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Satellite Image: North Sea, offshore wind farms (s. renewable energy)
Image of the day: Renewable energy sites in the North SeaNews

Image of the day: Renewable energy sites in the North Sea

Offshore wind farms in the North Sea are central to Europe’s clean energy expansion, supplying growing amounts of renewable energy while reducing reliance on imported…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskNovember 19, 2025 Full article
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EU states back new delay to anti-deforestation rulesNews

EU states back new delay to anti-deforestation rules

Brussels, Belgium | AFP EU member states Wednesday backed a new one-year delay to sweeping anti-deforestation rules that have hit a wall of opposition from businesses…
SourceSourceNovember 19, 2025 Full article
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Draft COP30 agreement a ‘mixed bag’: EU climate chief to AFPNews

Draft COP30 agreement a ‘mixed bag’: EU climate chief to AFP

Belém, Brazil | AFP EU climate chief Wopke Hoekstra on Tuesday ruled out revisiting financial pledges or being "lured into a phony conversation about trade" after…
SourceSourceNovember 18, 2025 Full article
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EU tells COP30 carbon pricing is needed ‘as quickly as possible’News

EU tells COP30 carbon pricing is needed ‘as quickly as possible’

Belém, Brazil | AFP The European Union's climate chief told COP30 on Monday it was time to impose the broadest possible carbon pricing scheme, defending an…
SourceSourceNovember 17, 2025 Full article
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EU parliament greenlights 2040 climate target with sweetenersNews

EU parliament greenlights 2040 climate target with sweeteners

Brussels, Belgium | AFP The European Parliament approved on Thursday the European Union's carbon emission-reduction target for 2040, broadly backing a painstaking compromise struck by member…
SourceSourceNovember 13, 2025 Full article
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Will EU’s carbon border tax crash COP30 party?News

Will EU’s carbon border tax crash COP30 party?

Brussels, Belgium | AFP | Muser NewsDesk A flagship European environmental policy -- dubbed a "carbon tax" on imports -- is raising hackles abroad and is…
SourceSourceNovember 10, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: The Tatra MountainsNews

Image of the day: The Tatra Mountains

Stretching across southern Poland and northern Slovakia, the Tatra Mountains form the highest section of the Western Carpathians and one of Central Europe’s most striking…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskNovember 9, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: Copernicus Sentinel-1D joins Europe’s radar fleetNews

Image of the day: Copernicus Sentinel-1D joins Europe’s radar fleet

Copernicus Sentinel-1D was launched into orbit on 4 November 2025 at 22:02 CET (21:02 UTC) aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from the European Spaceport in…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskNovember 5, 2025 Full article
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EU strikes last-ditch deal on climate targetsNews

EU strikes last-ditch deal on climate targets

Brussels, Belgium | AFP The European Union struck a deal Wednesday on the 27-nation bloc's next big emissions-cutting targets in time for next week's UN COP30…
SourceSourceNovember 5, 2025 Full article
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Cleaner air could prevent one in five cardiovascular deaths in the EUNews

Cleaner air could prevent one in five cardiovascular deaths in the EU

Copenhagen, Denmark | Muser NewsDesk Environmental conditions such as air pollution, heat, and exposure to harmful chemicals are responsible for around one in five cardiovascular…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskNovember 3, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: Dublin’s urban landscape captured for World Cities DayNews

Image of the day: Dublin’s urban landscape captured for World Cities Day

On World Cities Day, 31 October 2025, attention turns to Dublin, Ireland’s capital, where rapid urban growth intersects with historic streets, cultural hubs, and natural…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskOctober 31, 2025 Full article
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Restoring Europe’s sponge landscapes: The ‘SpongeBooster of the year 2026’ award opens for applicationsNews

Restoring Europe’s sponge landscapes: The ‘SpongeBooster of the year 2026’ award opens for applications

