TAG: Circular economy
Don’t bring a plastic bottle to the Olympics — unless you’re Coca-Cola
The French would call it deux poids, deux mesures — literally, “two weights, two scales” — or a double standard, for us anglophones. At the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games, you won’t be able to bring in plastic bottles. But Coca-Cola, which has exclusi...
2 months ago
Von der Leyen threads the climate needle to keep her job
BRUSSELS — Ursula von der Leyen has just pulled off a delicate green balancing act. The German politician secured a second term as European Commission president on Thursday with a political program carefully designed to woo both conservatives and environm...
2 months ago
Sauna festivals and dance marathons: Estonia knows how to spend EU money
Estonia will allocate part of the EU money received through the Just Transition Fund to finance activities such as a sauna festival, an axe-throwing center and a dance marathon.The Just Transition Fund, one of the European Union’s key tools to support reg...
2 months ago
EU environment commissioner to face tough crowd in Parliament
Sweden's reputation is preceding its European commissioner — and not in a good way.Newly charged with the leading the EU's environment portfolio, Jessika Roswall, from Sweden’s governing conservative Moderate Party, is no stranger to Brussels, having serv...
3 weeks ago