Environment
Following the outcome of EU member states voting on the European Commission’s proposal to renew the use of glyphosate, an Irish farm organisation has called the herbicide "critical" for Irish agriculture.
In a vote today, a proposal to renew the use of glyphosate for ten years did not receive the required majority from EU member states.
Agri-Business
The European Commission has today (Wednesday, July 5) published its proposal for the first-ever EU legislation on soil quality.
The is no mention of compulsory purchase order (CPO) for lands in the proposed EU Nature Restoration Law, an Irish MEP has said.
More than 10,000 Irish people have signed a petition calling on the EU to introduce laws to phase out damaging pesticides.
The European Parliament has today (Tuesday, February 14) voted to end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2035.
The EU's Nature Restoration Law could be a "gamechanger" for agriculture and environmental protection in Ireland, according to an Irish MEP.
