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- MEPs vote to strengthen new EU deforestation law
- The European Parliament voted Tuesday for significant improvements to a proposal which demands that companies ensure products sold in the EU do not come from ... — last modified 13 September 2022, 18:34 CET — filed under: Environment, Headline, SMEs, European Parliament — Relevance: 1%
- Nature dodges bullet: huge public campaign saves EU nature laws
- President Juncker and his Commission have today confirmed that the EU’s flagship nature laws – the Birds and Habitats Directives – will be saved and not ... — last modified 07 December 2016, 18:15 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%
- Majority of EU countries support partial ban of bee-killing pesticides
- A clear majority of EU countries have supported the European Commission proposal to temporarily ban three pesticides that are scientifically shown to be ... — last modified 29 April 2013, 16:13 CET — filed under: Environment, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- UN climate talks begin with call to accelerate action
- The 2017 UN climate change conference got under way Monday, aiming for speedier, more ambitious global action on climate change and put the world on a safer, ... — last modified 07 November 2017, 18:11 CET — filed under: Environment, Headline2 — Relevance: 1%
- Doing business in the UK: Environmental rules
- Businesses in the UK have a legal responsibility for the impact they have on the environment. — last modified 30 March 2012, 00:42 CET — filed under: business, Environment, sustainability, UK, SMEs — Relevance: 1%
- Doing business in the UK: Sustainability
- UK legislation requires businesses to comply with minimum social and environmental rules. This guide provides general information on environmental rules and ... — last modified 15 January 2018, 22:09 CET — filed under: water, business, Environment, UK, waste, SMEs — Relevance: 1%
- World Wetlands Day 2021: The Living Danube Partnership Bringing Wetlands Back to Life in Garla Mare
- Up to 87% of global wetlands have been lost in the past 300 years, 1/3 of those just since 1970. — last modified 02 February 2021, 17:12 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%
- MEPs want large companies to stop harming the planet and people
- Today, MEPs at the European Parliament's Committee on Environment (ENVI) took an important step toward more business accountability as they voted for making it ... — last modified 09 February 2023, 21:57 CET — filed under: Environment, Single Market, Finance — Relevance: 1%
- European Parliament votes through new powers for governments to ban GM crops
- The European Parliament today voted to grant national governments new powers to ban the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops in their territories. ... — last modified 13 January 2015, 16:20 CET — filed under: Environment, Food & Drink, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- MEPs fail to endorse fossil-free recovery but agree damage control
- Yesterday, Economic Affairs and Budgets Committee MEPs voted on the biggest EU recovery fund. In a blow for the climate, they did not explicitly exclude fossil ... — last modified 10 November 2020, 18:28 CET — filed under: Environment, European Parliament — Relevance: 1%
- MEPs fight to curb plastic pollution but miss key opportunity on microplastics
- Today, the European Parliament's Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) voted on the European Commission’s single-use plastic proposal. — last modified 11 October 2018, 00:06 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%
- ENVI Committee fails to hit the right target on plastic litter
- The European Parliament Environment Committee voted today to amend the Commission's proposal on the reduction of the impact of plastics on the environment. ... — last modified 11 October 2018, 00:09 CET — filed under: Environment, SMEs — Relevance: 1%
- Plastics alliance to bolster Europe's recycling market
- A new Circular Plastics Alliance of of key industry stakeholders, launched Tuesday by the EU Commission, with the aim of improving the economics and the ... — last modified 13 December 2018, 18:10 CET — filed under: Environment, Headline2 — Relevance: 1%
- Truck industry reacts to EU proposal for first-ever CO2 standards
- The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA), representing the seven major EU producers of heavy-duty vehicles, takes note of the European ... — last modified 17 May 2018, 12:51 CET — filed under: Environment, Cars — Relevance: 1%
- Court upholds EU ban on bee-harming pesticides
- The Commission was right to impose restrictions on the use of three bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides, imidacloprid, clothianidin and thiamethoxam, the EU's ... — last modified 17 May 2018, 21:17 CET — filed under: Environment, Headline2, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- EU court: protecting people and nature takes precedence over business interests
