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- EU water policy
- Protection of water resources, of fresh and salt water ecosystems and of the water we drink and bathe in is one of the cornerstones of environmental protection ... — last modified 03 August 2022, 22:54 CET — filed under: Environment, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- Auditors assess EU wind and solar power initiatives
- The European Court of Auditors published Tuesday a background paper with details of its enquiry into EU and Member State support for wind and solar ... — last modified 21 February 2018, 00:26 CET — filed under: Environment, Headline2, Finance — Relevance: 1%
- MEPs keep alive greener farming
- Members of the European Parliament today voted to continue the process of 'greening' European agriculture. However the changes don't go far enough, says ... — last modified 13 March 2013, 17:27 CET — filed under: Environment, Food & Drink, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- Proposed Directive on Maritime Spatial Planning and Integrated Coastal Management
- The Commission has launched a proposal to improve the planning of maritime activities at sea and the management of coastal areas. The proposal - which takes ... — last modified 13 March 2013, 22:50 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%
- WWF Says Europe Ran Out of Fish Today
- As of 9 July, Europe has used up all domestic fish resources. European Fish Dependence Day marks the moment when the EU relies on fish and seafood imports for ... — last modified 11 July 2019, 00:32 CET — filed under: Environment, Fisheries — Relevance: 1%
- Independent Science-Based Taxonomy launched to save EU's official list of green investments
- Environmental experts publish science-based Taxonomy and appeal to the investor community to use these new criteria instead — last modified 18 January 2023, 16:37 CET — filed under: Environment, Finance — Relevance: 1%
- September switch-off for halogen light bulbs in EU
- Energy intensive and inefficient halogen light bulbs can no longer be sold across the EU as of 1 September, helping consumers save on energy bills and helping ... — last modified 06 September 2018, 00:04 CET — filed under: Environment, Energy, Headline2, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Air pollution causes 400,000 premature deaths in EU: report
- Air pollution causes about 400,000 premature deaths in the EU and hundreds of billions of euros in health-related external costs, says a new report on the ... — last modified 11 September 2018, 18:36 CET — filed under: Environment, Headline, Finance — Relevance: 1%
- Biden win offers climate hope
- Joe Biden has defeated Trump in the U.S. election, offering potential hope for people and the planet. — last modified 07 November 2020, 21:54 CET — filed under: Environment, USA — Relevance: 1%
- Commissioner Vella seals his legacy for nature
- Commissioner Vella has taken a stand for Europe’s precious nature and sealed his legacy. — last modified 25 July 2019, 18:25 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%
- Legal dossier: Cultivation of genetically engineered maize in the EU has to be suspended
- According to a recent legal dossier, the pending applications for the cultivation of genetically engineered maize in the EU suffer from crucial deficiencies. ... — last modified 08 December 2016, 00:18 CET — filed under: Environment, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- More than one million Europeans stand up against glyphosate
- Today, the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) to ban glyphosate, reform the EU pesticide approval process, and set mandatory targets to reduce pesticide use ... — last modified 15 June 2017, 17:44 CET — filed under: Environment, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- Energy and Environmental State aid Guidelines
- The European Commission has adopted new rules on public support for projects in the field of environmental protection and energy. The guidelines will support ... — last modified 09 April 2014, 21:35 CET — filed under: Environment, Energy, Competition — Relevance: 1%
- EU sets out new 2030 targets for clean cars
- The European Commission proposed new targets for EU fleet-wide average CO2 emissions of new passenger cars and vans Wednesday, in a bid to accelerate ... — last modified 08 November 2017, 17:08 CET — filed under: Environment, Headline, Transport — Relevance: 1%
- Driving Clean Mobility: Questions & Answers
- The European Commission proposed on 8 November 2017 new targets for the EU fleet wide average CO2 emissions of new passenger cars and vans to help accelerate ... — last modified 08 November 2017, 16:55 CET — filed under: Environment, Transport — Relevance: 1%
- How much do the top 50 companies in the EU spend?
