In a joint declaration signed on 18th May, four North Sea countries agreed to cooperate to develop wind power capacity and green hydrogen The heads of government from
As part of the EU’s broader climate change policies, the European Parliament recently backed a new plan to effectively ban all new petrol and diesel vehicle sales from
Earlier in the year, scientists warned about the threat of chemical pollution, claiming that the current levels had already crossed a “planetary boundary”. This could pose a huge
The EU has announced that it plans to restrict the use of the pesticide sulfoxaflor following concerns over the effects it could have on bees. Sulfoxaflor was originally
According to an external EU auditor, fossil fuels are getting more subsidies than renewable energy, and this could make it very difficult for the bloc to reach its
As part of the New Green Deal and in line with the development of the circular economy, the European Union is planning to introduce a “digital product passport”
Despite being responsible for approximately 10% of greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union, political groups still have not agreed on the rules that should apply to the
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently updated its air quality guidelines, and this included tightening its recommendations for limits on air pollution. This change was made after the
Environmental campaigners have, once again, made calls for the EU to scrap its subsidies for plug-in hybrid vehicles. This follows reports that hybrid vehicles produce emissions that are
