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photo credit: rockcohen The governments of Italy and Poland are, as I write this, trying to weaken the already weak climate goals that the European Union agreed on in January. Italy and Poland blames their will to inaction against climate … Continue reading
photo credit: Nrbelex George Monbiot says that the motor industry has long sabotaged eco-innovations and that they are now demanding billions to cut its carbon emissions. The green subsidy for car makers, Monbiot says, is just a disguised corporate bail-out. … Continue reading
“Europe, it’s time to lead” and “keep global warming below 2°C”. That is what a new campaign from Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, WWF and the Climate Action Network Europe is demanding. And they want you to help put pressure … Continue reading
The polar bear to the left holds a sign where it says “Homeless”. Photo by: Mimo. Last week the climate organisation Klimax (climax) held a large demonstration in central Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. The demonstration was the first of … Continue reading
The French President Nicolas Sarkozy earlier this summer launched, with the support of EU, a new Mediterranean union with the aim to “tackle issues such as regional unrest, immigration to pollution.” The new international body will include 16 non-EU states … Continue reading
Refugee children waiting with their family for a food distribution. Photo by Nicolas Rost. Two senior foreign policy officials from the European Union says in a new report that the EU should “brace itself” for a new and much larger … Continue reading
It has been almost one year since the last big fires were set in Europe. Last summer, many square kilometres of forests were burnt into ashes, with Greece being the most serious example. One year later, authorities have taken no … Continue reading
Sweden has approved Universal Wind Offshore’s plans to construct Scandinavia’s largest offshore wind farm. The wind farm will be built in the Kattegatt strait about 30 kilometres off Sweden’s southwestern coast and cover an area of about 60 square kilometres. … Continue reading
The European Environment Agency’s (EEA) Scientific Committee yesterday called for the suspension of EU’s target to increase the share of biofuels used in transport to 10% by 2020. The committee calls for a new, “comprehensive scientific study on the environmental … Continue reading
The World is facing a global food price crisis and looming mass starvation in the Developing World. The price of rice has doubled in 3 months and the price of wheat has doubled in one year. The huge increases in … Continue reading
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