Browsing: Environment

Photo Liam Gumley, Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison (BRUSSELS) – The EU Commission presented a proposal Friday for the European Union’s quick ratification of the Paris Agreement…

Wind energy (LUXEMBOURG) – Nine countries from the North Seas region agreed Monday to strengthen cooperation on energy, with a view to exploiting in particular the potential of the North…

Forty years after the first Bathing Water Directive was introduced, the EU’s annual bathing water quality report show the standards of Europe’s bathing…

Photo by Brian Robert Marshall (BRUSSELS) – The European Commission again postponed a vote on whether to renew the licence for the controversial herbicide glyphosate on Thursday, despite a WHO…

Photo by Arnold Paul cropped by Gralo (LUXEMBOURG) – Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel combustion increased by 0.7% in the European Union in 2015 compared with the previous…

Arctic ice- Photo by Patrick Kelley (BRUSSELS) – The EU set out Wednesday a strategy for integrating policies on the Arctic region, focusing on climate change, environmental protection, sustainable development…