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LEAK: Member states have discussed removing a requirement under the Industrial Accelerator Act for each country to set up at least one ‘acceleration zone’ with streamlined permitting rules ⬇️
LEAK: EU Council considers making industrial acceleration zones voluntary
Member states have discussed removing a requirement under the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) for each country to set up at least one ‘acceleration zone’ with streamlined permitting rules.
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The EU has launched a call for tenders for up to seven super-sized data centres for training AI models, despite growing fears around energy and water use from environmentalists ⬇️
Brussels fires starting gun on ‘AI Gigafactories’
The EU has launched a call for tenders for up to seven super-sized data centres for training AI models, despite growing fears around energy and water use from environmentalists.
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The European Commission has launched an investigation into multi-million euro compensation payments by Bucharest over changes to support for renewables, following a ruling under a controversial investment protection treaty ⬇️
Brussels investigates Romanian payout under Energy Charter Treaty
The European Commission has launched an investigation into multi-million euro compensation payments by Bucharest over changes to support for renewables, following a ruling under a controversial invest...
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Possible misappropriation of EU agricultural subsidies soared last year after the adoption of “simplifications” that limited checks for compliance with green conditionality rules, the European Commission has indicated ⬇️
Financial irregularities under CAP more than doubled in 2025, Commission finds
Possible misappropriation of EU agricultural subsidies soared last year after the adoption of “simplifications” that limited checks for compliance with green conditionality rules, the European Commiss...
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The European Commission’s environment chief has urged member states to adhere to a looming end of summer deadline for putting forward draft National Restoration Plans ⬇️
Roswall presses national capitals to submit nature restoration plans
The European Commission’s environment chief has urged member states to adhere to a looming end of summer deadline for putting forward draft National Restoration Plans.
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Faced with lengthy delays to a planned EU-wide ban on ‘forever chemicals’, the Swedish government has said it aims to impose a national ban for several product classes by 2028 ⬇️
‘We cannot wait for the EU’: Sweden plans to ban PFAS in consumer products
Faced with lengthy delays to a planned EU-wide ban on ‘forever chemicals’, the Swedish government has said it aims to impose a national ban for several product classes by 2028.
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The EU executive has put forward broad proposals charting the course for the bloc’s cornerstone emissions trading system over the next decade, counting on international credits to compensate a significantly lower headline emission reduction rate ⬇️
‘Completely Climate Law proof’: Commission unveils plan for gentler ETS emission cuts
The EU executive has put forward broad proposals charting the course for the bloc’s cornerstone emissions trading system over the next decade, counting on international credits to compensate a signifi...
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National capitals have pushed for extending the circulation of emission allowances under the EU cap and trade scheme to "closer” to 2050, as the European Commission prepares to come forward with a proposal updating to the bloc’s cornerstone climate framework ⬇️
Blocking minority of member states calls for ‘pragmatic’ ETS revision
National capitals have pushed for extending the circulation of emission allowances under the EU cap and trade scheme to "closer” to 2050, as the European Commission prepares to come forward with a pro...
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EXCLUSIVE: The European Parliament’s decision to block new rules stripping soybean-based biofuels of their renewable status has come under criticism from Malaysia’s palm oil industry ⬇️
EXCLUSIVE: Palm oil producers call for ‘consistency’ after MEPs keep soy on EU renewable fuels list
The European Parliament’s decision to block new rules stripping soybean-based biofuels of their renewable status has come under criticism from Malaysia’s palm oil industry, which has accused the EU of...
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LEAK: The European Commission is set to outline measures to incentivise a shift to electric products and domestic power generation that it estimates would halve the EU’s fossil oil consumption by 2040 ⬇️
LEAK: Brussels aims to make Europe world’s first ‘electro-continent’
The European Commission is set to outline measures to incentivise a shift to electric products and domestic power generation that it estimates would halve the EU’s fossil oil consumption by 2040.
