The European Commission wants to loosen our protections against pesticides, putting people and nature at serious risk. Under their proposal, most pesticides would receive lifetime approval, ending the...

The European Commission wants to loosen our protections against pesticides, putting people and nature at serious risk. Under their proposal, most pesticides would receive lifetime approval, ending the...

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Plusieurs milliers de personnes ont manifesté samedi 3 octobre dans l’Eure près d’une usine de Syngenta, leader mondial du secteur, pour demander la sortie des pesticides et installer cet enjeu dans les débats de la campagne présidentielle.

Syngenta is the world's top pesticide seller. Discover why farmers, workers and residents are mobilizing against its Saint-Pierre-la-Garenne site on October 3, 2026.

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The European Commission wants to loosen our protections against pesticides, putting people and nature at serious risk. Under their proposal, most pesticides would receive lifetime approval, ending the...

Study reveals that pesticide poisoning kills 11,000 people each year, with India accounting for nearly 60% of fatalities

As the EU Commission prepares new rules for carbon dioxide transport infrastructure, Europe risks locking taxpayers into costly carbon capture projects - despite the technology’s track record of failu...

By the Witness Radio team In Kampala, police detained 16 young environmental activists from the Rooted in Resistance Movement as they attempted to deliver petitions to Parliament and TotalEnergies, ch...

Check out our new posts on Deregulation Watch which helps civil society monitor new developments in the deregulation agenda, assess what’s at stake, and organise in defence of strong social, environme...

This summer, Europeans are paying twice for the EU’s continued dependence on fossil fuels. First, in higher energy costs: the second fossil fuel crisis in just four years has added more than €50 billi...

True figure likely to be much higher as it only covers about half of continent and does not include August totals At least 35,000 more people died during Europe’s four record-breaking, back-to-back heatwaves this summer than would normally be expected, according to incomplete figures from barely half the continent. Excess mortality in three of the EU’s larger countries – Germany, France and Spain – alone has already exceeded 25,000, according to the provisional national figures, and experts say the toll will rise significantly once August totals are consolidated. Continue reading...

While devastating fires are devouring forests across Europe, Bosnia & Herzegovina (BiH) feels like a green refuge.