The EU executive has put forward broad proposals charting the course for the bloc’s cornerstone emissions trading system over the next decade, counting on international credits to compensate a significantly lower headline emission reduction rate ⬇️

National capitals have pushed for extending the circulation of emission allowances under the EU cap and trade scheme to "closer” to 2050, as the European Commission prepares to come forward with a proposal updating to the bloc’s cornerstone climate framework ⬇️

EXCLUSIVE: The European Parliament’s decision to block new rules stripping soybean-based biofuels of their renewable status has come under criticism from Malaysia’s palm oil industry ⬇️

LEAK: The European Commission is set to outline measures to incentivise a shift to electric products and domestic power generation that it estimates would halve the EU’s fossil oil consumption by 2040 ⬇️

Two researchers behind the sole study relied on by the European Commission to conclude that leather has a limited deforestation footprint have supported a call to maintain the product category within the scope of the EUDR ⬇️

The European Commission has repeated warnings about the “load” on the IT system for complying with the EU’s anti-deforestation law if the current scope is maintained, according to a leaked draft, despite having previously said that its IT problems were resolved ⬇️

Negotiators have reached an agreement on a new legal framework for the ECHA, which will allow the European Parliament and member states to directly request scientific opinions ⬇️

Environment ministers have warned that absorbing the LIFE programme into a broader fund could undermine environmental projects and the EU’s green objectives ⬇️

The European Commission’s latest omnibus package includes a proposal to drop obligations for white goods and other energy-consuming products sold in the EU to come with the bloc’s ubiquitous printed energy efficiency label ⬇️

LEAK: The European Commission is mulling support for agricultural innovation to make livestock rearing more sustainable, as campaigners criticise the plan for seeking “technofixes” rather than tackling intensive farming practices ⬇️

The European Parliament has endorsed plans to deregulate genetically modified crops derived through new genomic techniques, after MEPs cast aside a series of amendments that sought to reinsert provisions included in their original negotiating stance ⬇️

Environmental campaigners have criticised the European Parliament’s decision to formally back the EU-US trade agreement, cautioning that it risks perpetuating the EU’s dependence on “dodgy” suppliers of fossil fuels ⬇️

The environment commissioner has outlined plans to accelerate work on secondary legislation and guidance for implementing extended producer responsibility schemes for micropollutant treatment, as member states raise concerns about mounting costs ⬇️

The European Commission has put forward a proposal that would class resource-hungry data centres set up in environmental permitting acceleration zones as being in the overriding public interest ⬇️

LEAK: The EU executive is planning to recommend that member states refrain from imposing penalties for imports breaching the Methane Regulation ⬇️

The European Parliament’s lead negotiator for a proposed regulation aimed at accelerating the EU’s environmental permitting processes has put forward draft amendments seeking to remove provisions granting priority status for sectors deemed strategic ⬇️

National envoys in Brussels have agreed to seek to reduce the administrative requirements for conventional aerial spraying of pesticides, through potentially far-reaching amendments to a proposal to exempt drones from an EU ban on the practice ⬇️

A leading S&D lawmaker has criticised the European Commission over apparent efforts to embellish the numbers underpinning a draft proposal to remove leather from the scope of the EU’s anti-deforestation law ⬇️

The environment commissioner has indicated that she is open to put forward far-reaching tweaks to the EU’s nature directives, as the Commission moves ahead with a review of the long-standing legislation ⬇️

Chemical safety rules for products used by babies and children under the REACH Regulation are set to be tightened under a proposal set out by the European Commission this week ⬇️

Leather and retreaded tyres will be removed from the scope of the EU Deforestation Regulation, but the primary legal text will remain unchanged, the European Commission has confirmed ⬇️

Four member states have been referred to the European Court of Justice over energy and environment breaches and Hungary faces further action over its solo interpretation of the Energy Charter Treaty ⬇️

The EU executive will seek regulatory “deep cleaning” of climate and environmental laws under a new cross-cutting simplification plan, as promised tweaks to the better regulation guidelines remain on the drawing board ⬇️

Several national capitals have urged the European Commission to postpone looming requirements under the EU Methane Regulation as part of efforts to safeguard supplies of fossil gas to the EU ⬇️

