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Commission steps up EU action to protect and restore the world’s forests

Today the European Commission adopted a comprehensive Communication setting out a new framework of actions to protect and restore the world's forests, which host...

EU labels palm oil in diesel as unsustainable

The European Commission today decided that palm oil is not a green fuel and should not be promoted because it causes deforestation. The use...

Indonesia to challenge EU palm oil rules

The European Union’s directive on renewable energy is being challenged by Indonesia, the world’s top producer of palm oil. The Southeast Asian country is...

Palm oil and soy oil for biofuels linked to high rates of deforestation – study

A significant share of palm oil and soybean expansion happens on rainforests, forests, peatland and savannahs (land with high carbon stocks), according to a...

Apes protest EU rules on palm oil

To protest the deforestation caused by the use of palm oil in biofuels, orangutans – activists in ape costumes – are slated to rally...

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Provisional deal on the 2025 EU Budget reached between Parliament and Council on Saturday

  On Saturday morning, negotiators from the European Parliament and...

Levent Kurnaz: the Caspian Sea will dry out if we don’t change agricultural practices

A physicist by training, Professor Levent Kurnaz is the...

EU fines Facebook over Marketplace’s antitrust breach

The European Commission fined Facebook’s parent company Meta for...

Airbus CEO claims SpaceX would fail Europe’s antitrust test

Antitrust regulations would have kept the Elon Musk reusable...

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