Christian Ernhede

Environment ministers will push for ships to transport polymer pellets below deck as part of their negotiating position on the proposed Plastic Pellets Regulation.

The EU bank is backing a commercial venture seeking to provide clean-up services at thousands of PFAS-polluted sites across Europe.

A frantic call from carmakers for a preemptive derogation from this year’s tightened average CO2 emission limits appears to have fallen on deaf ears.

Climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra restated the European Commission’s opposition to changing the EU’s corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for carmakers, in a written reply on Tuesday to questions from MEPs.

Mitigating aviation emissions remains challenging, according to a new report, amid a prediction that air traffic will expand throughout the first half of this century.

The omnibus simplification package will be a litmus test for a cooperation agreement between centrist political groups in the European Parliament, according to liberal lawmakers.

Member states hope to see a proposal on the EU’s 2040 climate target by June, despite the European Commission giving “no clear indication” on when it will come forward with the overdue bill.

CIimate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra has described US President Donald Trump’s decision to re-exit from the Paris Agreement as a “truly unfortunate development”, while pledging to remain committed to addressing climate change on the global stage.

Ministers are keen to see an “omnibus fleet” of proposals simplifying EU regulations, as the European Commission explores widening the scope of its initial bill scheduled for February.