‘Farm to fork’ strategy must serve up fairer and greener farming – NGOs respond to Green Deal
The European Commission has answered people’s demands for much more action to address the climate emergency, nature loss,...
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EU water law gets clean bill of health
A European Commission evaluation has concluded that the European Union’s flagship water legislation is fit for purpose. However,...
Green Deal ‘impossible’ without CAP reform
Delivering the EU’s flagship ‘Green Deal’ policy will be impossible without the transformation of Europe’s farming policy, environmental...
Nature groups call for dialogue as Dutch farmers protests turn violent
Farm protests have turned violent in the Netherlands after the Dutch government announced plans to cut harmful emissions...
Potato or tomato? Why not knowing the difference really matters
With three quarters of Europeans now living in urban areas, most European children are growing up with little...
Fields of pollution: agriculture’s surprising impact on urban air quality
If you live in a European city, you probably feel the air gets too thick at times –...
The man who discovered underground forests
Although it may sound like the stuff of fairy tales, subterranean forests do exist, and they can be...
Europe’s forestry policy is not yet out of the woods
Despite being one of the few places on Earth where forest cover is enlarging, the European Union continues to export deforestation abroad and often uses the wrong forestry practices at home. With a fresh European Parliament, now is the time to tackle this with the right investments.
MEPs vote to ban vegan sausage rolls
It sounds like a nonsense story from a British tabloid, but a European Parliament committee this week voted...
€15 billion for nature at stake in crunch farm vote
A much-anticipated vote on the future of EU farm subsidies will take place in the European Parliament’s agriculture...
