Electrification or hydrogen? Both have distinct roles in the European energy...
A key step to achieving climate neutrality in the European Union is to rapidly shift from fossil fuels to electric technologies powered by renewable...
NGOs send an open letter to German Minister Habeck: “We must...
For Germany’s new Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, woody biomass incentives were a “policy insanity” last August. Is it still the case?...
Nitrosamines in food raise a health concern
This is the finding of EFSA’s assessment on the public health risk related to the presence of nitrosamines in food. Ten nitrosamines found in...
World on brink of global climate deal
Gland, Switzerland - Next week, world leaders will meet in Paris where a global climate deal is expected to be agreed.
Leaders are under pressure...
Commission releases garbled energy union plan
Brussels – The European Commission has released a patchwork of policies as its plan for a European energy union, said Greenpeace.
Commenting on the Commission’s...
EU Commission decides to take Poland to court for failing to...
WWF applauds today’s decision by the European Commission to take Poland to European Court of Justice because of the increased logging in the Bialowieza...
Europe’s road transport needs to shift gears towards sustainability
The EEA assessment ‘Decarbonising road transport — the role of vehicles, fuels and transport demand’ analyses the driving factors for greenhouse gas emissions from...
Post-truth rhetoric on EU pesticide reduction to protect agro-industrial status quo
For over one year one of the essential parts of the European Commission’s Farm2Fork proposals (1) - the “Sustainable Use of Pesticides Regulation (SUR)”...
Rewriting genes could have broad knock-on effects on nature – IUCN...
The emerging field of synthetic biology could affect nature in ways that go beyond single genetically engineered organisms, according to an IUCN report published...
Diabetes, dementia, depression: Adapting fuel taxes could benefit people’s health
The health benefits from walking and cycling are so significant that they should be included in fuel tax design, shows of a new study...
EU Experts Call for More CAP Funding on Plant-Based Products: European...
The European Vegetarian Union (EVU) welcomes the recent publication of the European Green Deal Barometer 2023, which sheds light on the progress and challenges...
Green deal for Europe: First reactions from MEPs
MEPs convened in a plenary session to discuss with Ursula von der Leyen and Frans Timmermans the roadmap to a climate-neutral continent.
Following Parliament’s recent...
