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Environment MEPs refuse to clip nature law’s wings, all still to play for
Brussels – Members of the European Parliament’s environment committee today voted against sending its recommendations on a new EU nature restoration law to the Parliament’s plenary session
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Methane, ammonia and nitrate pollution from animal farming
The vast majority of Europe's farmland is dedicated to feeding an increasing number of farm animals for meat, dairy and eggs. This huge overproduction of animals brings dangerous levels of pollution.
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EU-Mercosur: Greenpeace sprays EU trade council with ‘pesticides’
Activists from Greenpeace Belgium scaled the EU Council headquarters in Brussels, and sprayed the building with an agricultural pesticide pump, while EU trade ministers discussed
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Environment MEPs vote to cut livestock pollution
The European Parliament’s environment committee today voted to strengthen the EU’s industrial emissions rules by including the largest cattle farms for the first time.
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EU-Mercosur: Banned pesticides found on Brazilian limes in EU
Brussels – A Greenpeace Germany study of Brazilian limes sold in the EU has found residues of several pesticides, some of them banned for use in Europe. An accredited and…
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Europe must stop the green PR on forests
Europe's decision-makers seem more focused on competing for the greenest image instead of rolling up their sleeves to protect nature
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EU to adopt new deforestation law
Next week, the European Parliament is due to officially adopt a ground-breaking piece of environmental law that will cut Europe’s contribution to global forest destruction
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EU-Mercosur: a nightmare for nature
For more than 20 years, the European Union and the Mercosur countries struggled to negotiate over a trade agreement. Finally, while Brazil was under the leadership of Bolsonaro
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EU must publish sustainable food system plan
286 organisations urge European Commission president to stick to Sustainable Food System law timeline
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EU failure to protect oceans exposed in projections on Commission HQ
Vast projections of ocean life lit up the European Commission headquarters in Brussels on Monday. Greenpeace called on Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and environment commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius to deliver on their, so far empty, promises to protect the oceans.