A group of Swedish NGOs has called on the European Parliament to dramatically enhance the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) due to concerns about the sustainability of the bioenergy industry. In the open letter to the MEPs, the NGOs outline their desire for radical improvements to proposals on bioenergy sustainability and Read more…
October 19th, 2017 In a landmark move this morning, the European Parliament’s Environment Committee has backed a full ban on glyphosate-based herbicides by December 2020 and immediate restrictions on its use. The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) voted to back an objection to the European Read more…
October 17th, 2017 New analysis reveals that over half of the crops used to produce biodiesel in the EU have been imported and are not grown by European farmers. Transport & Environment (T&E), a leading European environmental NGO, has called for more “transparency” in the “opaque” biofuel industry following analysis revealing that Read more…
October 13th, 2017 Ireland’s support of loopholes and less ambitious emissions targets at today’s EU Environment Council meeting will only “drive up” the costs of climate change, Ireland’s leading climate expert has warned. Commenting on the proposed text of the Effort Sharing Regulations (ESR) being negotiated at the meeting, Professor Read more…
October 12th, 2017 The head of Europe’s largest network of environmental NGOs has raised concern with the potential weakening of European emission reduction targets ahead of a major EU Council meeting tomorrow. The European Environmental Bureau’s Secretary General Jeremy Wates expressed his concerns about negotiations on the Effort Sharing Regulation Read more…
October 11th, 2017 Air pollution is the cause of the premature death of over 1,500 Irish people every year, a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) has found. The Agency’s annual Air Quality in Europe – report released today estimates that over half a million Europeans die prematurely Read more…
October 6th, 2017 The Scottish Government has banned fracking following public outcry over the environmental risks and health hazards linked to the controversial industry. Earlier this week, Scotland’s Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse declared that the January 2015 moratorium on fracking will now be made permanent. Fracking, officially known as hydraulic Read more…
October 4th, 2017 EU Member States’ rejection of amendments to a proposed waste directive calling for unsold food to be redistributed to charities is “unconscionable”, a leading Irish MEP has said. In an article last week based on leaked documents from EU waste directive discussions, the euobserver revealed that the Council Read more…
September 25th, 2017 An All-Ireland environmental NGO coalition is in Brussels this week to voice concerns over the impact Brexit may have on cross-border cooperation to protect the environment. As the fourth round of Brexit negotiations get underway, representatives from the Environmental Pillar and Northern Ireland Environmental Link are set Read more…
September 19th, 2017 A new EU initiative to bring the clean energy revolution to over 2,700 islands across Europe is set to be launched this Friday in Crete. The Clean Energy for All European Islands Initiative is aimed at both island nations and small domestic islands, such as the Aran Read more…
