Chemicals
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Top EU officials have toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in their blood
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Glyphosate: Raft of legal challenges launched against EU approval
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EU bends own pesticide rules, secret legal opinion finds
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Chemicals ban could derail EU’s chips ambitions, lobbies warn
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis launch missile at Norwegian tanker
Militants claim they targeted the Strinda because it was heading for Israel.
Trump who? Republicans in Dubai try to carve out their own climate agenda.
GOP lawmakers came to the U.N. climate summit to promote a vision that champions U.S. fossil fuels and nuclear energy while acknowledging the need to cut carbon. It’s unclear how much that will matter if the former president regains the White House.
Low-speed zone: Europe’s super crops revolution hits bottleneck
Brussels’ bid to fast-track looser rules for new genetically engineered plants is showing fractures, as more questions than answers arise.
Biden’s EPA launches crackdown on planet-warming methane
The rule’s 3 a.m. rollout was timed to coincide with the ongoing UN climate talks in Dubai.
The lobbying battle over setting new EU limits on a cancer-causing chemical
Brussels wanted to set very low limits on benzene; a fuel lobby argued that was ‘overly conservative.’
Unveiling the power of Hydrogen in Europe: It’s time to execute
The EU has already made strides with hydrogen energy – but there’s so much more that can be done in order to secure a more sustainable and secure future.
Conservative backlash kills off EU’s Green Deal push to slash pesticide use
Defeat marks a “dark day” for European society, the environment and farmers, says lawmaker who led negotiations on the bill.
Proposed mandatory reuse rules jeopardizing world’s best recycling system
Crucial EU vote on Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation could result in a rule intended to prevent waste including a loophole that causes a mountain of it.
Germany and UK in talks over 400-mile hydrogen pipeline under the North Sea
The proposals are at an early stage, with ideas under consideration including a direct route between the two countries, or alternatively going via Norway.
10 more years: Emmanuel Macron’s broken glyphosate promise
Despite pledging to ban the herbicide, France abstained in an EU vote, meaning it will survive at least another 10 years.
Political will and collaboration needed to redesign plastics system
Industry identifies ‘Plastics Transition’ roadmap milestone: a dynamic cultural shift toward making plastics circular; driving lifecycle emissions to net zero; and fostering the sustainable use of plastics.
EU offers more cash to fertilizer makers over fears of new energy crunch
The gas-dependent sector made record profits last year by raising fertilizer prices well above the increase in their production costs.
Right-wing lawmakers poised to weaken EU pesticide bill
Unless a fragile liberal and left-wing coalition can stop them.
PTFE ban: The hidden consumer costs and employment losses
The PFAS restriction proposal that is under consideration by European authorities would jeopardize EU flagship industries, including cookware, and deprive consumers of safe and durable products.
Glyphosate should be allowed in farming for another 10 years, Brussels says
EU countries are expected to discuss the Commission’s proposal on Friday, followed by a vote on October 13.
Knowledge gaps for perishable liquid food packs threaten Green Deal
Analysis of food packaging studies reveals significant evidence gaps for policymakers deliberating on packaging reuse targets in proposed EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation
Can innovation help farmers adapt to climate change?
Defusing the Baltic Sea’s ‘ticking time bomb’
Brussels hopes to speed up efforts to clean up sea-dumped munitions.
Trump’s return strikes fear into the heart of Brussels
The Republican frontrunner is threatening to impose across-the-board import tariffs if he’s reelected. EU negotiators are already freaking out.
Pharma, agri companies face threat of EU ban on some ‘forever chemicals’
Draft opinion is likely to spook the billion-dollar industries, which rely heavily on the chemicals.
5 green problems created by Timmermans quitting the EU Commission
Frans Timmermans dives back into Dutch politics at a crucial time for climate action.
Diluted not dead: Europe waters down its pesticide reduction act
A controversial plan to reduce use of chemical pesticides should pass in reduced form — but is unlikely to be abandoned.