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The EU Commission proposal to reduce the use of pesticides in the EU, a pillar of the EU Green Deal, is dead in the water.

The EU Commission proposal to reduce the use of pesticides in the EU, a pillar of the EU Green Deal, is dead in the water.

DeSmog reveals how deep ties between farming lobby groups and EU politicians, are blocking Farm to Fork and pesticide use reforms.

As Europe prepares to vote on flagship green laws, over 3,000 academics condemn "lack of scientific evidence" in arguments used by opponents.

Agricultural chemicals drive falls of 30% in populations of field birds and butterflies, says Pesticide Atlas

A week ahead of the planned publication of the “EU Nature Protection Package”, and with rumors of a second delay persisting, 24 European environment and health groups, farmer organisations and farm worker trade union jointly call on the EU Commission to maintain its ambition and introduce strong and binding targets to avoid the EU Green

The European Commission has pushed back the tabling of its 'Nature protection package', which included the proposal to slash the use and risk of chemical pesticides in half by 2030 and nature restoration targets which aim at halting biodiversity loss in Europe.

EIB spent €890m on fossil gas since phase out pledge, activists say The European Investment Bank (EIB) has invested €890m in gas projects since it pledged to phase out investments into fossil fuels by 2022, contradicting the banks "gas is over" narrative, activists say. The EUs Green New Deal is meant to see the EIB becoming the climate bank for the bloc In 2019, the EIB pledged to phase out fossil fuel investment by 2022 as part of an attempt to transform itself into Europe’s climate b...