Louise Guillot
Norway doubles down on deep-sea mining bet despite green fears
The Norwegian government wants to fire the starting gun on the exploitation of rare metals and miner...
8 months ago
EU ‘very far’ from target to plant 3B trees, Commission admits
The European Union is nowhere near making good on its pledge to plant at least 3 billion trees by the end of the decade, a senior European Commission official said Wednesday. As part of the European Green Deal, the EU executive committed in 2020 to boosti...
6 months ago
Drone strikes hit Russia-controlled nuclear power plant in Ukraine
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine was targeted in drone attacks, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Sunday.Officials from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) present at the power station — which has been under Russian occupati...
6 months ago
New EU rules to curb deforestation add to farmers’ red tape woes
For months, European farmers have been protesting what they see as excessive red tape and environmental restrictions from Brussels. Soon, they’ll have even more forms to fill out. Under new EU rules set to apply from January, European farmers will be requ...
6 months ago
‘Insane’ and ‘dangerous’ to give up on EU nature law, says Belgian minister
Ignore the prime minister, Belgium is committed to getting the EU's new nature rules approved. That's according to Brussels Environment and Climate Minister Alain Maron, who is responsible for steering talks among EU ministers on the highly controversial...
5 months ago
Von der Leyen finally stands up for nature law — just as it may fall
BRUSSELS/BRATISLAVA — It took her a year, but European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is finally defending her own law to protect nature — just as the coalition behind it is fracturing. In a letter sent to European Parliament members and obtain...
5 months ago
Pragmatism over principle: Europe’s Greens adapt to survive
BRUSSELS — Europe’s chastened Greens are preparing to trade idealism for influence. After taking a beating in last month’s European Parliament election and losing a quarter of their seats, the environmentalists are scrambling to remain relevant as surging...
2 months ago
Costas Kadis: A bookish technocrat to handle oceans and fisheries
BRUSSELS — In naming Cypriot Costas Kadis commissioner for oceans and fisheries, Ursula von der Leyen has put a technocrat used to straddling the middle ground in charge of a fiercely contested, highly political brief.A conservation biologist by training,...
2 weeks ago
Weber crows as von der Leyen walks back EU deforestation drive
The EU’s nature wars are back.On Wednesday, the European Commission delayed for a year the introduction of landmark rules banning agricultural products from logged forests. The president of the center-right European Peoples’ Party (EPP), Manfred Weber, im...
1 week ago