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Two researchers behind the sole study relied on by the European Commission to conclude that leather has a limited deforestation footprint have supported a call to maintain the product category within the scope of the EUDR ⬇️
EUDR: Scientists behind key deforestation study challenge exclusion of leather
Two researchers behind the sole study relied on by the European Commission to conclude that leather has a limited deforestation footprint have supported a call to maintain the product category within ...
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The European Commission has repeated warnings about the “load” on the IT system for complying with the EU’s anti-deforestation law if the current scope is maintained, according to a leaked draft, despite having previously said that its IT problems were resolved ⬇️
EUDR: Commission hints at more IT problems should leather remain in scope
The European Commission has repeated warnings about the “load” on the IT system for complying with the EU’s anti-deforestation law if the current scope is maintained, according to a leaked draft, desp...
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Negotiators have reached an agreement on a new legal framework for the ECHA, which will allow the European Parliament and member states to directly request scientific opinions ⬇️
Parliament points to wins in ECHA Basic Regulation deal
Negotiators have reached an agreement on a new legal framework for the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), which will allow the European Parliament and member states to directly request scientific opini...
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Environment ministers have warned that absorbing the LIFE programme into a broader fund could undermine environmental projects and the EU’s green objectives ⬇️
‘LIFE is beautiful’: 14 member states back ring-fenced environmental funding in next EU budget
Environment ministers have warned that absorbing the LIFE programme into a broader fund could undermine environmental projects and the EU’s green objectives.
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The European Commission’s latest omnibus package includes a proposal to drop obligations for white goods and other energy-consuming products sold in the EU to come with the bloc’s ubiquitous printed energy efficiency label ⬇️
Brussels seeks to scrap 24-cent energy efficiency sticker in cost-cutting drive
The European Commission’s latest ‘omnibus’ package includes a proposal to drop obligations for white goods and other energy-consuming products sold in the EU to come with the bloc’s ubiquitous printed...
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LEAK: The European Commission is mulling support for agricultural innovation to make livestock rearing more sustainable, as campaigners criticise the plan for seeking “technofixes” rather than tackling intensive farming practices ⬇️
LEAK: Brussels looks to ‘cutting-edge’ technologies to green intensive farming
The European Commission is mulling support for agricultural innovation to make livestock rearing more sustainable, as campaigners criticise the plan for seeking “technofixes” rather than tackling inte...
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The European Parliament has endorsed plans to deregulate genetically modified crops derived through new genomic techniques, after MEPs cast aside a series of amendments that sought to reinsert provisions included in their original negotiating stance ⬇️
Deregulation of next-gen GMOs clears final hurdle after MEPs give green light
The European Parliament has endorsed plans to deregulate genetically modified crops derived through new genomic techniques, after MEPs cast aside a series of amendments that sought to reinsert provisi...
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Environmental campaigners have criticised the European Parliament’s decision to formally back the EU-US trade agreement, cautioning that it risks perpetuating the EU’s dependence on “dodgy” suppliers of fossil fuels ⬇️
Green groups warn of US fossil fuel ‘dominance’ as MEPs back EU-US trade deal
Environmental campaigners have criticised the European Parliament’s decision to formally back the EU-US trade agreement, cautioning that it risks perpetuating the EU’s dependence on “dodgy” suppliers ...
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The environment commissioner has outlined plans to accelerate work on secondary legislation and guidance for implementing extended producer responsibility schemes for micropollutant treatment, as member states raise concerns about mounting costs ⬇️
Roswall promises to ‘step up’ support to implement EU wastewater rules
The environment commissioner has outlined plans to accelerate work on secondary legislation and guidance for implementing extended producer responsibility schemes for micropollutant treatment, as memb...
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The European Commission has put forward a proposal that would class resource-hungry data centres set up in environmental permitting acceleration zones as being in the overriding public interest ⬇️
Commission proposes ‘faster permitting’ for data centres
The European Commission has put forward a proposal that would class resource-hungry data centres set up in environmental permitting acceleration zones as being in the overriding public interest.
