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Industry calls for clarity on low-carbon gases

Industry representatives have called on the incoming European Commission to develop a consistent and clear definition of environmentally sustainable investments for low-carbon gases

• Energy

EEA: natural capital accounting cannot replace ‘intrinsic value’ of nature

While attaching an economic value to nature can be useful, decisions around nature preservation must still consider its “intrinsic value”, the European Environment Agency has said

• Nature

Macron’s ‘ecological defence council’ scraps mining project

Green groups have expressed misgivings about the first meeting of a French government body set up to speed environmental action, despite its members deciding to end a controversial mining project

• Waste & Resources,
• Nature

EU Court dismisses 'People's Climate Case'

The EU General Court in Luxembourg has accepted the arguments of the European Parliament and EU Council and ruled as inadmissible a legal challenge to 'inadequate' climate legislation

• Climate

Report highlights failings as EU hosts biodiversity conference

Europe's efforts to halt biodiversity loss by 2020 have been an almost total failure, according to a report released by a campaign group to coincide with a high-level conference in Brussels

• General Policy,
• Nature