called for EU emissions to fall to zero ... — last modified 14 March 2019, 17:02 CET — filed under: Environment, European Parliament — Relevance: 1%
- EU ministers consider decarbonisation plan as climate protests intensify
- As climate change protests intensify across Europe and beyond, energy and environment ministers meeting on Monday and Tuesday in Brussels will discuss whether ... — last modified 04 March 2019, 14:12 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%
- Far-right populist surge would threaten EU climate action: report
- A new report by Adelphi, a German think tank, has shown that the next European Parliament could see a greater share of MEPs opposed to policy action to tackle ... — last modified 27 February 2019, 12:55 CET — filed under: Environment, European Parliament — Relevance: 1%
- MEPs slowly turn tide against factory farms
- The European Parliament's environment committee has voted to increase environmental and animal welfare protections under the EU's common agricultural policy ... — last modified 14 February 2019, 14:01 CET — filed under: Environment, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- Over 71% of EU farmland dedicated to meat and dairy
- At least 71% of the EU's farmland is used to feed livestock, according to new research published by Greenpeace. Around 63% of arable land is dedicated to ... — last modified 12 February 2019, 14:18 CET — filed under: Environment, Food & Drink, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- Leak: European governments pave way for bee-killing pesticides
- Under pressure from pesticide producers and governments, the European Commission is planning to scrap bee-safety standards that led to a ban of three ... — last modified 23 January 2019, 13:45 CET — filed under: Environment, Food & Drink, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- New EU rules greenlight billions in subsidies for fossil fuels and nuclear
- Days after the international community failed to call for more climate action to limit global warming to 1.5°C at the UN climate conference in Poland, European ... — last modified 19 December 2018, 16:50 CET — filed under: Environment, Energy — Relevance: 1%
- EU Commission promises to step up action against deforestation
- In a roadmap released today, the European Commission has promised to step up action action against global deforestation and cut the EU's footprint on the ... — last modified 18 December 2018, 21:23 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%
- EU summit: climate protesters force leaders to 'change course'
- Activists calling on European heads of government to "change course on climate" diverted official motorcades on their way to an EU summit meeting in Brussels ... — last modified 13 December 2018, 15:49 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%
- Governments call for swift EU action on global deforestation
- Seven European governments have ramped up pressure on the European Commission to deliver a long-awaited action plan by the end of the year to tackle global ... — last modified 09 November 2018, 11:31 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%
- EU financial auditors poke holes in farming plan's green credentials
- The European Court of Auditors, the EU' financial watchdog, has poked holes in the European Commission's claims that it is developing a more environmentally ... — last modified 08 November 2018, 00:18 CET — filed under: Environment, Finance — Relevance: 1%
- EU leaders recognise need for more climate action
- After the publication of a landmark report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), EU heads of government meeting in Brussels recognised ... — last modified 18 October 2018, 18:19 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%
- 15 governments call on EU to up its game in wake of UN climate report
- 15 European environment ministers have called on the EU to increase its targets to cut carbon emissions in line with the recommendations of UN climate ... — last modified 09 October 2018, 18:37 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%
- Greenpeace comment on leaked EU industry climate change strategy
- Greenpeace has warned the European Commission to ignore the delaying tactics and scaremongering of a powerful industry lobby group, after media reports ... — last modified 20 September 2018, 13:56 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%
- EUR 58 billion in hidden subsidies for coal, gas and nuclear
- As EU leaders discuss the future of the EU electricity market, new research reveals how much money goes to supporting coal, gas and nuclear in the form of ... — last modified 13 September 2018, 18:48 CET — filed under: Environment, Energy — Relevance: 1%