- Lobbying in Brussels by Europe's 50 largest companies is happening in secret despite attempts to secure transparency, confirms new research released by Friends ... — last modified 05 May 2010, 15:57 CET — filed under: Environment, SMEs — Relevance: 1%
- MEPs put brake on pesticides plan
- The European Parliament blocked an EU Commission proposal Wednesday which would have exempted some chemicals in pesticides from being identified as endocrine ... — last modified 05 October 2017, 13:18 CET — filed under: Environment, Headline2, Agriculture, European Parliament — Relevance: 1%
- EU pilot scheme to break regulatory barriers to innovation
- The European Commission issued calls for expressions of interest on Thursday from projects contributing to EU plans on the circular economy, in a pilot scheme ... — last modified 27 May 2016, 11:43 CET — filed under: Environment, SMEs, Headline2, Research & Technology — Relevance: 1%
- EU VAT rules upgraded to be more flexible and green
- EU finance ministers agreed Tuesday to update current rules governing value-added tax (VAT) rates for goods and services, giving them more flexibility to apply ... — last modified 14 December 2021, 23:55 CET — filed under: Environment, Consumer, Finance — Relevance: 1%
- How can the EU best meet its 2020 renewables target?
- Climate change: Europe needs to move more than three times as fast over the next 12 years as it has over the last 12. — last modified 24 September 2009, 16:22 CET — filed under: Environment, features — Relevance: 1%
- Will Merkel II be green?
- Angela Merkel’s victory in Germany’s election was not unexpected. What was less clear was who her coalition partner would be. The decline in the Social ... — last modified 01 October 2009, 22:40 CET — filed under: Environment, features — Relevance: 1%
- Ireland votes for a more effective EU
- The Irish have voted to accept the Lisbon Treaty so, unless the Czech Republic or Poland decide unexpectedly to refuse to do so, the Treaty of Lisbon will come ... — last modified 08 October 2009, 10:38 CET — filed under: Environment, treaty, Institutions, features — Relevance: 1%
- Acting locally, thinking globally
- “Think global; act local” – the phrase often used by of Friends of the Earth – is an excellent philosophy. — last modified 17 October 2009, 15:07 CET — filed under: Environment, Cars, Energy, features — Relevance: 1%
- Major economies talk money, not targets
- Most international discussion about climate change this week has been about finance, not targets. This is good news. Targets are important, but mainly for ... — last modified 23 October 2009, 15:29 CET — filed under: Environment, features — Relevance: 1%
- EU fails leadership test
- EU leaders met last Thursday and Friday to discuss climate finances. They said that €100 billion a year should be transferred to the developing world by 2020 ... — last modified 08 November 2009, 00:44 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%
- Little progress, just a dustpan and brush
- The Finance Ministers of the G20 economies met over the weekend in Scotland. UK Prime Minister Brown, who attended the meeting, won headlines for his support ... — last modified 12 November 2009, 23:36 CET — filed under: Environment, features — Relevance: 1%
- The EU and energy efficiency
- The now-ratified Lisbon Treaty says that there will, in the future, be a common energy policy, but this is unlikely to have much practical impact. Yet the EU ... — last modified 20 November 2009, 22:47 CET — filed under: Environment, Energy, features — Relevance: 1%
- Climate Answers
- Climate change is the most serious issue ever to have faced humanity. Rightly, it is now high on the public, political, media and business agendas. However, ... — last modified 27 May 2009, 23:08 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%
- EU talks finance as well as targets
- The EU is prepared to push for funding to help developing countries control emissions and deal with the effects of climate change, according to the current ... — last modified 11 September 2009, 23:36 CET — filed under: Environment, features — Relevance: 1%
- We have much to learn from Scandinavia
- The Danish government has said that it will pay for poor nations, including the Maldives, to send people to the Copenhagen climate conference in December. This ... — last modified 11 September 2009, 23:36 CET — filed under: Environment, features — Relevance: 1%