The European Parliament’s Environment Committee have voted to introduce EU-wide targets to reduce food waste by 50% by 2030. Vitally, these targets aim to halve food...
Auditors have stated that the European Union can, and should, do better to combat food waste effectively. Although a number of EU policies have the potential to...
Key EU Environment Ministers discussing the reform of the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) have today confirmed their support for measures to push forward emission cuts in the...
A new Directive to redesign the EU Emissions Trading Scheme for the following decade is being voted on today by the European Parliament’s Industry Committee (ITRE) However, according...
There is a large discrepancy between what companies have to pay for carbon pollution under the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) and how much it costs...
An announcement today shows the European Parliament’s opposition to the authorisation proposal for cultivation and for import and use in food and feed of five GMOs. A clear...
There is a cross-part consensus from all major political parties regarding the changes for improving the ambition of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme post-2020. Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe...
Campaigners at Bankwatch, Friends of the Earth Europe and Climate Action Network Europe have argued that something that should have contributed to Europe’s fight against climate change...
Friends of the Earth Europe, CEE Bankwatch Network and Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe have demanded that the European Commission lists to the European Parliament calling...
A new draft report that sets out legal measures to help clean up Europe has been delivered today by the European Parliament. The report details new...
The Dutch Minister for Agriculture hosted a conference on patents and plant breeders’ rights today. IFOAM EU say it’s unfair that patents give companies monopoly rights...
Today the European Parliament voted to allow emissions limits for diesel vehicles up to 50% above the current legal levels. In a move that could have...
Today, the European Parliament voted to oppose the import of three genetically modified (GM) soybeans into the European Union. It said the Commission’s proposed authorisation of...
The European Parliament today endorsed a timid Commission proposal to reduce air pollutant emissions across the EU for the next fifteen years. MEPs shied away from...
The report on the Paris climate summit, adopted today by the European Parliament, calls for a full decarbonisation of the global economy by 2050 and an...