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LEAK: The EU executive is planning to recommend that member states refrain from imposing penalties for imports breaching the Methane Regulation ⬇️
LEAK: Commission plans ‘recommendation’ to hold off enforcement of EU methane law
The EU executive is planning to recommend that member states refrain from imposing penalties for imports breaching the Methane Regulation, in a move criticised by a leading lawmaker as a “confession o...
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The European Parliament’s lead negotiator for a proposed regulation aimed at accelerating the EU’s environmental permitting processes has put forward draft amendments seeking to remove provisions granting priority status for sectors deemed strategic ⬇️
Rapporteur on permitting drops ‘acceleration privileges’ for priority sectors
The European Parliament’s lead negotiator for a proposed regulation aimed at accelerating the EU’s environmental permitting processes has put forward draft amendments seeking to remove provisions gran...
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National envoys in Brussels have agreed to seek to reduce the administrative requirements for conventional aerial spraying of pesticides, through potentially far-reaching amendments to a proposal to exempt drones from an EU ban on the practice ⬇️
Member states push to cut red tape for crop dusting with regular aircrafts
National envoys in Brussels have agreed to seek to reduce the administrative requirements for conventional aerial spraying of pesticides, through potentially far-reaching amendments to a proposal to e...
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A leading S&D lawmaker has criticised the European Commission over apparent efforts to embellish the numbers underpinning a draft proposal to remove leather from the scope of the EU’s anti-deforestation law ⬇️
EUDR: Commission accused of trying to ‘dress up’ decision to exclude leather
A leading S&D lawmaker has criticised the European Commission over apparent efforts to embellish the numbers underpinning a draft proposal to remove leather from the scope of the EU’s anti-deforestati...
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The environment commissioner has indicated that she is open to put forward far-reaching tweaks to the EU’s nature directives, as the Commission moves ahead with a review of the long-standing legislation ⬇️
Roswall ready for ‘bold’ changes to Birds and Habitats Directives
The environment commissioner has indicated that she is open to put forward far-reaching tweaks to the EU’s nature directives, as the Commission moves ahead with a review of the long-standing legislati...
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Chemical safety rules for products used by babies and children under the REACH Regulation are set to be tightened under a proposal set out by the European Commission this week ⬇️
Commission proposes stricter chemical limits for childcare products
Chemical safety rules for products used by babies and children under the REACH Regulation are set to be tightened under a proposal set out by the European Commission this week.
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Leather and retreaded tyres will be removed from the scope of the EU Deforestation Regulation, but the primary legal text will remain unchanged, the European Commission has confirmed ⬇️
Commission stops short of reopening anti-deforestation law
Leather and retreaded tyres will be removed from the scope of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), but the primary legal text will remain unchanged, the European Commission has confirmed.
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Four member states have been referred to the European Court of Justice over energy and environment breaches and Hungary faces further action over its solo interpretation of the Energy Charter Treaty ⬇️
Commission sues Spain over water treatment failures, three member states over renewables
Four member states have been referred to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over energy and environment breaches and Hungary faces further action over its solo interpretation of the Energy Charter Tr...
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The EU executive will seek regulatory “deep cleaning” of climate and environmental laws under a new cross-cutting simplification plan, as promised tweaks to the better regulation guidelines remain on the drawing board ⬇️
‘Deep cleaning’: Commission to target EU green laws in ‘next step’ of simplification drive
The EU executive will seek regulatory “deep cleaning” of climate and environmental laws under a new cross-cutting simplification plan, as promised tweaks to the Better Regulation guidelines remain on ...
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Several national capitals have urged the European Commission to postpone looming requirements under the EU Methane Regulation as part of efforts to safeguard supplies of fossil gas to the EU ⬇️
Five member states call for pause of EU methane rules
Several national capitals have urged the European Commission to postpone looming requirements under the EU Methane Regulation as part of efforts to safeguard supplies of fossil gas to the EU.
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