The EU got 52% of its electricity from renewables in second quarter of 2024
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Sweden abolishes tax on plastic bags despite warnings usage could rise – centre-right coalition government says consumption already below EU target
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Malaysian Palm Oil Council urges EU to delay implementation of deforestation law
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Sweden to kill 20% of its brown bears in annual hunt – conservationists say number of hunting licences granted is too high and condemn it as ‘pure trophy hunting’
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Sweden has cut 80% of its net emissions since 1990 – while growing its economy twofold. How have they done it?
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EU states push past opposition to adopt landmark nature restoration law
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Sweden is set to become the second EU country to ban bottom fishing in marine protected areas
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EU's Green Deal improved its climate performance: a 1.5°C pathway is close
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Plant apocalypse: how new diseases are destroying EU trees and crops
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Switzerland’s climate failures breached human rights, top court rules
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European Commission will open office in Greenland, made strategically important by rare resources and melting ice
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EU countries already hitting some of their sustainable energy targets for 2030 – Study finds ‘systematic progress’ achieved in 2010s with some states reaching targets a decade early
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EU fossil fuel CO2 emissions hit sixty-year low
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A wolf killed EU president Ursula von der Leyen’s family pony, it ignited a high-stakes battle
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Plant-based spread maker tries move into paper-based tubs
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Finland and Italy seek to hinder restrictions on single-use packaging ahead of next week's gathering of EU ministers in Brussels
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Lars Aagaard, Danish climate minister, says farmers deserving most success on the European market should be those who emit the least carbon per tonne of food produced
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Finns have been fishing for herring for generations, but new reduced EU quotas are threatening the traditional livelihoods of coastal communities
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Norway's government risks crisis over a contentious package of EU energy bills
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Air pollution: Nearly everyone in Europe breathing bad air
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Palm oil giants Indonesia, Malaysia start talks with EU over deforestation rule
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European Union greenhouse gas emissions fall 3% in the first quarter
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EU passes nature restoration law in knife-edge vote
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Sweden finds explosive traces at Nord Stream blast sites, confirms sabotage
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In Finland, where forests cover around 75% of land, the EU's upcoming biodiversity strategy has sparked outrage in the forestry industry, as well as the government
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Norway says ‘no’ to a gas price cap – Oslo's gas payday is equivalent to about £350 for each Norwegian man, woman and child
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Can Finland and Sweden help decarbonize EU economies? Geopolitical realities and pandemic-related supply chain issues are increasing the pressure on EU
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Continued drop in EU’s greenhouse gas emissions confirms achievement of 2020 target
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Finland, Sweden and Norway to cull wolf population – conservation groups appeal to EU to take action against slaughter they allege flouts rules
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Clear-cutting has become a political issue after the EU said the technique should be approached with caution, and called for Sweden to protect more of its forests
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The global campaign to make environmental destruction an international crime
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Lahti in Finland is the European Green Capital for 2021 – a recognition from Brussels for cities that have impressive environmental credentials
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Climate Change Performance Index – Scandinavian countries power the European Union's climate action but coal-reliant eastern member states lag behind
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Greta Thunberg has accused MEPs of surrendering on the climate and environment by voting in favour of a watered-down reform of the EU's common agricultural policy
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Can we save energy, jobs, and growth at the same time?
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Swedish teenage activist Greta Thunberg says EU legislation to tackle climate change is a surrender
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EU states clash over use of toxic mercury in light bulbs – lighting industry's exemption from 2011 ban may jeopardise climate goals says Sweden
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Invasion of the ‘Frankenbees’: The danger of building a better bee
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The US pesticide industry's playbook for avoiding neonicotinoid bans
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The European Union, Iceland and Norway agree to deepen their cooperation in climate action
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Europe's top court has upheld the strict protection that EU law offers to Finnish wolves and other species
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Amazon fires: Brazil threatened over EU trade deal
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EU commission president nominee backs 50% carbon cut by 2030
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Helsinki sustainability celebrated as Finland takes over EU presidency
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Sweden's government wants to look into a ban on plastic cups and food containers
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EU climate deal fails amid four-nation revolt
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Summit leak reveals EU rift on climate change
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Single-use plastics ban approved by European Parliament
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Why Nord Stream 2 is the world’s most controversial energy project
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