The European Commission wants to give national governments more wiggle room to put their own plans together on how they comply with general EU goals for farming...
Just two days before Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan publishes his vision for the future of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), food expert Olivier d...
A leaked copy of draft Commission proposals for the future of EU farm policy was widely circulated online yesterday. It shows that farm Commissioner Phil Hogan ...
Twenty environmental NGOs wrote to European leaders this week calling for them to take a serious look at the environmental and health impacts of intensive anima...
High-level talks on new EU fertiliser rules begin today – and how to tackle cadmium – a toxic carcinogen present in many chemical fertilisers – is at the top of...
MEPs have backed plans for a specific strategy to tackle methane emissions in the EU.
While methane can significantly contribute to global warming due to its p...
Direct payments made to farmers for taking care of the environment on farms have not led to greener farm practices, an EU spending audit has concluded.
Today’s...
Methane is 86 times worse for global warming than carbon dioxide. Yet the greenhouse gas does not specifically fall under the scope of any EU protections on cli...
You can’t please them all. But Phil Hogan certainly tried to in his new plan for the future of EU farm policy which he launched today in Brussels to a lukewarm ...
New research published today shows that the current Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is failing the environment, society and the economy.
There is just over a ...
