Lead MEPs on the industry committee have agreed to make fossil gas projects ineligible for EU funding but would still allow them to be listed as ‘projects of common interest’, a leaked text reveals.
Updated. As the European Parliament prepares to draft its positions on the Fit for 55 package, here’s what we know so far about which committees and which MEPs will be responsible for each file.
The European Commission will spend more on international climate and biodiversity finance, promote ‘green hydrogen’ investment in Africa, and propose an array of new legislative files tackling environmental problems. Here’s what you need to know.
The European Environment Agency has highlighted the risks of continued ozone-depleting emissions, while new data shows that this year’s hole in the ozone layer over the south pole is one of largest on record.
The €1.7bn plan to expand Barcelona airport has been cancelled following disagreement between the Spanish and Catalan governments, while Portugal’s state prosecutor has called for the environmental impact of the €1.15bn Lisbon airport expansion scheme to be re-evaluated.
Just weeks away from the COP26 meeting in Glasgow, a global analysis by Climate Action Tracker suggests the EU is still falling short in its contribution to meeting the Paris Agreement goals, despite major improvements in European climate policy.
The European People’s Party has decided which MEPs will lead on drawing up the environment committee’s reports on tightening the emissions trading system, creating a social climate fund, and revising the Effort Sharing Regulation, ENDS Europe has learned.
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The success of the World Conservation Congress in Marseilles must embolden the European Commission to deliver ambitious proposals for nature restoration in December, IUCN’s European policy director Alberto Arroyo Schnell tells ENDS Europe.
As a new report highlighted the meat industry’s massive environmental footprint, a parliamentary committee gave its approval to the EU’s agricultural subsidy scheme that critics warn will only worsen the problem. How can the bloc move towards a more sustainable food model?
Monique Goyens, director general of the European Consumer Organisation, speaks to ENDS Europe about the Fit for 55 package and the fight against toxic chemicals in food packaging.
With the summer recess over, the Brussels bubble now looks ahead to a busy autumn, with another huge dossier of legislative proposals expected in December. Here’s what to look out for.
ENDS looks at upcoming proposals from the European Commission to protect Europe’s forests, and what they could mean for the booming bioenergy sector.
UPDATED: Details of more than 90 new infringements have been added to the ENDS Europe Infringements Dashboard, an interactive online tool to help you keep up to date with essential information on environmental infringement proceedings.
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