Major industry lobby groups have pushed the European Commission to abandon plans for longer-lasting products despite increasing public support. But EU governmen...
When her house was left uninhabitable because of illegal coal mining in 2015, Bulgarian homeowner Elka Tiškina took the matter to court. Her battle continues wi...
The Belgian government has been heavily criticised for opposing new EU targets for energy efficiency just days after 75,000 people joined the country's biggest-ever climate march in Brussels.
A new EU directive requiring member states to increase en...
The European Commission is holding an agriculture markets conference this week with not a single representative from an environmental NGO on the bill.
The Comm...
All three coal-fired units at Moneypoint power station in County Clare, Ireland, have been out of action for the past two months due to a forced outage.
Moneyp...
Just days after UK Prime Minister Theresa May came to Brussels to sign a Brexit agreement with fellow EU leaders, one group of British politicians was sticking close to the heart (and lungs) of Europe.
Here META profiles four British MEPs who during...
The Greek government have issued a Presidential Decree to protect an endangered nesting site of the loggerhead turtle.
After years of inaction, which led to co...
Next month’s UN climate conference in Katowice, Poland, will be sponsored by a number of coal companies.
Among the companies listed as sponsors by Polish Envir...
Challenging environmentally damaging decisions in court is burdensome and barriers to justice are widespread across the EU, according to a new EEB report.
Accessing justice for environmental matters is a struggle in the EU, a new report finds.
Th...
A three-metre tall dragon spewing single-use plastic items appeared this week in front of the Council of the European Union in Brussels, where EU governments ar...
