EU considers new rules to discourage disposable fast fashion
New rules proposed by the EU's executive arm call for a mandatory minimum use of recycled fibers by 2030 and would ban the destruction of many unsold products
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Poland will end all Russian oil imports; Germany issues same warning about gas
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Poland was launching the most radical plan among European nations to wean off Russian energy sources.
Concern increases over traffickers targeting Ukrainian refugees
One man was detained in Poland suspected of raping a 19-year-old refugee he’d lured with offers of shelter after she fled war-torn Ukraine. Another was overheard promising work and a room to a 16-year-old girl before authorities intervened.
EU hoping to spark post pandemic economic recovery with green bonds
The European Commission said on Tuesday, September 7, 2021, it would issue up to 250 billion euros in green bonds this fall as part of its plans to finance the 27-nation bloc’s recovery from the coronavirus crisis.
Ahead of COP26, World Climate Forum Europe pushes renovation strategy
Senior policymakers and high-level public and private actors joined the World Climate Forum Europe to discuss what is needed to achieve net-zero targets and limit global warming to 1.5 C.
EU's director general for energy, Natural Resources Canada assistant deputy minister on the path to net zero
How does Canada reconcile two seemingly contradictory positions: trying to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 while at the same time supporting oil pipelines and fossil fuel exports?
Ottawa says federal support for airline industry tied to customer refunds for cancelled flights
New federal support for Canada's pandemic-battered airline industry will be contingent on carriers providing refunds to passengers whose flights were cancelled, the government announced on Sunday, November 8, 2020.
ExxonMobil 'tried to get European Green Deal watered down'
Climate lobbying watchdog claims US oil giant met EC officials in run-up to policy
Invasion of the ‘frankenbees’: the danger of building a better bee
Beekeepers are sounding the alarm about the latest developments in genetically modified pollinators.
EU clashes over toxic mercury in light bulbs
Lighting industry’s exemption from 2011 ban may jeopardise climate goals, says Sweden
Naomi Klein: ‘We are literally and politically flammable’
The intellectual godmother of the Green New Deal movement laid out what, exactly, such a plan must entail to be successful.
EU's new regime organizes around ambitious climate goals
One of European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen's first acts in office was to task her second-in-command with leading the continent on a path to climate neutrality by 2050.
Canada must lead with values, Morneau says as tensions persist with Saudi Arabia
Finance Minister Bill Morneau doubled down on Tuesday, August 7, 2018, on Ottawa's message that the federal government will continue to stand up for Canadian values even as it finds itself at the centre of an ongoing diplomatic tumult with Saudi Arabia.
EU's new data protection: more certainty, less red tape
The European Union's new General Data Protection Regulation reduces red tape and links data protection with economic growth, writes Věra Jourová, European Union commissioner for justice, consumers and gender equality.
EU proposes to ban plastic straws, stir sticks, and cotton buds
The European Union has proposed banning plastic products like cotton buds, straws, stirs and balloon sticks when alternatives are easily available to reduce litter spoiling beaches and ocean beds.