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24 January 202418 January 2024

European Parliament heads for tight vote on plant gene editing

The European Parliament heads for tight vote on the proposal for new rules for innovative types of gene-edited plants, which currently fall under the more restrictive genetically modified organisms (GMO) framework

18 February 202214 February 2022

Commission aims to decarbonise transport by equally taxing fossil and crop-based biofuels

The EU official added that the real value of its minimum rates has eroded over time and a complex patchwork of exemptions and reductions has proliferated across the bloc since its introduction, leading to a “distortion across the single market”

30 January 201822 January 2018

EU Parliament ends palm oil and caps crop-based biofuels at 2017 levels

For the ethanol industry, the 12% target for renewables in transport leaves room in the EU energy mix for sustainable biofuels to replace fossil fuels

10 January 201810 October 2018

Europe’s ‘best-kept secret’ – its booming bio-economy

Carlos Moedas: "Private money goes where stability is and where policies are predictable."

26 September 201713 September 2017

Environmentalists push for ‘fitness check’ and clear goals in the next CAP

Environmentalists say the ‘greening’ measures introduced in 2013 are failing to halt biodiversity loss, soil depletion and water pollution

7 December 20156 December 2015

Timmermans defends ambition of new Circular Economy package

New legislation is under heightened scrutiny, because Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans promised, the new package would be “more ambitious” than its predecessor

23 July 201521 July 2015

Simon Coveney: CAP simplification will ease the burden on farmers

Interview with Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

14 January 201413 January 2014

Parliament, Commission set for clash over 2030 clean energy goals

The European Parliament voted for three binding energy and climate targets in 2030 audaciously backing a 40% energy savings improvement