A Fresh Look at the Drivers of Extreme Flooding
A new study in Science Advances finds that compounding effects of flood drivers can complicate and exacerbate the risk of extreme floods in watersheds...
World-leading microbeads ban takes effect
Today the government's ban on microbeads in cosmetics and personal care products comes into effect.
A ban on the manufacture of products containing microbeads has...
One million EVs to be sold next year in Europe alone
The rise of affordable electric cars is driven by EU law and achievable based on carmakers’ latest production plans.
• Carmakers have four tools at...
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...
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...
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...
CCB position on gas leaks from Nord Stream 1 and 2
Coalition Clean Baltic expresses serious concerns regarding factual massive release of greenhouse gas and other possible environmental consequences of the natural gas leakages that...
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)”...
Governments plan to miss EU climate goals – analysis
A new climate ranking shows that EU governments’ plans to cut pollution from transport, Europe’s biggest emitter, will fail to meet their own 2030...
Belgium bans glyphosate herbicide use for non- professionals
A wave of glyphosate bans are being introduced by member states in Europe while the issue of the chemical’s reauthorization at EU level drags...
4 in 10 cars sold globally are SUVs – making them...
The increasing sales of SUVs is the second largest contributor to the rise in global CO2 emissions, the International Energy Agency has found. Between...
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...
