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Europe’s richest farmers face subsidy cut
News
21st November, 2007
Subsidy payments to Europe’s wealthiest farmers are set to be cut under plans unveiled by EU officials yesterday. more...
Proposed trading in aviation emissions 'doesn't go far enough'
News
15th November, 2007
The European Union has been accused of letting the air industry off the hook in tackling carbon dioxide emissions. more...
UK trying to wriggle out of renewables commitments
News
15th October, 2007
A leaked document revealed by the Guardian over the summer showing how the Government was preparing to dodge its EU commitments on renewable energy has been borne out in a new round of EU talks. more...
Nearly 500 US cosmetics 'unsafe'
News
1st October, 2007
478 cosmetic products on sale in the US contain doses of toxic chemicals which are unsafe, even when used as directed on the bottle, the US NGO the Environmental Working Group has revealed. more...
EU policy puts us all at risk from particulates
News
19th September, 2007
Limits set by the EU on the maximum amount of particulate matter allowed in our air could be inadequate, a report by the European Respiratory Society (ERS) makes clear. more...
Scrap biofuels target, say Friends of the Earth and OECD
News
11th September, 2007
The backlash against large scale biofuel production continues to build as Friends of the Earth urges the European Union to scrap its target for 10 per cent of transport fuel to come from crops by 2020. more...
Europe threatens to sue UK over sulphur dioxide levels
News
4th September, 2007
The Government is facing legal action from the European Commission over levels of sulphur dioxide pollution in East England, the Campaign for Clean Air in London has revealed. more...
EU halts road through Poland
news
2nd August, 2007
The future of one of Europe’s most pristine wildlife sites hangs in the balance as landmark EU legal wrangling continues over a controversial Polish highway more...
Climate change and borders
Cleo Paskal
2nd August, 2007
Even the most conservative estimates of sea level rise caused by climate change will cause a redrawing of the physical map of the planet. Here Cleo Paskal, Associate Fellow at Chatham House, looks at the potential consequences.more...
EU energy use continues to rise
News
18th July, 2007
Energy use across Europe is continuing to rise despite attempts to raise efficiency, a new study has shown. more...
Emissions Trading won't make a difference, says WWF
News
14th June, 2007
The second stage of the EU's much-criticised Emissions Trading System (ETS) will fail to deliver any significant cuts in Europe's carbon dioxide emissions, campaign group WWF said yesterday. more...
GM now organic
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13th June, 2007
Organic food can now contain almost 1 per cent genetically modified content, thanks to a new ruling by the EU. more...
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Museum exhibition toned down to avoid government censure
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22nd May, 2007
The Smithsonian Institute's Museum of National History in Washington DC 'toned down' an exhibition on climate change to avoid offending senior politicians, Time magazine has reported. more...
Climate change: a matter of world security
News
17th April, 2007
Climate change has officially become a security issue today, as a debate on its implication for global conflict gets underway at the UN Security Council. more...
Behind the eco labels: European Ecolabel
Pat Thomas
1st April, 2007
This is a Europe-wide label for non-food products including copy paper, dishwashing detergents, indoor paints and varnishes, hard floor coverings, textiles, televisions… even tourist accommodation. It covers a variety of environmental impacts such as production energy use, waste generation and recyclability, across the product’s whole life cycle. more...
Behind the label: Nicorette nicotine patches
Pat Thomas
1st April, 2007
We all know that smokers should quit the habit. But does nicotine replacement really help? Pat Thomas investigates more...
Open Skies?
John Stewart
29th March, 2007
Late last week, the UK signed up to an historic contract between the EU and the US. Known as the EU Open Skies deal, it lifts restrictions on the number of airlines which can operate transatlantic flights from Europe to the US. John Stewart, the Chair of the charity AirportWatch, explains why this is a deal from a bygone age with an horrific cost for the planet... more...
EU to aim for 60% to 80
news
9th March, 2007
A draft agreement being discussed by EU leaders at the climate change summit in Brussels aims for a 60% to 80% reduction in carbon emissions by 2050. more...
Are you ready for cloned meat?
news
9th March, 2007
Cloned meat moved a step closer to being a supermarket shelf reality yesterday when the European Union's food safety authority was asked to rule on the matter.more...
230 say 'no' to EU's biofuels directive
News
7th March, 2007
An open letter signed by over 230 organisations and individuals – including author/campaigner Mark Lynas and Green Party MEP Caroline Lucas – has been sent to the European Union calling for ministers to vote against planned biofuel targets at the EU Summit on Friday. more...
Europe Moves Towards Renewable Energy
News
2nd March, 2007
The European Commission's plans to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020 received a boost yesterday as Tony Blair completed a British U turn by overruling his industry minister and French diplomats said Jacques Chirac could accept the binding agreement. more...
EU Limits Tuna Fishing
news
1st March, 2007
The preservation of dwindling tuna fish stocks is set to receive a boost as the EU prepares to introduce cuts in the allowed size of catches, web-based environmental news service ENN reports. more...
Suppression isn't cure
Pat Thomas
1st March, 2007
Our love affair with convenience culture extends to a reliance on convenience ‘cures’ for minor complaints. In the first article of a new series, the Ecologist’s Health Editor Pat Thomas says that self-medication isn’t the same as self-help more...
Direct action group 'London Rising Tide' on carbon off-setting
Mark Anslow
22nd February, 2007
On Wednesday 22nd February, activists from the group London Rising Tide occupied the offices of the Carbon Neutral Company. Below are their grievances... more...
EU Car Emission Legislation Stall
News
7th February, 2007
The European Commission is expected to soften its original proposal to limit carbon dioxide emissions for cars produced in Europe, just two weeks after the European Union embraced a "low-carbon economy," saying it would lead the way in the fight against climate change by shifting away from imported oil and natural gas. more...Members
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