- The General Court of the European Union has ruled that the European Commission was right to impose restrictions on the use of three bee-killing neonicotinoid ... — last modified 17 May 2018, 13:59 CET — filed under: Environment, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- New vans sold in Europe in 2017: large decrease in annual average CO2 emissions
- Average carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of new vans registered in the European Union (EU) in 2017 were 4.7% lower than in 2016, according to preliminary data ... — last modified 17 May 2018, 17:51 CET — filed under: Environment, Cars — Relevance: 1%
- EU to invest EUR 421m in smart, green transport projects
- The EU Commission is proposing investment of EUR 421 million in projects promoting digitalisation and fostering intelligent, safe and sustainable finance ... — last modified 28 March 2019, 12:32 CET — filed under: Environment, Headline2, Transport — Relevance: 1%
- EU sets targets to reduce packaging consumption
- The EU Council and Parliament reached agreement Monday to revamp rules to reduce, reuse and recycle packaging, including a ban on 'forever chemicals' in food ... — last modified 05 March 2024, 18:51 CET — filed under: Environment, Food & Drink, Headline1, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- New strategy to prepare EU for impact of climate change
- The European Commission adopted Wednesday a new EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change, setting out a pathway to prepare for the unavoidable impacts of ... — last modified 25 February 2021, 23:45 CET — filed under: Environment, Headline1, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- EU opens way to net zero greenhouse gas emissions
- EU decision-makers agreed to aim for a net zero emissions economy "as soon as possible" in the early hours of this morning. — last modified 21 June 2018, 00:03 CET — filed under: Environment, Energy — Relevance: 1%
- Latest diesel cars emit low on-road pollutant emissions, contrary to recent misleading claims
- Contrary to misleading claims in a new report, the latest Euro 6d diesel cars emit low pollutant emissions on the road under the new Real Driving Emissions ... — last modified 06 June 2018, 17:48 CET — filed under: Environment, Cars — Relevance: 1%
- Updated guidelines for EU's nature protection network
- The European Commission published Wednesday an updated guidance for national authorities and citizens on how to conserve and manage the Natura 2000 network of ... — last modified 25 November 2018, 17:14 CET — filed under: Environment, Headline2 — Relevance: 1%
- Auto industry welcomes proposals to expand clean fuel infrastructure
- The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) supports the European Commission's proposals to expand infrastructure for alternative fuels that were ... — last modified 30 January 2013, 11:00 CET — filed under: Environment, Cars, Energy — Relevance: 1%
- Fighting forest fires in Europe - guide
- Every year there are devastating forest fires in Europe, destroying thousands of hectares of forests. The South European countries are at higher risk, but no ... — last modified 26 August 2011, 23:04 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%
- European bathing water quality in 2014 - EEA Report No 1/2015
- The report assesses bathing water quality in 2014, indicating where the quality of bathing water is expected to be good in 2015. The report was compiled using ... — last modified 20 May 2015, 18:03 CET — filed under: Environment, Tourism — Relevance: 1%
- The European Climate Law and Climate Pact
- The European Commission presented on 4 March a proposal to enshrine in legislation the EU's political commitment to be climate neutral by 2050, to protect the ... — last modified 04 March 2020, 17:55 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%
- Making Europe's cities sustainable
- Cities the world over are grappling with the same challenges - how to continue to grow as hubs of economic activity and innovation, and, at the same time, to ... — last modified 28 November 2013, 15:38 CET — filed under: Environment, Energy, Transport — Relevance: 1%
- Record submissions to public consultation urge EU to act on deforestation
- A landmark 1,193,652 submissions to the EU's public consultation on deforestation were handed over to the European Commission this afternoon, all of which ... — last modified 14 December 2020, 18:24 CET — filed under: Environment — Relevance: 1%
- WWF briefing urges EU to secure an equal place for women in the offshore wind energy transition
- The shift to a clean energy system should affirm the social values we want for our future society, including the fundamental human right of gender equality. As ... — last modified 18 September 2023, 18:06 CET — filed under: Environment, Women, Employment, Social — Relevance: 1%