July 25th, 2018 Europe’s highest court today ruled that safety checks and labelling are needed for a new generation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). In a landmark ruling, the European Court of Justice confirmed that new techniques to modify the genetic material in plant or animal cells – so-called Read more…
September 11th, 2017 Europe’s leading court today held its first hearing on Poland’s refusal to comply with an interim ban on logging in the protected Białowieża Forest. The European Commission referred Poland to the ECJ in July 2017 for increased logging in the forest, and called on the Court to Read more…
September 1st, 2017 Greenpeace campaigners from across Europe have joined protests against illegal logging in Poland’s protected Białowieża Forest in violation of a European Court of Justice (ECJ) interim ban. Activists from 12 European countries arrived in the forest in late August to support Greenpeace Poland activists blocking state-run logging Read more…
