Pfas zit in bier, vis, bloed en in nog heel veel meer. Nieuwe cijfers hierover voeden het debat over een Europees totaalverbod.

By extending pesticide approvals and keeping hazardous products on the market, Brussels is bending to Big Pharma and causing a food-system and public-health burden for decades to come.

On 29 September 2026, Both ENDS lodged the first complaint on climate grounds with the European Commission's Single Entry Point. It asks the Commission to examine whether Aotearoa New Zealand has ...

The complaint addresses Government reversal of climate policies, which Greenpeace has labelled a 'race to the bottom on environmental regulation'.

Umweltschutzorganisation begrüßt diesen Schritt und fordert weitere Städte auf, dem Wiener Beispiel zu folgen

French energy company increases shareholder payouts as effect of Iran war increases cash flows

Regeringen vil skabe en ny generation af dansk griseproduktion med markant bedre dyrevelfærd og mere værdiskabelse i Danmark. Indtil rammevilkårene er på plads, indføres et midlertidigt stop for nyeta...

A teenager struggling with climate anxiety searches for hope in an unexpected place – writing letters to imprisoned activists. Max, 14, is on a quest to understand the human stories behind direct acti...

Euronews has learned that the European Commission will maintain its ban on new oil and gas drilling in the Arctic, ahead of the 20 October announcement of its revamped Northern Neighbourhood strategy....

The droughts and wildfires of this summer made it impossible for von der Leyen to ignore the impact of the climate crisis on people across Europe. But her speech does not change the fact that the EU C...

The Viiankiaapa peat bog in Finland faces permanent destruction for a short-term mining project. Even more worryingly, this could be a dangerous test case for the interests of mining for minerals over...

Fossil fuel companies and broadcasters are working to dilute proposed world-first national restrictions on fossil fuel ads due to come into effect in France at the start of next year. Fifteen companie...

The Viiankiaapa peat bog in Finland faces permanent destruction for a short-term mining project. Even more worryingly, this could be a dangerous test case for the interests of mining for minerals overriding the public interest to preserve nature.

Extreme weather events being treated as ‘isolated incidents’ rather than fundamental change, says Climate Change Advisory Council

Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe and the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) regret the General Court of the European Union’s decision to decline to consider the compatibility of the EU’s 2030 clima...

If global warming remains above 1.5 degrees Celsius, a new U.N. report says “there are no good outcomes.”

From the end of July to mid-August, drought-fuelled wildfires tore through two of Europe's valuable peatlands, the Belgian High Fens (<i>Hautes Fagnes</i>)…

A nightmare summer of fires, droughts and heatwaves should force governments to invest in climate proofing, says EU climate chief Wopke Hoekstra.

Record-shattering global temperatures across land and sea are the grim reality of climate crisis, and the reason we need an immediate transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energies.

Figure only covers about half of continent and does not include August totals

Amid a slew of misleading claims, Carbon Brief explains how key power sources - nuclear, gas, solar, wind - cope with extreme heat.

A June heat wave in Belgium and neighboring countries exposed a lethal lack of readiness. That’s a risk as another wave hits Europe.

In the June heatwave, the London Ambulance Service says it receives more than 53,000 emergency calls.

The companies knew they were releasing more of the greenhouse gas than they publicly reported, according to industry files cited by the Center for Climate Integrity, an activist organization.

The European Union recommended that member states delay by three years penalties on energy importers that fail to comply with the bloc’s controversial methane emissions rules.

Exclusive: High-level documents show how Copa Cogeca worked to weaken legislation to protect climate and wildlife

The headline goal means roughly doubling the share of electricity in final energy use

The EU's limits for safe drinking water date from the era of black-and-white TV. Science has moved on. So why haven't our safety standards?

While heatwaves in Europe lead to thousands of excess deaths, and five years after hundreds lost their lives in devastating floods in Belgium and Germany, the Brussels regional government has promised...

Environmental campaigners are urging Ireland to protect the public interest and resist industry pressure as the country takes up the presidency of the EU Council. The EU’s top agricultural polluter to...

The new Danish government plans to lower the level of nitrate in drinking water, which mainly comes from agricultural sources and is linked to colorectal and bowel cancer risk

This brief gathers the latest science on the health impacts of nitrates, alongside existing data on nitrate pollution and the livestock sector across Europe.