Action alert! Don’t let review dilute EU’s vital nature laws
. The EU Birds and Habitats Directives (aka the Nature Directives) exist to protect wildlife species and habitats in the UK and Europe – but these laws are under review…
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European Union urged to ban ivory exports immediately
Eighteen international environmental and conservation organisations are calling on European Union governments to halt all exports of raw ivory when the EU’s Committee on Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora…
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New Euro waste & air quality rules must not be scrapped
According to leaked documents, the European Commission’s new Vice-President Frans Timmermans plans to scrap innovative proposals to increase recycling and reduce waste as well as plans to tackle air pollution…
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Even pessimists see prospect for real climate progress
This time last year, I was recovering from two full-on weeks at the annual climate summit – or CoP – which had just come to an end in Warsaw, Poland.…
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Action alert: Tell the UK Govt to bin plastic bags in Europe
. Over a million marine mammals, birds, turtles and fish die every year as a result of entanglement or ingestion of marine debris, choking and entangled in man-made litter. The…
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Climate change targets – we’re not out of the woods yet!
Last week, two events put climate policy back in the news: the United Nations climate conference in Bonn and the EU Summit on Europe’s 2030 climate and energy targets. In…
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China needs new laws to tackle illegal logging
. The Chinese have a saying about drinking poison to quench a thirst, “yin zhen zhi ke”, used to warn against hasty remedies with consequences worse than the problem itself.…
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EU timber law scorecard highlights failures to act
More than a year after it came into law, the European Commission (EC) has published a scorecard accessing the progress of the 28 member states in implementing the European Union…
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Deadly noise waves are rolling towards Ibiza and Mallorca
As a member of OceanCare’s Silent Oceans coalition, we’re pleased to share this latest press release from the campaign: WÄDENSWIL: Oil companies plan to search for oil near the…
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Euro marine litter target lacks ambition to tackle tide of trash
The European Commission has issued a headline target of a 30 per cent reduction in marine litter in Europe’s seas by 2020. This target forms a part of the Commission’s…
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