The EU’s complex policy approach to biofuels lacks a long-term outlook and risks undermining the bloc’s transport decarbonisation targets, an analysis by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) has…
Austria generated 87% of its power from renewable sources in 2023 following record years of solar panel expansion, putting it behind Luxembourg in the EU rankings.
Much of Austria’s electricity has…
Fears that Slovakia’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal could end up as a stranded investment are reinforced by experts who warn that too much LNG infrastructure is being built as fossil fuels are…
A year after a universal ban on per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) was proposed in the EU, a new study found that PFAS affect people as early as the fetal stage of development.
France and Czechia reiterated calls on Tuesday (9 January) for the European Commission to put nuclear power on an equal footing with renewable energies in all EU policies, putting traditional nuclear…
Some of Germany’s most influential business and green lobbying groups have joined forces to urge Berlin to quickly adopt a carbon management strategy in order to kickstart the country’s industrial…
The European Commission is expected to table its proposed climate target for 2040 on 6 February, in what many see as the current administration’s legacy for the new team that will be appointed to…
Volcano-top orchid also named by scientists contending with extinctions caused by the human destruction of nature
Two types of tree and a palm that live underground are among the new plant species…
Beads, believed to be remnants of a floating dock and made of polystyrene, can harm environment and aquatic life, say experts
The shores of Lake Tahoe were dusted with white after winter weather hit…
As Norway becomes the first country to approve deep-sea mining, scientists are alarmed but supporters insist it will aid the energy transition
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Campaign pushes idea oil is ‘vital’ to global security and capitalizes on war in Gaza to escalate production, climate advocates say
The American oil lobby has launched an eight-figure media…
Ministers hope to build fleet of reactors to meet quarter of electricity demand by 2050 but critics highlight long delays and rising costs
The government has set out plans for what it claims will be…
James Meadway, once a Labour adviser and now a podcast host, says the separation between climate and economy has to end James Meadway is an economist who is not at all impressed with economics.…
Increased flooding blamed on years of government delays over ‘sponge cities’ rules Increased sewage pollution, urban flooding and water supply interruptions are the result of a decade of failures by…
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