Environmental damage
5 things to know about the global ocean summit in Nice
The world’s oceans are sick. Global leaders are in the French Riviera this week to attempt to agree on the cure.
EU launches major Black Sea plan with eye on defense as Putin hovers
Death by dung: How Brussels failed to save Europe’s waters from a farm waste deluge
Wildfires push forest destruction to 20-year high just as EU delays anti-deforestation rules
Here’s the climate toll of Britain’s new Heathrow runway
Is Serbia turning into an EU mining colony?
After the North Sea tanker crash, a multi-million dollar battle over who’s to blame
North Sea oil tanker collision: What do we know?
A crew member is missing and the cargo ship that crashed into a tanker is still on fire. Police are questioning a man in his 50s.
EPP calls for fast-track vote on omnibus simplification bill next week
The center-right European People’s Party is calling for the European Parliament to fast-track a major new bill amending EU green corporate disclosure rules, in a move that …
Internal backlash saved EU green finance rules from extinction
Controversial move to make green investment standards voluntary sparked “huge fight” within the EU executive.
Green diplomacy faces first big test since Trump’s return at Rome nature summit
Rich and poor countries are battling over who will fund nature conservation in the shadow of a radically anti-green U.S. administration.
‘Viciousness’ of Trump’s climate attacks stuns even his critics
President Donald Trump has attacked nearly every aspect of the U.S. effort to confront rising temperatures.
Brussels considers major U-turn on green reporting rules
Proposal to scrap so-called “double materiality” rule led to a fight within the EU executive.
Farmers are key to solving Europe’s water crisis, says EU environment chief
Environment Commissioner Jessika Roswall knows appeasing farmers will have to be part of any future plans to fix the region’s polluted waterways.
5 green targets EU countries will (mostly) miss in 2025
EU countries are behind on most, if not all, their sustainability commitments.
As Belgium’s disposable vape ban looms, health chief urges EU to change smoking rules
European Commission has delayed updated EU rules on tobacco products.
Clamp down on Russian shadow fleet after tanker oil spill, says Latvia
Hundreds of murkily operated vessels continue to transport Russian oil around the world despite EU sanctions.
Europe’s right wing shows Trump how to do climate, MAGA-style
Leaders like Italy’s Giorgia Meloni have found nationalist arguments in favor of climate diplomacy.
Violent mob chases Spain’s king, prime minister out of flood-hit Valencia town
Residents living among ruins and dead bodies decry the response of authorities to the disaster — and brace for more rain.
COP16 fizzles out as rich countries block global nature fund
The outcome left African and Latin American nations furious and prompted some to refuse to engage on other biodiversity issues.
Spain’s ‘monster’ floods expose Europe’s unpreparedness for climate change
National government blamed local authorities after at least 92 people died as heavy rainfall swept through homes, shops and roadways.
Who’s going to pay for moving drug production to Europe?
Bringing drug production closer to home means reckoning with costs.
‘Pablo Escobar of beavers’ urges Poland’s Donald Tusk not to wage war on animals
Wildlife manager — and self-professed “good guy,” despite the nickname — says Warsaw does not need to kill beavers to protect its dams.
Poland’s Donald Tusk declares war on beavers
The animals are accused of exacerbating floods — though one researcher said the Polish PM is talking “nonsense.”
Ursula von der Leyen has taken green enforcement behind closed doors
Secrecy helps improve efficiency in the implementation of environmental law, the Commission argues.
Salvini’s last hope rests on building a bridge to Sicily
Fading Italian firebrand pins his election chances on a 3km crossing that’s been mooted since Roman times.
Why business is calling for global rules in plastics treaty
As the world prepares for the fourth round of negotiations to create the first treaty to end plastic pollution, a dedicated global business coalition shares its insights with negotiators.
As Russia’s shadow fleet menaces Sweden, here’s how the EU could help
Though it’s impossible to block this subversive armada, there are steps the bloc could take that would at least make Russia’s business harder to execute.