Valentina Romano

After a unanimous vote in the legal affairs committee last week, the European Parliament adopted on Wednesday (29 March) its position on the protection of the environment through criminal law, including a definition of ecocide backed by stricter penalties.

Is Germany still the climate champion it pretends to be?

The revision of the Renewable Energy Directive sets ambitious targets for renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBOs) in industry and transport. Pia Kerres, Corinna Klessmann and Matthias Schimmel reflect on the RFNBO provisions and the investment signals they send to the evolving European hydrogen market.

Italy tables 'drought' decree to address severe water crisis

Environmental groups took the European Commission to court on Tuesday (18 April) after the EU executive rejected their request to withdraw fossil gas from the EU’s sustainable finance taxonomy.

After the world celebrated Earth Day on Saturday (22 April), now is a good moment to take stock of the environmental destruction brought by the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine, writes Valentina Romano.

The draft regulation on packaging and packaging waste has sparked a debate regarding some of the proposed targets, particularly the targets for reusable packaging in takeaway consumption. However, some experts argue that reuse could be an effective solution for reducing the environmental impact of packaging.

An ambitious new law to reduce methane emissions in the energy sector was approved by the European Parliament on Tuesday (9 May), despite a last-minute attempt by the far-right and conservative lawmakers to water down the regulation.

Berlin’s push for an EU-wide electricity tariff for industry has underlined the complex web of energy taxation and compensation schemes currently in place across the European Union, writes Nikolaus J. Kurmayer.

As the European Union reaches the end of a five-year political cycle focused on the adoption of new legislation under its European Green Deal agenda, it is only common sense that the next phase should focus on implementation and delivery.