EU Member States representatives endorsed Monday a deal to overhaul existing rules on organic production and labelling of organic products, provisionally…
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A tentative deal to redesign one of the EUs key climate policies, the Emissions Trading Scheme, was reached by the EU institutions…
The European Commission proposed new targets for EU fleet-wide average CO2 emissions of new passenger cars and vans Wednesday, in a bid…
Greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union were reduced by 23% between 1990 and 2016, while the economy grew by 53% over…
COP23-Bonn (BONN) – 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,…
S- stop-glyphosate.jpg (STRASBOURG) – The European Parliament voted Tuesday for immediate restrictions on the use of controversial glyphosate-based herbicides, leading to a full ban on use of the substance by…
Photo by Brian Robert Marshall (BRUSSELS) – MEPs on the European Parliament’s Environment Committee backed Wednesday a full ban on glyphosate-based herbicides by December 2020 and immediate restrictions on the…
Sicherlich (LUXEMBOURG) – EU environment ministers came to a general agreement Friday on new rules for more sustainable and climate-friendly use of…
MEPs at a public hearing Wednesday discussed the EU risk assessment of the herbicide glyphosate, demanding that pesticides be checked for endocrine disrupting…
Solar panels (BRUSSELS) – MEPs in committee gave their backing Wednesday to a revision of the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive aiming to ensure that all new buildings in…
