French lower house agrees with climate law, speed limit on highway does not pass
A new French climate law has been approved by Parliaments lower house. According to critics, the plans do not go far enough. The law includes a …
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French climate law takes first hurdle in parliament
The climate law of French President Macron has taken a first hurdle in parliament. A large majority of the lower house has agreed to the law, …
Victory Fridays for Future: German climate law partly against constitution
The German climate law is partly unconstitutional, the German Constitutional Court has ruled. The government must define more precisely how it intends to achieve its climate …
Court: German Government needs to tighten climate law
The German government has to tighten the climate law of 2019, according to the highest court in the country. The adjustments must be made by the end …
Timmermans: The Netherlands must take a step on climate policy
The new cabinet will have to take a step on climate policy. That says Commissioner Frans Timmermans, who is dealing with climate change. He warns that …
Day after promise on countering deforestation cuts Bolsonaro quarter on environmental budget
One day after a striking commitment to invest heavily in combating deforestation, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has just announced a substantial cut. The Ministry of the …
Bolsonaro wants to stop deforestation Amazon, ‘but no one believes him’
If US President Biden makes a deal that could stop deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, it sounds like good news for environmental organisations. Yet they are …
Global leaders make commitments on climate
A virtual climate summit with 40 world leaders made all kinds of commitments on tackling climate change. US President Biden announced at the start that the US …
Climate vandals Extinction Rebellion destroy bank office in London
Members of the Extinction Rebellion climate action group have placed windows at the headquarters of the large bank HSBC on Thursday. At least nineteen windows of …
Biden comes up with ambitious plan and wants to halve greenhouse gas emissions in the coming years
US President Joe Biden is going to announce a much more ambitious climate policy on Thursday. He wants to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50 to 52 percent …
Alarming climate reports prior to Biden climate summit
US President Biden has announced that the United States will reduce fossil fuel emissions by 50 to 52 percent by 2030 compared to 2005, as Biden did at the start …
Clover, Ploumen, Marijnissen at informateur: lack of confidence in Rutte big problem
For the left-wing party leaders Klaver van GroenLinks, Ploumen of the PvdA and Marijnissen of the SP, the question of trust around VVD leader Rutte is …
EU comes up with green list for investors, decisions on gas and nuclear power pushed forward
What is sustainable? And what should a green label get? The European Commission has drawn up a list of green industries, also known as taxonomy. As …
EU agrees to reduce 55 percent CO2 emissions by 2030
Negotiators from the European Parliament and EU Member States agreed last night on a new European climate law. It states that the European Union will be …
EU agrees on 55% reduction of CO2 emissions by 2030
Representatives of the 27 countries of the European Union have reached an agreement on raising the climate targets. The target of 40% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2030 compared …
Informateur puts on coalition agreement on main lines, recovery after corona central
Informer Tjeenk Willink believes that the formation should lead to a coalition agreement on the main lines. In a note he has sent to all the …
US and China want to tackle climate crisis together despite all tensions
The United States and China agreed in Shanghai to cooperate in addressing the climate crisis. The American climate envoy John Kerry held two days in Shanghai …
Dimming the sun as an emergency brake against climate change?
Global warming continues: the year 2020 ranks first as the warmest year ever measured. As the effects of climate change become more and more profound, the call …
France wants to ban short flights for the environment, but ‘effect is minimal’
The French Parliament has approved a bill which bans domestic flights to destinations that can be reached within 2.5 hours by train. The law should contribute to …
British climate activists break windows from bank headquarters
In London, members of climate action group Extinction Rebellion broke several windows from the headquarters of Barclays. Pictures show that they used hammers and chisels. The …
Sweden puts after criticism stripe by experiment to dim sunlight
Sweden has stripped through a scientific experiment that could dim sunlight. The aim of the technology is to slow down climate warming.
Both environmental groups and …
Room angry about school that forced students to come out of the closet: ‘Very unsafe’
The House of Representatives reacts angered and bewildered to an article in NRC about the reformatory school community Gomarus in Gorinchem. Old secondary school students say …
Again clashes between police and demonstrators in Bristol, 10 arrests
Last night, a protest in the English city of Bristol resulted in another crackdown between riot police and demonstrators. For the third time in a week, …
Large polluters help to achieve climate targets, if the cabinet is keen
It sounds contradictory, but the industry with the largest CO2 emissions is helping the next cabinet to meet the climate targets in 2030. This morning, large companies …