New rules hasten end for Europe’s dirtiest power plants
Europe’s most polluting power plants, including many large coal-fired power stations, will be forced to clean up or close down thanks to new EU rules adopted today.
National governments must not use legal loopholes to hide failure on air quality
Nine EU Member States have asked the European Commission for permission to pollute above national limits set in EU law.
World governments make citizens pay billions to destroy their own health
The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) has launched the report Hidden Price Tags: How ending fossil fuel subsidies would benefit our health providing the first-ever comparison of fossil fuel subsidies and the costs to health associated with air pollution from fossil fuels.
New Meta-analysis finds that among men from North America, Europe and Australia, sperm concentration has declined more than 50% in less than 40 years
New research released today by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem points to an alarming decline in male reproductive health, and suggests worrying implications for male fertility and reproduction.
Giant weedkiller bottle torn down as Europe debates future of glyphosate
Citizens toppled a giant glyphosate bottle at the Schuman roundabout outside the European Commission to symbolise the demand of over 1.3 million people across Europe calling for a ban of the controversial weedkiller.
NGOs acknowledge vote on first ever EDC criteria – Call on European Parliament to reject flawed criteria for sake of health
Today, representatives of European member states from the EU pesticides committee adopted the criteria that are supposed to be used to identify endocrine disrupting chemicals (or EDCs) in the future.