The EU-funded SpongeBoost project invites both organisations and private individuals, aimed at restoring sponge landscapes across Europe, to apply for the 'SpongeBooster of the Year…
SourceSourceOctober 29, 2025 Full article
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World far off track to meet climate goals: UNClimate

World far off track to meet climate goals: UN

Paris, France | AFP | Muser NewsDesk The UN estimated Tuesday that nations' carbon-cutting pledges imply a far-from-sufficient 10-percent emissions cut by 2035, cautioning that it…
SourceSourceOctober 28, 2025 Full article
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European court clears Norway of climate misconduct over oil licencesNews

European court clears Norway of climate misconduct over oil licences

Strasbourg, France | AFP The European Court of Human Rights said Tuesday that Norway did not breach its climate obligations when it awarded Arctic oil and…
SourceSourceOctober 28, 2025 Full article
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EU leaders lay out conditions for emissions target deal

EU leaders lay out conditions for emissions target deal

Brussels, Belgium | AFP | Muser NewsDesk EU leaders launched a final sprint Thursday to agree on a 10-year target to cut carbon emissions ahead of…
SourceSourceOctober 24, 2025 Full article
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US threats cast doubt on shipping emissions dealNews

US threats cast doubt on shipping emissions deal

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Muser NewsDesk An ambitious plan by the UN's shipping agency to cut maritime emissions could be scuttled at the last…
SourceSourceOctober 14, 2025 Full article
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EU states agree broad UN emissions target avoiding ’embarrassment’News

EU states agree broad UN emissions target avoiding ’embarrassment’

Brussels, Belgium | AFP The EU agreed on a broad emissions-cutting target on Thursday to bring to a UN conference in Brazil, sparing the bloc potential…
SourceSourceSeptember 19, 2025 Full article
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EU to fast-track review of 2035 combustion-engine banNews

EU to fast-track review of 2035 combustion-engine ban

Brussels, Belgium | AFP The EU pledged Friday to fast-track a review of its plans to end combustion-engine vehicle sales by 2035, after pressure from Europe's…
SourceSourceSeptember 12, 2025 Full article
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Carmakers to push EU for 2035 combustion-engine ban rethinkNews

Carmakers to push EU for 2035 combustion-engine ban rethink

Brussels, Belgium | AFP | Muser NewsDesk Europe's biggest carmakers are to hold talks with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Friday as the industry…
SourceSourceSeptember 12, 2025 Full article
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Resilient solutions for Europe’s food supplyNews

Resilient solutions for Europe’s food supply

Climate change, geopolitical instability, and market volatility are converging to threaten the stability of Europe’s food supply. From war in Ukraine to extreme weather and…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskSeptember 11, 2025 Full article
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EU clamps down on food waste, fast fashionNews

EU clamps down on food waste, fast fashion

Strasbourg, France | AFP EU lawmakers gave a final green light Tuesday to a law on slashing back the mountains of food wasted in Europe each…
SourceSourceSeptember 9, 2025 Full article
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Image of the day: Galileo Reference Centre in NoordwijkNews

Image of the day: Galileo Reference Centre in Noordwijk

Noordwijk, on the Dutch North Sea coast, combines natural beauty with a growing role in European space activity. The town is known for its 13…
Muser NewsDeskMuser NewsDeskAugust 18, 2025 Full article
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Fossil fuel pledge in EU-Trump deal sparks climate fearsNews

Fossil fuel pledge in EU-Trump deal sparks climate fears

Brussels, Belgium | AFP The EU is promising colossal new US fossil fuel purchases under its trade deal with President Donald Trump, raising concerns for the…
SourceSourceJuly 29, 2025 Full article
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ICJ ruling underscores ‘immensity’ of climate challenge: EUNews

ICJ ruling underscores ‘immensity’ of climate challenge: EU

Brussels, Belgium | AFP The EU Thursday described as "important" a ruling by the world's highest court declaring that states are obliged to tackle climate change…
SourceSourceJuly 24, 2025 Full article