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The big stink: Europe’s lockdown uncovers a surprising source of air pollution

Roberta ArbinoloApril 2, 2020

The drop in traffic fumes in our cities’ air is making us more sensitive to a source of air pollution too often ignored: emissions from agriculture. But this c...

AgricultureAirClean Air FarmingFeatured 07 min read

Agroecology: Farming for a better future?

Asger MindegaardMarch 24, 2020

With a global pandemic tightening its grip around the world and photos of empty supermarket shelves flooding social media, there’s never been a better time to ...

AgricultureAirChemicalsFuture of EuropeNatureSoilWater 012 min read

EU water law gets clean bill of health

Khaled DiabDecember 12, 2019

A European Commission evaluation has concluded that the European Union’s flagship water legislation is fit for purpose. However, implementation and enforce...

AgricultureNatureWater 05 min read

Green Deal ‘impossible’ without CAP reform

Anton LazarusNovember 6, 2019

Delivering the EU’s flagship ‘Green Deal’ policy will be impossible without the transformation of Europe’s farming policy, environmental campaigners have warne...

Agriculture 03 min read

Thousands of dead fish wash up in protected Spanish lagoon

Emily MacintoshOctober 24, 2019

Overtourism and decades of intensive agriculture have resulted in the shocking sight of thousands of dead fish washing up on the shore at the biggest coas...

Water 03 min read

Nature groups call for dialogue as Dutch farmers protests turn violent

Anton LazarusOctober 17, 2019

Farm protests have turned violent in the Netherlands after the Dutch government announced plans to cut harmful emissions from agriculture. Environmental groups...

AgricultureAir 08 min read

Potato or tomato? Why not knowing the difference really matters

Anton LazarusOctober 16, 2019

With three quarters of Europeans now living in urban areas, most European children are growing up with little or no first-hand experience of farming. Anto...

AgricultureOpinion & Analysis 04 min read

Fields of pollution: agriculture’s surprising impact on urban air quality

Roberta ArbinoloOctober 10, 2019

If you live in a European city, you probably feel the air gets too thick at times - and not without reason: 9 out of 10 Europeans living in cities breathe air ...

AgricultureAirClean Air Farming 06 min read

The man who discovered underground forests

Khaled DiabOctober 2, 2019

Although it may sound like the stuff of fairy tales, subterranean forests do exist, and they can be regenerated above ground with the addition of a key ingredi...

AgricultureSustainable Development 07 min read

Exporting misery: Who pays the price for Europe’s affluence?

Khaled DiabSeptember 11, 2019

Although the European Union may appear to be squaring the circle of creating prosperity while preserving the planet, the reality exposed by a new report is tha...

Sustainable Development 05 min read