‘Imminent collapse’: Why Europe’s plastic recycling industry is in crisis

Can the EU battery passport stop child mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo?

What the State of the Union speech says about the future of green policy

Legislative overview: What is coming up in the remainder of 2025

What industry and civil society want to see from the EU’s carbon border tax

‘New legislative mindset’: What is in the Franco-German wishlist for overhauling EU green policy?

In-depth: How the Commission plans to ‘mainstream’ green spending in the next budget

How waste tyres from the EU are ending up in unlicensed Indian pyrolysis plants

Can the EU wean itself off Chinese rare earths?

France wants to sink the EU-Mercosur deal. What are its options?

12 things we learned from the EU chemicals industry action plan

How the Commission hopes to make the EU’s 2040 climate goals more flexible

What efforts to cut black carbon emissions mean for shipping

Can the EU meet its goals for recycled plastic content?

Why methane emissions from coal mines are causing a headache for the EU

Why the climate case against RWE may be the first of many

Ep 9: Polemical chemicals: Why plans to revise REACH have sparked a row

Ep 8: Environment commissioner Jessika Roswall on Europe’s green agenda

Ep 7: BirdLife’s Ariel Brunner on what EU deregulation means for nature

Ep 6: 99 problems (and sewage treatment is one)

Ep 5: Commission’s auto-emission decision plus pesticide PFAS-trophe

Ep 4: So fresh, so clean? Unpacking the EU’s plans for green industry and finance

Ep 3: Commission’s field day and talking trash

Ep 2: Takin’ care of business and EU’s forest monitoring strife

Ep 1: The EU’s omnifuss and mid-LIFE crisis

SPECIAL REPORT: Five leading green MEPs on their priorities for the new mandate

SPECIAL REPORT: Second act for the Green Deal as von der Leyen tightens grip

SPECIAL REPORT: The chaos of national politics – and its impacts on green talks

SPECIAL REPORT: The green talks that will progress – and those that won’t

SPECIAL REPORT: The 90+ dates and deadlines for EU green policy professionals

In charts: Europe’s record-breaking wildfire season

MAPPED: The EU’s 15 cleanest regions, according to the European Commission

The countries with the largest forest areas in the EU – and those where forests are expanding most rapidly

The EU sites where PFOS ‘forever chemical’ concentrations exceed regulatory limits

MAPPED: How poor air quality in Europe is shortening lives – and reducing crop yields

MAPPED: The EU regions leading the way in rail electrification

The European nations which lost the most land to fires in 2023 - and those that lost the least

Lightweight plastic carrier bags: The member states whose residents use the most – and those that use the least

Respiratory disease deaths: The EU nations where air pollution and climate change are costing the most lives

Water Framework Directive: The member states with the most water bodies failing to achieve ‘good’ status – and those with the fewest

How Portugal tackled its plastic bag habit

How researchers are creating alternatives to coatings made from harmful ‘forever chemicals’

How new software is helping to reduce the impact of fish farms

How a broken German river ecosystem was restored

Using plastic waste to tackle ‘forever chemicals’ pollution

How Spain and Portugal are ramping up the fight against wildlife crime

How Portuguese wolves are being brought back from the brink

How a joint Spanish-Swedish project is cleaning up PFAS in groundwater

Why Spain’s coffee-loving cows produce more milk and less methane

Why ground squirrels are making a comeback in Eastern Europe

How an EU-funded project helped communities to secure the future of brown bears

Legal comment: The path forward for restoring Belgium’s water bodies

Legal comment: Why the EU must close the ‘regulatory gaps’ in its carbon border tax

Habitats Regulations: How the Commission convinced the ECJ that Germany was guilty of habitual failures

Legal comment: New EU anti-greenwashing law will not create more red tape

Legal comment: Why the ECJ halted operations at one of Europe’s largest steel plants

Legal comment: How far will EU enforcement go on nitrates pollution and is reform likely?

Legal comment: Why the European Court upheld one complaint against Bulgaria but dismissed three others

Legal Comment: Is the Swiss women's court victory the next step in European climate litigation?

Legal comment: The INEOS ruling and the influence of public authorities on policy change

Legal comment: What a Romanian coal plant case tells us about ‘effective’ penalties in EU environmental law