The European Commission president has outlined a series of imminent measures to reduce the EU’s “over-dependency” on fossil fuels, including a renewed push for energy efficiency and greater electrification ⬇️

The EU executive has clarified its stance on the implementation of the EU Methane Regulation, maintaining that it remains committed to plans outlined to energy ministers in December, amid speculation that it is seeking to make the rules more flexible ⬇️

The European Commission’s energy chief has urged member states to consider voluntary demand curtailment for fossil fuels, as energy ministers mull measures to safeguard EU energy supplies ⬇️

LEAK: The Cypriot presidency has distributed a draft compromise on a broadening of the EU’s carbon border tax to downstream products, which largely adheres to the European Commission’s original text ⬇️

ECHA has put forward two long-awaited opinions on a group restriction on PFAS ‘forever chemicals’, with both of its scientific committees tentatively supporting a broad ban on the environmentally persistent substances ⬇️

The EU’s lower court has struck down a European Commission decision to deny public access to details on several controversial pesticide reapprovals, in what campaigners hail as a “major step” towards greater accountability in EU decision-making ⬇️

The European Commission president has pledged €30 billion in financial support for industry decarbonisation projects, funded through the EU emissions trading system, alongside an immediate review of the Market Stability Reserve under the cap and trade scheme ⬇️

The EU Council has called for effective implementation of current legislation setting out sustainability criteria for biomass, but has stopped short of calling for any additional measures ⬇️

The European Commission has outlined plans to tweak the EU’s water protection rules, with restrictions on discharging mining waste in water bodies identified among potential “problems” hindering critical raw materials extraction ⬇️

A coalition of national capitals has warned that suspending or weakening the EU emissions trading system would be a “very worrying” regression ⬇️

LEAK: Environment ministers are set to discuss the revision of several key EU green laws at a meeting next week as part of efforts to meet the bloc’s 2040 climate target ⬇️

Surging oil and gas prices caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran should only serve to speed up Europe’s transition away from fossil fuels, commissioners Dan Jørgensen and Teresa Ribera have said ⬇️

Fossil industry representatives have claimed in a fresh report that oil and gas supplies risk being severely constrained if the EU implements the 2024 Methane Regulation as planned, in what climate campaigners describe as “alarmist” scenarios ⬇️

LEAK: The EU executive is planning to support a swift uptake of small nuclear reactors through the EU’s InvestEU programme, according to a draft of the upcoming Clean Energy Investment strategy ⬇️

The Finnish government has put forward a long list of recent EU climate and environmental legislation it sees as ripe for revision under the bloc’s ongoing “simplification” efforts, including several key Green Deal laws ⬇️

The EU executive has put forward a proposal to grant overriding public interest status to any industrial project set up in dedicated acceleration areas, in an effort aimed at providing “simplified permitting” for heavy industry ⬇️

LEAK: The European Commission is expected to table a more targeted proposal for an Industrial Accelerator Act, according to a fresh draft, limiting priority status designation under the legislation to a handful of sectors including carmaking and steel ⬇️

The European Commission president has committed to move forward with a swift implementation of the recently signed trade agreement with the South American Mercosur bloc, without waiting for Parliament to give its formal consent to the deal ⬇️

Several national capitals have pushed back against efforts spearheaded by Poland to swiftly reduce the cost of CO2 emission permits under the EU’s cap and trade scheme, cautioning against undermining the cornerstone climate framework ⬇️

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The European Commission has given into pressure from national capitals to ditch a proposed restriction on lead bullets, saying that its “potential impact, however small,” on weapons manufacturers trumps their damage to human health and the environment ⬇️

The European Commission has pledged to properly record and explain any future legislative decisions taken urgently, in response to “maladministration” findings from the EU Ombudsman ⬇️

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The recently weakened Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive should be revised if the EU is to fully account for the growing impact of climate change, the bloc’s climate watchdog has said ⬇️

The EU executive is holding a closed-door consultation with select stakeholders this week on the revision of the EU’s longstanding nature directives, in a process criticised by environmental groups as serving industry interests ⬇️

The European Commission is preparing a parallel process to review the full EU statute book, alongside further topic-specific ‘omnibus’ simplification packages, with an action plan on detailed proposals promised “soon” ⬇️