Future farming: Fishing for a sustainable seafood model in Spain
Seafood is great for human health and an important part of many cuisines. However, current seafood production is...
Month: July 2020
EU’s no-strings commitment to agricultural reform must end
EU farm ministers met on Monday to discuss the environmental aspects of the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP),...
We must defend the environmental defenders
Environmental defenders and activists face ever greater risks to their livelihoods and lives all over the world, including...
EU’s trillion euro recovery fund must be made greener
While welcoming the targeting of environmental issues in the EU’s much-needed stimulus package, the European Environmental Bureau (EEB)...
Chemicals cheerleader: how DG Grow puts industry above public interest regulation
Newspapers are reporting a war of words within the European Commission, with the industry department, DG GROW, threatening...
Public money must be used for the public good, EEB president tells environment ministers
Rhetorical commitments to green reform are not backed up by concrete policies, civil society groups tell an informal...
Reuse, repair, remake is the future of fashion
Significantly reducing the textile industry’s environmental footprint will require a radical shift in its business model: from one...
EU’s hydrogen strategy is a gift to fossil fuel companies
The European Union’s strategy to boost the production of hydrogen risks locking Europe into burning fossil gas for...
This summer, (heat)wave goodbye to portable air conditioners
Sales of air conditioners are skyrocketing as temperatures across Europe beat records summer after summer. Mélissa Zill of...
A future free of fossil fuels is in reach… if the EU wills it
An NGO-led, science-based scenario shows the European Union can become climate-neutral by 2040. All that is missing is...
