March 9th, 2020 Thousands of European scientists have declared that the European Commission’s proposals for the next round of the …
Commission launches awaited EU climate law proposals
March 5th, 2020 The European Commission has outlined its long-awaited proposal to enshrine the EU’s 2050 climate neutral commitment in …
Major policy and monetary support needed to improve our climate record, EU finds
March 2nd, 2020 The European Commission has found that the Climate Action Plan could be a “breakthrough” in the low …
Maria Walsh votes ‘with conscience’ in bid to block EU gas projects
February 12th, 2020 Fine Gael MEP Maria Walsh broke party lines this morning and voted with her “conscience” in favour …
Parliament votes down motion to block gas from EU energy project list
February 12th, 2020 The European Parliament today backed the EU’s list of priority energy projects that includes dozens of gas …
European Parliament cements EU support for dozens of new gas projects
January 22nd, 2020 The European Parliament’s Energy Committee today voted down a motion to reject the EU’s list of priority …
Ministers ignore EU legal deadline to ending overfishing by 2020
December 18th, 2019 EU fisheries Ministers have agreed to set various fisheries quota levels above scientifically suggested levels and will …
Access to environmental information poor across EU
December 6th, 2019 Citizens across Europe continue to face difficulties in gaining access to information on environmental matters despite clear …
Ireland not among states calling for aviation climate contribution
Ireland is not among the EU states calling for the bloc to put a price on aviation’s contribution to climate …
Bill would make it ‘impossible’ to challenge poor planning decisions
November 12th, 2019 Environmental groups have expressed deep concern at a new Bill put forward by the Minister for Planning …