Friday
22nd Jun 2018
The EU should not overuse the financial system in order to achieve environmental goals, or it risks the emergence of a green bond bubble which would be detrimental to the financial sector and hinder the achievement of climate targets.
Roadside sensors reveal that of the newest diesel cars, 91 percent does not even achieve to remain below the previous generation NOx emission limit.
The EU commission is targeting balloons and balloon sticks in its new plastics law, but a lobby group for balloon makers has accused it of 'misleading claims'.
An Obama-era climate change working group has been in limbo since Trump came into office. Other areas of transatlantic energy cooperation also face uncertainty.
It was independent organisations that flagged up Volkswagen's emissions scandal in the US - yet a legal clause giving such 'third parties' a role in EU emissions testing has been removed from bill.
The European Commission has shifted responsibility of how to achieve climate goals to member states in proposed reforms to its agricultural aid budget.
EU negotiators have reached a deal on a new renewable energy directive. 'One of the most sensitive issues during the negotiations was biofuels from food and feed crops,' said MEP Bas Eickhout.
Norwegian MPs to vote on providing €29.5m in funding for a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project.
In Europe, more than a third of those killed each year by toxic particulate matter - associated with unlawful diesel emissions exceeding the EU limits - live in about 100 conurbations, mainly in Italy, France, Germany, UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain.
Energy ministers from the world's biggest economies, including the G20, were shown how co-operation works in the Nordic electricity market. This co-operation is unique by international standards and is held up as a model globally.
The EU commission wants to ban plastic straws and cutlery. Most of these are not made in the EU, making the proposal more likely to succeed.
European Commission has taken six EU countries to court over failing to achieve EU air quality standards. But what about the other countries where air quality is equally bad - or worse?
It is very unlikely that the climate target of the Paris agreement can be met without a system that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere – we need negative emissions.
The EU is prioritising motorways and gas pipelines across the potential accession Western Balkan countries, plus hydropower energy projects which threaten one of the world's freshwater biodiversity hotspots.
Three European capitals are seeking to annul laxer nitrogen oxides limits for cars - which were introduced as compensation to the car industry's difficulties in passing the new on-road emissions test.
'You can't reduce your CO2 emissions if you don't have targets in place,' says MEP Miriam Dalli. She will tell the European Parliament on Wednesday cars should be 50 percent cleaner by 2030, whilst the Commission proposed 30 percent.
The agriculture lobby managed to keep strict targets on methane out of EU law. Left-wing MEPs are now getting impatient with the European Commission.
Martin Winterkorn is accused of wire fraud with the aim to "unlawfully enrich VW" and himself.
Three companies want to participate in a carbon capture and storage project – but they want the Norwegian government to pay for it.
On World Asthma Day, EUobserver looks at an EU-funded project that aims to mitigate the newly-understood health effects of desert dust storms.
The president of the European Commission has decided that nine member states who are failing to fight air pollution will receive another month's respite.
Secretary general of the EIB says in response to EUobserver's appeal that there is no overriding public interest in releasing the document.
More and more consumers are likely to invest in solar panels in the future as it becomes simpler to produce one's own electricity, writes Monique Goyens, director general of BEUC, the European Consumer Organisation.
With this year's FIFA World Cup in Russia fast approaching, the impact of major sports events on society and the environment is an important topic in the public discourse.
Oettinger and Canete spoke to representatives of the German carmakers 15 days before the commission presented a bill o CO2 emission standards.
No one can escape death. But choices over how one's body is disposed of could either lessen or increase your carbon footprint.
"The big problem in the world today is a lack of resources and a lack of bio-diversity," says Finnish environment minister Kimmo Tiilikainen. His country plans to produce what the world needs the most.
The next climate conference in May should be an opportunity for the EU to show leadership and break ties with the big oil, gas and coal corporations that are profiting from the destruction of the climate.
Europe is trying to kick its addiction to plastic, so businesses are on the hunt for alternatives. Bioplastics could replace 60 percent of plastic packaging on the market, but the switch is far from straightforward.
The European Commission's 2012 bioeconomy strategy is in need of an update, with even the commission itself admitting the paper had weaknesses.
A new expert report firmly dismisses suggestions that Poland is an 'energy island'.
As Scotland's whisky producers look for an alternative to feed their salmon with, one company offers omega-3 rich algae to do the trick.
The lobby group for European car manufacturers has said that if UK sales data is not counted when calculating CO2 emissions, the target should be reviewed. The commission has refused to comment.
