Tag: European Union
EU bans new sales of new fossil fuel powered cars and...
“Today’s vote is a historic vote for the ecological transition… it is a victory for our planet and our populations.”
Flush with record profits, Exxon sues to block EU windfall tax
Exxon has also been rewarding its top executives, boosting the annual salary of CEO Darren Woods from $1.70 million to $1.88 million for the coming year.
The US is ‘out of step’ on primate research with the...
While the European Union votes to phase out animal research, the United States wants more.
‘Dark day for everyone who believes in justice’: UK Tories defeat...
The British Conservative Party has won a decisive majority in Thursday’s general election paving the way for Britain’s exit from the European Union by Jan. 31.
The world is uniting for international law, against US empire
“We oppose the extraterritorial application of unilateral measures.“
Russia and the future of Europe
With EU elections approaching, the Kremlin has backed some of the most noxious reactionaries now operating on the world scene.
EU bans neonicotinoid insecticides everywhere except greenhouses
The risk neonicotinoid insecticides poses on both honeybees and wild bees as well as concerns for food production and the environment brought the EU to its announcement on Friday.
Europe and the Middle East are both on the verge of...
From Catalonia to Kurdistan, long simmering regions are clamoring for their own states. But what good is being a state anymore?
European glyphosate safety report copy-pasted Monsanto study
"Whether this is a question of negligence or intent, it is completely unacceptable for government bodies to pass off industry analysis as their own."
VICTORY: Ireland bans fracking
Ireland joins France, Germany and Bulgaria in banning fracking onshore.
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Western monarch butterfly population reaches its highest number since 2000
“It is difficult to watch monarch butterflies and their extraordinary migration teeter on the edge of collapse, but there are signs of hope.”
Covering (up) antiwar protest in US media
The national press is a no show.
California passes law to fine oil companies over price gouging
The new law prohibiting fuel price gouging will go into effect June 26.
US auctions giant stretch of Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas drilling
Coming on the heels of the Willow decision, this certainly feels like another step backwards in the fight against climate change, which this administration has said is an existential threat.”
To hell and back
It is time to set in motion policies that would uplift veterans instead of pouring yet more staggering sums into a military that’s only sent so many of us to hell and back in this century?