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...

Ground level ozone causes health problems, decreases crop yields and damages the environment. A new report from the European Environmental Agency (EEA) show that the long-term objective (LTO) for...

Environment Action Programmes (EAP) have guided the development of EU environment policy since the early seventies. With the 6th EAP from 2002 now in its final year, it is high time to replace it...

National efficiency standards for appliances, lighting and other equipment will save consumers and businesses more than US$1.1 trillion by 2035, according to the report "The Efficiency Boom:...

The Greenland ice sheet may disappear permanently at a much lower global temperature increase than previously thought, that shows research recently published in Nature and Climate Change....

Speed controls on shipping could save billions in lower ship fuel bills and at the same time cut emissions of carbon dioxide and other air pollutants, according to a new report commissioned by...

According to a group of ten leading environmental organisations in the EU, the negotiations for revising the Gothenburg Protocol of the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP...

Twelve EU members states exceeded one or more of the emission limits set by the EU National Emission Ceilings (NEC) directive that covers four main air pollutants: sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen...

The European Parliament's Environment Committee has voted in favour of EU ship fuel sulphur legislation to be stricter than the standards agreed at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in...

Ozone pollution causes millions of tonnes of crop losses each year – not just in the regions where the air pollutants causing increased ozone levels are emitted, but across continents: Pollutants...

A coalition of 11 states lead by the New York State, have taken legal action after the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) failed to meet an October 2011 deadline for revising the...

The economic crisis have made it cheaper to go beyond 20 per cent carbon emission reductions to 2020 than previously assumed, that is one of the out comes presented in a study from the European...

The World Bank and the US State Department wants to finance a massive new coal-fired power plant in Kosovo. But new studies show that Kosovo does not need a new coal plant - they can achieve their...

Both bird and butterfly communities in Europe have shifted rapidly northward in the past two decades, but compared to the change in average temperatures they are lagging behind. To be in step with...

The largest single emitters of green house gases in the United States, are two coal-fired power plants in Georgia, followed by another one in Alabama, all with emissions exceeding 20 million...

Yesterday the European Commission opened a public consultation on shipping and climate change, with the intention to collect opinions and background...

The TckTckTck campaign is running a call in support of the Kyoto Protocol and to encourage EU leaders to “choose the right magic formula to save the climate and boost the economy”. You can join...