world news What is the EU Green Week and how can you participate? The annual event, which brings interested parties together to debate the bloc's environmental policy, kicks off today (Monday). 31/05/2021
Unreported Europe The real cost of Portugal’s lithium boom How Portugal has the upper hand in Europe's lithium reserves - in this week's Unreported Europe on Euronews. 23/04/2021
Europe News MEPs vote to place carbon tax on select imports from outside EU The European Parliament voted for the European Commission to come up with a legislative proposal to stop so-called 'carbon leakage'. 11/03/2021
Unreported Europe Illegal landfill sites along rivers in the Balkans are causing an ecology disaster Unreported Europe takes a look at how rubbish is ending up in rivers in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro. Environmentalists have condemn this situation, which has been happening for the last 25 years. 19/02/2021
United Kingdom Coroner rules air pollution was cause of death of girl in UK first In what is thought to be the first case of its kind, a coroner has ruled that air pollution contributed to the death of a nine-year-old girl in London. 16/12/2020
Unreported Europe Romania’s coal heartland embraces Green New Deal Romania's industrial Jiu Valley has been tied to fluctuations in the fortunes of coal for a century and a half. But soon the coal will be gone. Is the EU's help to make the transition going to be enough to provide a worthwhile and sutainable future for its residents? 13/11/2020
world news Air pollution costs Europeans billions in health costs, report says Air pollution costs the average European city resident €1,276 per year, a report for the European Public Health Alliance has concluded. 21/10/2020
Europe News EU climate law explained: Europe's plan to hit carbon net-zero The EU wants the world's first climate law in place to tackle climate change, but a battle is brewing over how much emissions should be reduced by 2030 to hit green goals. 07/10/2020
Europe News The Battle for Brussels roads It is one of the most congested capitals in Europe, and a new transport minister hopes to strike a balance between helping people get around and cutting carbon emissions. 11/12/2019
Good Morning Europe Meet the Finnish CEO who wants to make plastic sustainable Woodly Oy has been working on a carbon-neutral plastic substitute that's made out of plant cells from sustainably managed forests. 19/11/2019
Unreported Europe Pesticides: a threat to public health? France's toxic debate France plans to introduce buffer zones between crops fields and residential areas, to comply with EU rules. The debate has become toxic in many parts of the country, where tensions run high between residents worried about their health, and farmers concerned about their future. 08/11/2019
Europe News More plastic than fish: beach cleanup highlights Europe's plastic problem Experts warn that if nothing is done, the ocean could contain more plastic than fish by 2050. For the UN, governments need to more to implement legislation, whilst individuals also have a roll to play. 18/09/2019
Europe News Sea life at risk if EU countries don't achieve marine protection goals International targets for protecting biodiversity appear to be out of reach. By 2020, countries with a coastline must establish Marine Protected Areas to ensure the conservation of wildlife and flora. According to a study by the WWF, the European Union is far from leading the way. 11/09/2019
France 'Trash cows': Farm animals swallow metal and plastic waste Some 60,000 cows in France develop tumours and infections every year because of waste they ingest. 23/02/2019
Unreported Europe Poland's coal conundrum In this episode of Insiders Euronews travels to Poland to look at the country's deadly dependence on coal. 21/12/2018
Unreported Europe What's behind Poland's love affair with coal? Euronews' Sophie Claudet and Valerie Gauriat discuss the reasons behind Poland's continued dependence on coal. 21/12/2018
Unreported Europe Poland's coal paradox Host of the #Cop24 Poland heavily depends on coal and tops the list of Europ's most polluting and CO2 emitting countries. Insiders takes you on a journey from the Czech Republic to the heart of Silesia, Poland's realm of coal, to hear from those to whom coal is either a lifeline or a plague. 21/12/2018
Unreported Europe "Insiders" talks to all sides on the great German coal divide Despite its Green credentials Germany is a heavy user of coal, especially lignite, which comes from Europe's biggest opencast strip-mine. Now it wants to expand, but first it has to expel protesters from what remains of Hambach forest, which is due to disappear. 28/09/2018
Unreported Europe "Insiders" gets an expert's case against coal Germany, a heavy user of dirty coal, has a high profile as an environmental leader, but that paradox has to change and the arguments for phasing out this fossil fuel are, says one expert, incontrovertible. 28/09/2018
Unreported Europe German energy giant clears climate protesters from Hambach forest Central Europe's last primordial forest in Germany is about to be obliterated to dig up dirty and inefficient lignite coal, despite Berlin's trumpeted green credentials. Insiders talks to all sides of the story, but RWE refuses to comment. 28/09/2018
Europe News Brief from Brussels: Plastic is not fantastic In this edition of the Brief from Brussels: The EU draws the battle lines against plastics, announcing plans to ban single-use products, amid 28/05/2018
Europe News EU pollution: "My patience is running thin" - Commissioner An estimated 400,000 people a year die because of poor air quality in the EU 30/01/2018
Europe News EU energy plan - will it go far enough? It is all about limiting climate change and boosting sustainability. 29/11/2016
Unreported Europe Climate change's devastating effects on Europe's nature, health and economy Global warming is expected to continue with its share of devastating weather patterns: heavy rainfalls, floods, extreme droughts and lasting effects on nature, the economy and people’s… 11/11/2016
Unreported Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina: dying for coal On all Saints day, people had come from all parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and even from abroad, to honour their loved ones at the cemetary of the Divkovici village, in Bosian and… 11/11/2016
Europe News EU defends global aviation emissions deal EU officials have defended a global deal on aviation emissions. 07/10/2016
