A public consultation on the effectiveness of the EU’s Birds and Habitats Directives has been pencilled in for spring, while a ‘reality check’ and ‘implementation dialogue’ are due after the summer, ...

The EU has committed €50 million to help close gaps in a global system of ocean observation, and will urge its partners within the bloc and beyond to follow suit.

The European Commission president has committed to move forward with a swift implementation of the recently signed trade agreement with the South American Mercosur bloc, without waiting for Parliament ...

Four industry associations representing cosmetics and pharmaceutical companies have released a joint statement pushing to revise the updated Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive.

National authorities are struggling to cope with a surge in hazardous and unsafe imports, with serious risks for human health ...

Several national capitals have pushed back against efforts spearheaded by Poland to swiftly reduce the cost of CO2 emission ...

A target to install 425GW of wind power capacity by the end of the decade looks increasingly unlikely despite installations rebounding last year, according to WindEurope’s latest annual report.

Industry group CropLife has criticised proposed changes to EU rules setting limits on pesticide residues allowed on imports, arguing they would introduce “complexity and uncertainty without any safety ...

The European Commission is seeking feedback on new draft rules aiming to simplify and streamline processes for deploying state aid.

The European Commission has given into pressure from national capitals to ditch a proposed restriction on lead bullets, saying that its “potential impact, however small,” on weapons manufacturers ...

MEPs from the European Parliament’s ITRE committee have voted against a motion objecting to EU support for fossil fuel projects.

Progressive members of the European Parliament’s environment committee have raised concerns about new rules governing chemically recycled content for plastic bottles unveiled as part of December’s ...