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EU roughly on track to hit 2030 emissions goal, Brussels says
The updated analysis reflects progress, but relies on countries following through on promises amid a green backlash.
Macron clashes with allies over call to scrap EU ethical supply chain law
Wildfires push forest destruction to 20-year high just as EU delays anti-deforestation rules
Trump allies take aim at Europe’s green reporting rules
Toxic slime and gassy trees: 3 ways Christmas is busting the planet
Mercosur deal risks weakening EU anti-deforestation rules
Colonialism and greed are undermining action to stop biodiversity loss, report says
EU agrees to delay anti-deforestation law by one year
But the EPP’s proposal to weaken the law failed, in a blow to the center-right group’s anti-red tape drive.
EPP abandons push to weaken anti-deforestation rules
The center-right group will drop efforts to gut the key Green Deal law, but wants the EU to commit to reconsidering in the future.
EU countries reject Parliament’s proposal to gut deforestation rules
The decision is a slap in the face to the center-right European People’s Party, which proposed the changes.
EPP accused of allying with far right to weaken deforestation rules
The European People’s Party secured a slim majority with right-wing and far-right groups to alter the flagship Green Deal legislation.
The future EU commissioners’ promises: Everything you need to know
We pored over more than 400 pages of written answers so you don’t have to.
Germany’s Scholz wants new EU anti-deforestation law delayed
German media group has been lobbying against the rules.
Musk might be the only person Trump listens to on climate
The billionaire Tesla CEO has Trump’s ear. Here’s what he might tell the former president about rising temperatures, clean energy and making money.
The future of packaging in Europe
We need to change how the EU packages food and beverages to transition to a low-carbon circular economy.
Poland’s eastern Maginot Line raises nature worries
New border defenses running through the ancient Białowieża Forest are “all about taking advantage of natural terrain,” says a retired general.
New EU rules to curb deforestation add to farmers’ red tape woes
European farmers say the legislation will saddle them with more obligations that they can ill afford.
Anti-deforestation law will deepen Europe’s cocaine problem, warn ambassadors
Ban on imports linked to deforestation might push South American farmers to grow more illegal coca.
Big Chocolate is conning you this Easter
Traders, manufacturers and retailers are all blaming each other for record prices.
EU ‘very far’ from target to plant 3B trees, Commission admits
Brussels pledged to boost tree planting to help fight climate change — but remains well below 1 percent of its 2030 goal.
Current policy routes put security supply at high risk
The Russian war on Ukraine has exposed Europe’s vulnerability and we need a new energy security paradigm to maintain reliability and affordability while reducing emissions.
The state of the planet in 10 numbers
A snapshot of the warming world, from sea level rise to fossil fuel subsidies.
Paper or plastic — let’s choose wisely
Next week’s vote on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation is a risky moment for Europe’s green future and circular economy.
Europe’s largest fire on record sparks hunt for scapegoats in Greece
Politicians have sought to focus the nation’s attention on catching arsonists.
Top environmental fund chief calls on countries to defund activities ‘destroying’ nature
A new global fund for nature conservation alone won’t do much to solve biodiversity crisis, says the CEO of the Global Environment Facility.
Romania to pay farmers to leave trees standing
Scheme will run until 2027.
EU countries cut firefighter jobs despite climate crisis, new data shows
It’s a ‘recipe for disaster,’ union chief says.
Mushrooms cloud Polish election campaign
Foragers turn on Kaczyński for picking a fight over forest management.
Deforestation law risks pushing Indonesia toward China
However well-intended, the EU’s directive has particularly rattled producers in the Indo-Pacific region.