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EU Climate Goal Criticized for Potential Emissions Shift Outside Union

Parts of the EU countries' climate work can take place in countries outside the union with the new climate goal. The proposal is heavily criticized by environmental organizations and similar previous initiatives have been difficult to control.

EU Climate Goal Criticized for Potential Emissions Shift Outside Union

Tough Competition Strains Oceans Amid UN Sustainability Efforts

Plastic, overfishing, warming and brawls over the resources. Despite several acute problems, the sea and marine resources are the most underfinanced of the UN's sustainability goals.

Tough Competition Strains Oceans Amid UN Sustainability Efforts

PFAS Levels Surge in European Wines, Study Reveals Alarming Trend

The levels of PFAS in wine have increased sharply in recent years. Far more than a hundred times above the guideline value for drinking water occur, according to a new study.

PFAS Levels Surge in European Wines, Study Reveals Alarming Trend

Restart to Save Animals and Nature

The money is in focus when the UN's conference on biological diversity is now resumed. If countries fail to agree, a severe setback for nature is threatened.

Restart to Save Animals and Nature

Sharp criticism of forest proposal: "Under all criticism"

The verdict on the Environmental Goals Committee is harsh – a failure and a disappointment, environmental organizations believe. Even the opposition is critical.

Sharp criticism of forest proposal: "Under all criticism"

Risks Damaging Biological Diversity

The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation believes that the Tidö parties' dismantling of coastal protection can seriously harm biodiversity. The municipal councilor of Arjeplog, on the other hand, dismisses the proposal as "a minor adjustment".

Risks Damaging Biological Diversity

Deadlock in Baku – can this be the breakthrough?

The discussions at the climate meeting in Baku in Azerbaijan are progressing slowly. Now, hope is being turned to the other side of the planet, where another top meeting can function as a catalyst.

Deadlock in Baku – can this be the breakthrough?

How much PFAS is in our drinking water

Eternal chemicals PFAS are discovered in almost all drinking water. In at least three municipalities, the levels exceed the limit values for four specifically designated substances.

How much PFAS is in our drinking water

Autumn's most important meetings on threats to the Earth

Animals and plants that disappear, agricultural land that turns into desert, and plastic that gets everywhere. That, together with climate change, is what the four most important environmental meetings this autumn are about.

Autumn's most important meetings on threats to the Earth

Green light for mining project met with disappointment

The Supreme Administrative Court approves the government's controversial decision to permit the mining plans in Kallak in Jokkmokk municipality. The verdict is met with disappointment in several quarters.

Green light for mining project met with disappointment