Just Stop Oil activists get taste of their own medicine
The radical activists behind UK-based Just Stop Oil are renowned for their disruptive methods and often draw public criticism.
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Greta Thunberg avoids jail after climate-protest guilty verdict
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has managed to avoid jail time despite being found guilty of disobeying police during an environmental protest in June.
German Greens may ban strawberry and tomato farming
The German Green party is pushing for a ban on farming strawberries and tomatoes.
Scotland has felled more than 16 million trees to make way for wind farms
The Scottish Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon, from the Scottish National Party (SNP), has admitted that almost 16 million trees have been felled since the…
Waking up to reality: There is a Europe wide push back against net zero
It is the very nature of reality to always reassert itself.
Mélenchon: ‘Only revolutionary action’ can stop climate change
Only “revolutionary action” is now able to save the world from climate change, senior leftist La France Insoumise (LFI) politician Jean-Luc Mélenchon has claimed.
UK wins Tata nod for new ‘gigafactory’ in boost for post-Brexit car industry
The post-Brexit British car industry received a welcome boost after the UK saw off rival Spain as the location of choice for Indian giant Tata Group's new multi-billion…
Should German workers take siestas? Doctors say ‘yes’
The extremely high temperatures in parts of Europe this summer has led a doctors' organisation in Germany to suggest the introduction of a new daily work schedule…
Poland sues Brussels, seeking to overturn ‘authoritarian’ environment policies
Poland’s Minister of Climate and Environment Anna Moskwa announced on July 17 that Warsaw had filed three complaints to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) related…
Euro 2024 football tournament to push vegan food and ‘all-gender toilets’
The Euro 2024 football tournament will promote vegan food and "all-gender toilets" as part of a major "diversity and inclusion" drive, organisers have announced.
No exceptions for EU petrol-car ban, says Brussels green tsar
The European Union will ban production of all vehicles that emit CO2 from 2035 onwards, insisted Frans Timmermans, European Commission Executive Vice-President for…
Volkswagen in dire straits as electric-car bubble bursts
German carmaker Volkswagen is struggling over a collapse in sales of electric vehicles, with the future of the giant motor manufacturer “at stake”, according…
Climate extremists blockade major German cities
Climate extremists in Germany set up a series of human blockades in major cities throughout the country on July 14, with some said to be gluing themselves to the…
Extremists doing ‘massive damage to green cause’, German minister says
Germany’s Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and Green Party member Robert Habeck has accused climate radicals of doing "massive damage" to the environmentalist…
Greta Thunberg gives MEPs ‘middle finger’ in European Parliament
Swedish teenage eco-activist Greta Thunberg is once again in the spotlight after being pictured giving MEPs the “middle finger” in the European Parliament.
Eco-activists claim they carried out Munich arson attacks
Left-wing climate activists have claimed responsibility for a series of arson attacks targeting 4x4 vehicles in Munich, Germany.
Cattle farms to escape green law after European Parliament change of heart
The European Parliament says cows’ notoriously gaseous discharges should be exempt from stringent environmental rules proposed under the Industrial Emissions Directive,…
Spanish minister’s bike stunt backfires at energy summit
Spain’s ecology minister Teresa Ribera struck what appeared to be an environmentally conscious stance by arriving at a climate summit on a bicycle on July 11.
WATCH: Farmers take on Greta Thunberg outside European Parliament
Farmers have faced-off against Swedish teenage eco-activist Greta Thunberg outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg over the EU's nature restoration law.
Brussels’ eco-friendly pool shut over poor hygiene
An experimental outdoor swimming pool in Brussels is to remain shut as its eco-friendly filtration system is unable to keep the water clean.
European Food Safety Authority gives green light for controversial herbicide
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has no objections to the re-approval of the weedkiller glyphosate, despite the World Health Organisation’s International Agency for Research on Cancer…
German Government in chaos after court blocks ‘green’ vote
Germany's so-called 'traffic light' coalition government is in turmoil after a decision by the country's top court to block forthcoming votes on a key piece of environmental…
Timmermans takes heat after linking deadly summer storm to climate change
Frans Timmermans, Vice-President of the European Commission and a lead advocate for the European Green Deal, is facing a barrage of criticism after connecting a…
Greta Thunberg to appear in court over oil terminal protest
World-renowned Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is to appear in court after being charged with a criminal offence, according to media reports on July 5.
Environmentalists try to ban Rammstein rock concerts in name of bird protection
Popular German heavy-metal rock band Rammstein is facing some unpleasant feedback in the Netherlands;
EU set to exit from controversial energy charter treaty
The European Union is set to announce this week its withdrawal from the controversial Energy Charter Treaty, after a small group of nations argued that it clashes…
Watered down GMO Bill seen as sop to rogue EPP members
The move was “a very clear political message” to coax Manfred Weber's centre-right European People's Party (EPP) Group back to supporting Ursula von der Leyen's…
Germany now an energy importer after ditching nuclear power
Now that Germany has done away with nuclear power, the consequences of that decision are becoming clearer;
Two dead after EU-funded hybrid car prototype explodes in Italy
Two researchers died after being severely injured when an EU-funded prototype hybrid electric car exploded in Naples, Italy.
Germany sees investors fleeing amid economic downturn
Germany has seen investors fleeing the country at record levels as it enters its worst economic downturn in years.