Environment

Kent County Council is the latest Reform UK-led authority to hit teething problems amid a row over cost-cutting in home-to-school transport

Potentially high-risk projects will be a major test for the much-hyped ‘British Ørsted’

Carola Rackete will exit the European Parliament a year after being elected as an MEP.

It’s yet another blow for the Commission in its effort to get the anti-deforestation law up and running.

It comes after the EU downgraded wolf protections to make it easier for farmers to kill animals that threaten their herds.

Ville Niinistö, the lead MEP for the bill, also wants to explore including oil in the proposed ban.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe has presented a darker view on social media.

While some politicians go red in the face trying to make their contemporaries pay attention to climate change, others are trying to make political hay while the sun is shining.

The due diligence law was meant to bring EU-style protections to global supply chains. Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz helped all but kill it.

Ursula von der Leyen wants the EU to team up with a 12-nation Pacific trade group. That could serve as a new platform for fans of rules-based trade.

“They recognize that the world is changing,” PM Keir Starmer said.

The ‘bat mitigation tunnel’ is designed to protect wildlife from Britain’s High Speed Rail 2 project — but it’s enraging ministers as cost projections climb.

The leaked proposal also weakens rules on advertising hazardous chemicals. Consumer groups warned it was a health risk.

The vice president of the EU executive pressured the environment commissioner over several days to preserve the law.

The proposed law preventing companies from making misleading environmental claims now looks unlikely to be enacted.

The EU executive will abandon its green claims directive after right-wing lawmakers vowed to block it in the Parliament.

The U.K. government is set to respond to a legal judgment on long-term emissions issued last summer.

Greek officials complained Turkey’s plan split the Aegean Sea in half, claiming maritime zones of numerous Greek islands.

An early version of the 2040 climate target aligns with a German proposal on limiting CO2 offsets, officials familiar with discussions say.

Municipal and regional leaders from the Socialist Party fear the politically compromised prime minister is harming their electoral prospects.