In what has been hailed as a “milestone moment”, wind and solar produced more electricity in the EU than fossil fuels for the first time last year, a new report from Ember says.

The Bulgarian government has been ordered to pay €1.5 million and a daily fine of €9,000 for not transposing revised EU renewable energy rules despite a series of legal warnings.

Heads of the European Parliament’s political groups will have to decide whether to give the industry committee a say in drawing up negotiating positions on a number of big green proposals, ENDS Europe ...

Helena Viñes Fiestas will serve a second term as chair of the EU’s independent sustainable finance advisers, while WWF will rejoin the group after pulling out in 2022 citing concerns about political ...

Competition officials from the European Commission have opened an investigation into the legality of a multi-million euro compensation award against the Bulgarian government over changes to its solar ...

Member states will be required to draw up “aggregated baseline” permits to streamline impact assessments for manufacturing ...

The European Parliament’s environment committee has approved a deal reached in trilogue setting a climate target for 2040 with 50 votes for, 26 against and one abstention.

The EU’s environment chief has indicated that the European Commission may not follow through on plans to swiftly revise REACH ...

Updates to rules on detergents are set to be voted on in the European Parliament’s plenary session this week, after a deal reached at interinstitutional talks was approved by the environment committee ...

The EU’s highest court has ruled that member states have discretion on whether or not they require individuals requesting ...

The European Commission has maintained some exemptions from EU car safety standards in a draft legislative proposal specifically aimed at tackling widespread back-door imports of non-compliant ...

A global treaty establishing a framework to protect biodiversity in international waters, which entered into international law this weekend, has been hailed as “a beacon of hope for the ocean and ...