Environment
Concerns over Canada's Arctic Council agenda
The Arctic Council is taking steps to move from a decision-shaping to a decision-making international organisation – but Canada might find Sweden's chairmanship a tough act to follow, write Kristofer Bergh, Linda Jakobson and Ekaterina KlimenkoThe EU's climate policy is 'under attack' - can it resist?
Critics have concluded that the EU is not prepared to assume the role of climate leader that the world so urgently needs. Instead the region's finance ministers should be leading the fight, argues Lies Craeynest
Quitting EU 'would threaten UK firms and environment'
Without access to EU markets and migrant workers many British companies would not function, while leaving the bloc could be devastating for the UK's environmental policy, writes Jean Lambert MEP
Partnership between Oxford University and Shell condemned
The arguments against Shell - whether ethical, environmental or economic - are beginning to stack up to the extent that they will begin to weigh down heavily on the company's image and possibly the reputation of Oxford University too - warns Chris GarrardEU-Canada trade agreement threatens European fracking bans
As European member states consider the implications of environmentally risky shale gas development, the proposed EU-Canada trade agreement could give energy companies new powers to challenge fracking bans through the back door – claims Pia EberhardtEU must do more to protect biodiversity
In a time of crisis, for biodiversity as much as for our economies, the EU needs to take prompt action and ensure adequate funding for conserving the diversity of Europe's nature, writes Ana NietoClaims Chinese firms destroying European industry by 'dumping'
It is 'too late' to protect European industry from Asia's economic might, writes Justin Stares after listening to allegations of solar panel dumping levelled at China-
Subsidies for renewables hold back green economy
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EU to ban pesticides linked to bee decline
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Are GM patents on apes morally acceptable?
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Ash dieback: symptom of a wider pattern?
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Solar power industry going global after landmark year
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'Devastating' ash dieback needs long-term response
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Motorists being ripped off at petrol pumps by UK Treasury
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