North Sea oil tanker collision: What do we know?
A crew member is missing and the cargo ship that crashed into a tanker is still on fire. Police are questioning a man in his 50s.
ecology
German authorities must decide who goes thirsty during droughts
A new report pours cold water on German preparedness for dealing with shortages during more frequent dry periods.
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Europe’s emerging centers of power
Four thinkers present their predictions for the next new world order.
Caspian Sea ebbs towards record low
World’s largest inland water body ‘within weeks’ of lowest level as climate change takes toll, says ecology official
China must now lead global warming fight, UN climate chief says
The U.S. has traditionally taken a key leadership role, but Donald Trump’s return has thrown that into doubt.
Spanish floods demonstrate urgent need to adapt and protect
The catastrophe that has struck Spain, a consequence of global warming and the delay in adaptation policies, should come as a powerful warning at a time when political ecology is weakening and climate-related demands are receding.
‘More necessary than the sun’
“Here in Zenica we are all sick, only some don’t know they are sick yet.” Those were the words of an activist I met on my first trip to Bosnia in 2019. Two years later, he died of lung cancer. That was when — and largely why — this project started. Zenica, a city of roughly 100,000 […]
Returning French energy, climate minister will face tough negotiations in Brussels
The return of veteran Agnès Pannier-Runacher as the new French minister for ecology and energy gives the nuclear industry a champion in Brussels, but domestic political instability may limit her negotiating power with the EU.
Saudi oil giant spends well over a billion on ‘sportswashing,’ new report says
Fossil-fuel companies are the new patrons of Big Sport, according to think tank New Weather Institute.
The green leftie lawmaker taking on Europe’s economy
Aurore Lalucq hasn’t always been a fan of financial services firms.
MEP Pascal Canfin aims for pro-nature, pro-farmer cooperation with EPP
In an interview with Euractiv, the outgoing chair of the European Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI), Pascal Canfin, called on lawmakers from the centre-right European People’s Party, who supported farmers’ strikes, to embrace a more ecological …