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European Parliament votes in favour of higher climate ambition

7 October 2020  The European Parliament has voted to up the bloc’s climate target to a 60 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.  The Parliament’s goalpost for end of decade emissions has moved substantially, as the current target for 2030 is 40 per cent.  The figure is Read more…

By Kayle Crosson, 2 yearsOctober 7, 2020 ago
European Commission Bayer Monsanto
News

EPP planning to “seriously undermine” EU climate ambition

2 October 2020  Leaked documents from the European People’s Party (EPP) show that they are planning to “seriously undermine” EU climate ambition, a European coalition of environmental groups has said.  Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe issued the warning yesterday after the documents emerged and noted that the EPP is calling Read more…

By Kayle Crosson, 2 yearsOctober 2, 2020 ago
News

EU Commission proposes a 55 per cent emissions reduction by 2030

16 September 2020  The European Commission has proposed increasing its greenhouse gas emissions reduction target to “at least” 55 per cent by 2030.  The announcement was made by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen today as part of her State of the Union speech which outlined how the bloc will Read more…

By Kayle Crosson, 2 yearsSeptember 16, 2020 ago
News

Over 300 scientists urge the EU to end overfishing

11 September 2020  Over 300 scientists have urged the EU Commissioner for the Environment, Ocean and Fisheries to end overfishing in response to the ongoing biodiversity and climate crises.  The campaign, launched by environmental NGO Our Fish, sent a statement to Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius this week and called on the Read more…

By Kayle Crosson, 2 yearsSeptember 11, 2020 ago
European Commission Photo: Jai79/Pixabay
Energy

EU’s Hydrogen Strategy risks becoming a “gift” to the fossil fuel industry

9 July 2020 The newly announced EU Hydrogen Strategy could become “yet another gift to the fossil fuel industry”, the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) warns.  The European Commission published the document yesterday and said it would, in tandem with energy system integration, “pave the way towards a more efficient and Read more…

By Kayle Crosson, 3 yearsJuly 9, 2020 ago
Climate Change

State fined €5 million over Derrybrien wind farm

Photo: Albert Bridge

By Niall Sargent, 3 yearsNovember 12, 2019 ago
European Commission Photo: Jai79/Pixabay
Climate Change

Commission confirms Shannon LNG amid 55 gas projects on special EU energy list

November 1st, 2019 The European Commission has confirmed that the Shannon LNG gas terminal is included among 55 fossil fuel projects on the EU’s latest list of priority energy projects. In one of the last acts of President Juncker’s administration, the Commission rubber-stamped the Projects of Commons Interest (PCI) list Read more…

By Niall Sargent, 3 yearsNovember 1, 2019 ago
Europe

Irish Water to write to 140,000 premises over drinking water concerns

October 3rd, 2018 Irish Water is set to write to 140,000 homes and businesses over concerns about drinking water quality over the coming weeks. The concerned supplies are on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) list of 55 ‘at risk’ water supplies across 16 counties where drinking water quality is poor. Read more…

By Niall Sargent, 4 yearsOctober 3, 2018 ago
European Commission Photo: Jai79/Pixabay
Agriculture

France set to become new watchdog in safety assessment of glyphosate

August 8th, 2018 The European Commission looks set to make France the new lead evaluator in an overhaul of the safety assessment of the controversial weedkiller chemical, glyphosate. The license for glyphosate was renewed for five years last November, with a last-minute U-turn by Germany, the current safety evaluator, ensuring Read more…

By Charline Fernandez, 5 yearsAugust 8, 2018 ago
Press conference of Phil Hogan, Member of the EC in charge of Agriculture and Rural Development, on the Common Agricultural Policy after 2020.
Agriculture

CAP reform ‘falls flat’ on environmental ambition, says conservation groups

June 1st, 2018 Hundreds of environmental organisations across Europe have spoken out against the proposed reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) announced this morning. Groups claim that the Commission’s claim that the new CAP will deliver a higher environmental and climate ambition falls flat and fails to guarantee any Read more…

By Niall Sargent, 5 yearsJune 1, 2018 ago

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