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...
Greener UK have identified the importance of our EU relationship for the environment after Theresa May’s Brexit speech. Following Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit speech today, Head...
A Centre for Brexit studies is due to be opened by Birmingham City University this month, with the aim of enhancing understanding of the consequences of the UK...
Friends of the Earth warns today (Thursday 5 January 2017) in a new report published at the Oxford Real Farming Conference has stated that current EU...
The Scottish Wildlife Trust, Scotland’s leading nature conservation charity, is starting the process of looking for a new Chair of Council to lead the charity into...
Dr Richard Dixon, Director of Friends of the Earth Scotland, has responded to the Scottish Government’s paper “Scotland’s Place in Europe,” with the following statements. “We welcome...
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...
As 2016 comes to an end, policy experts at the world’s leading association for sustainability have highlighted a series of reviews and reforms which are likely to...
Yesterday saw EU agriculture ministers continue to fail to agree on the proposal for a new organic regulation. The Progress Report presented by the Slovak Presidency...
Honorable D’Ujanga Simon, Minister of State for Energy, together with representatives of Access Power, EREN RE and donors celebrated today the inauguration of the solar power...
A new report published by the independent think-tank the Resolution Foundation has revealed that a poor employment performance stretching back decades is turning the West Midlands city...
Over €46 billion of public funds invested in sectors including the oil, gas and car industries as part of the European Central Bank’s programme of ‘quantitative...
Legal action has begun, carried out by the European Union, against seven countries including Britain and Germany for failing to police car emissions rules, after the Volkswagen...
Today the ECOFIN Council agreed on its position on the future of the European Fund for Strategic Investments, EFSI, also known as the Juncker Plan or the...