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Industry’s spin and privileged access to the highest levels of the Commission, alongside the current EU hostility to new green rules and mania for deregulation, appear to have fatally undermined a key European Green Deal ambition.

Harmful chemicals in babies’ pacifiers. ‘Forever chemicals’ / PFAS in dental floss. Known carcinogens in lipstick lids. These are just three examples of toxic chemicals in everyday products that reveal how the EU’s flagship chemicals policy, REACH, is not delivering for citizens.

When a series of power outages hit Europe last year, the finger of blame was quickly – and falsely – pointed to an unlikely source: renewables. Blackouts are being used as a political tool to oppose the energy transition. But they can also become an opportunity for open discussions about energy infrastructure – a topic too often reserved only for technical audiences.

Les demandes de la communauté scientifique de sortir de l'ère de l'agriculture chimique ne sont pas dogmatiques. Les liens entre l'utilisation des pesticides et leur impact sur la santé sont "science-based", comme le veut votre gouvernement. Et à côté des jeunes enfants, des femmes enceintes ou des personnes malades et âgées, la communauté agricole en est la première victime.

Le secrétaire d’État à la Relance, Thomas Dermine, plaide mardi dans L’Echo et De Tijd pour un plan de l’Union européenne à 5.000 milliards d’euros sur dix ans pour le climat, un niveau indispensable à ses yeux si l’Europe veut rester crédible dans ses objectifs climatiques.

Lucrative pay and share options have created an incentive for oil company executives to resist climate action, according to a study that casts doubt on recent net-zero commitments by BP and Shell. Compensation packages for CEOs, often in excess of $10m (£7.2m), are linked to continued extraction of fossil fuels, exploration of new fields and the promotion of strong market demand through advertising, lobbying and government subsidies, the report says.

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