New deal on air pollution is a missed opportunity

Photo: Paul Falardeau/Creative Commons Parties to the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution reached a deal on amending the 1999 Gothenburg Protocol on air pollution at a meeting in Geneva last Friday.

Warming in Europe greatest in the northeast

In northeastern Scandinavia, the temperature can increase by as much as 6°C in the coming century as compared to the reference period 1960-1990, according to experts from the European Environment Agency (EEA). Also areas around the Mediterranean and in Eastern Europe ..

Final countdown for Energy Efficiency Directive

Only three months to go before the directive that could mean thousands of green jobs is to be finalised, but the Council is instead heading in a direction that could even water down existing legislation.