On December 11, the European Commission, now headed by former German defence minister Ursula von der Leyen, published its long awaited proposal for a European Green Deal.
It contains two standalone forest initiatives as well as...
11/12/2019
We are already missing our forest-health targets, climate action needs to protect our forests, not endanger them.
When violence continues unchecked in a Member State, the Commission must intervene to ensure that European values are upheld and regulations are respected.
13/11/2019
Logging occurs far beyond what is permitted or reported, even within Natura 2000 sites.
11/10/2019
As European temperatures soared, the European Council and Member States avoided concrete action on the climate emergency. We demand better.
09/07/2019
This week’s European Parliamentary election results threw up the tantalising prospect of greater EU protection for the climate, forests and people.
With more EU citizens voting than at any time in the past 25 years, it also...
31/05/2019
The use of biomass for energy production is a ‘blind spot’ for banks and investors, a report recently published by ShareAction reveals. The report shows that Europe’s 15 largest banks all take different approaches to biomass. The...
05/03/2019
In a landmark lawsuit filed on March 4 against the European Union (EU), plaintiffs from the USA and five EU Member States - Romania, Ireland, Slovakia, France and Estonia – claim that the EU’s 2018 Renewable Energy Directive (RED...
The French Government is expected to decide in March 2019 whether to convert the Cordemais coal plant to run on bioenergy. France pledged to close its coal plants by 2021, but as workers strike to protest the plant’s closure, the...
05/02/2019