Finnish Environment Minister Kai Mykkänen has voiced concerns over the European Union’s overextension in its climate and forest management directives, advocating for a shift in focus towards a more balanced approach to agriculture and forestry in future Commission work. This critique comes in response to the political backlash against theContinue Reading
The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC), Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), Greenpeace, Seas at Risk (SAR), Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) welcome the adoption of Resolution B9-0095/2024 by the European Parliament regarding Norway’s decision to advance deep-sea mining in the Arctic. The adoption ofContinue Reading
Incoming Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Emma Kari (Green), considers the outcome of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, which ended this weekend, to be better than expected in some ways. Interviewed on Yle TV1 on Monday morning, Kari noted that while climate conferences often end in disappointment,Continue Reading
Üru’s Hunters’ Society believes the Environmental Board is eavesdropping on radio frequencies made for hunting and is distributing orders through the station. The board has carried out surveillance this way since 2009. The group is consulting with the Technical Surveillance Authority and the Justice of Chancellor. The board’s chief inspectorContinue Reading
Swiss meteorologist Jörg Kachelmann calls it “the dumbest energy and environmental policy ever”. Now, finally, after years of being warned, Germany’s mainstream media are finally showing signs of waking up to it. Germany’s flagship ARD public broadcasting recently presented a report earlier today about how “CO2 neutral” wood burning isContinue Reading