Europe’s energy-intensive industries are facing mounting pressure from persistently high electricity prices, with companies cutting production, delaying investment and warning of long-term damage to the bloc’s industrial base. At a recent Euractiv event on electricity price support, industry representatives and policymakers agreed that while the EU’s energy market design is broadly functioning, it is failing…
Raft of pro-industry demands comes as Brussels prepares reform proposal for July Source link
The European Commission is rejecting demands to clamp down on air travel following an emergency meeting of EU transport ministers amid a deepening concerns over the EU’s dwindling supplies of kerosene. With Western Europe’s most important jet fuel stockpile, the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp cluster, hitting a six-year low, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned reserves could…
It has never been easier to shop. In just a few clicks, young consumers can buy almost anything. But that doesn’t mean that Gen Z and millennial shoppers are apathetic about what they buy. Ethical consumerism is on the rise among young people, who increasingly want their values to be reflected in how they spend their money. That’s why the EU Ecolabel is a valuable…
The RESSOURCE+ Project (“Strengthening Expertise in South Sahara on Birds and their Rational Use for Communities and their Environment”) addresses these challenges and seeks to preserve wetland ecosystems, understand the use of waterbird populations by rural communities, and promote sustainable wetland management. RESSOURCE+ Project seeks innovative solutions and a robust legal framework to balance human…
A new fully accessible classroom has opened at Doncaster’s Yorkshire Rose College, offering a tailored learning environment to support young people who are Deaf, autistic, or have additional communication needs. The college, located on Leger Way in Doncaster and managed by The Carr Fenton Foundation, educates, trains, and supports students with a wide range of…
There’s no garbage truck in Kamikatsu. Instead, the Japanese town’s 1,400 residents take their waste to the local recycling centre, or “Gomi station”, and sort it themselves into one of 40 different categories. There are collection bins for almost everything: toothbrushes, wooden chopsticks, mirrors, mercury thermometers, button batteries, ball-point pens and disposable chopsticks. Reusable items…
A leading scientist has criticised an “appalling” New South Wales government agency decision to stop water flowing to wetlands in the state’s north-west, saying it was “absolutely crazy” that researchers had to scramble to save animals buried in drying mud. Guardian Australia reported on Saturday that turtles, waterbirds, frogs and sheep had died after Water…
The LIFE Calls for proposals 2026 open today. They’re your opportunity to help drive Europe’s green transition by turning your ideas into real investment solutions. Source link
This is my last Making a Difference column for The Irish Times – and in almost two years of writing, I think I’ve radicalised myself. “It will be a regular environmental column, if you had any thoughts on that – a ‘one small change for your family’-type thing.” That was the brief. I was as…
