Environment
Banks mask lending to polluters with PR greenwash, ECB blog says
FRANKFURT, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Euro zone banks talking the most about climate change are the biggest lenders to polluting industries and…
In UN talks for a global plastic treaty, delegates to face off over production limits
By Valerie Volcovici Nov 12 (Reuters) - As the world's nations enter another round of talks this week on creating a first-ever…
EU agrees on contested law to restore nature
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, (Reuters) - The European Union agreed on Thursday to pass a fiercely contested law to restore degraded natural…
World on brink of environmental tipping points, UN says
By David Stanway SINGAPORE, Oct 25 (Reuters) - The world is heading towards a series of environmental "tipping points" that could cause…
Dozens of nations to sign U.N. ocean treaty but implementation still awaits
By Daina Beth Solomon Sept 20 (Reuters) - A new U.N. treaty to protect the world's oceans is expected to be signed…
Pope decries ‘terrible world war’ on environment, announces new writing
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Pope Francis, announcing that he will issue a new document on the protection…
Pope Francis pledges updates to landmark document on world environmental crisis
Pope Francis said on Monday that he was writing a follow-up to his landmark 2015 encyclical on the protection of the environment…
Italy earmarks 2.9 million euros to tackle blue crab invasion
ROME, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Italy's government has earmarked 2.9 million euros ($3.2 million) to tackle the spread of a particularly aggressive…
Italy’s clam industry under threat from blue crab ‘invasion’
By Alvise Armellini ROME, (Reuters) - A particularly aggressive crab species from the western Atlantic is threatening Italy's role as one of…
Deep-sea mining could impact tuna fisheries, study says
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Deep-sea mining could interfere with migration of tuna that is expected to be driven by climate change to areas…
EU Parliament passes nature law after political backlash
By Kate Abnett and Marine Strauss BRUSSELS, July 12 (Reuters) - The European Parliament voted to pass the EU's flagship law to…
EU nature law on knife-edge after losing first vote
European Union Parliament committee on Tuesday rejected the bloc's landmark law to protect nature, which the Parliament's biggest lawmaker group is leading…