EU proposes scrapping fallow land
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The European Union unveils plans to allow farming on land left fallow, in a bid to tackle soaring crop prices.
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The European Commission has suggested there should be a cut in catches for most waters. Yet the survival of stocks comes in conflict with sustaining the livelihoods of Europe's fishermen
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A proposed European Union law would allow courts to close companies responsible for environmental disasters and imprison executives for up to five years.
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The European Union proposed a ban Monday on the sale and import of dog and cat fur in all 25 member nations, saying it has been found in some clothing, toys and other items on sale in Europe.
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The European Commission says a road through an environmentally protected area should not be built.
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Steps to ban trade in cat and dog fur across the EU are announced by the European Commission.
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The EU should abandon its biofuels targets because they are damaging the environment, a committee of MPs says.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 25 (IPS) - An EU âaction planâ to soften the blow from  proposed sugar reforms is not good enough, some of the poorest  developing countries say.
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Shepherds of the Transylvanian peaks face EU rules that may rob them of their traditional work.
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By RAF CASERT  BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union said Wednesday it has given Poland a week to stop work on a highway running through a protected habitat in a test case of how new EU member states deal with environmental issues.
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Switzerland wants to water down the protection given to wolves in Europe, which would allow the animal to be culled.
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Europe&#39;s farm chief unveiled an  ambitious five-year plan on Wednesday that offers generous cash  rewards to winemakers to encourage them to dig up some of their  grape vines, hoping to drain the EU&#39;s substantial &quot;wine lakes.&quot;
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Europe's top wine-producing countries could be forced to dig up a large portion of their vines under European Commission reforms.
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European governments and the EU are urged to hasten introduction of housing that contributes nothing to global warming.
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Europeâs farmers are beginning to grow crops that can be turned into fuels meant to produce fewer emissions than gas or oil.
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The UK should support  a European Commission proposal to close fishing grounds to save cod stocks, a former fisheries minister says.
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The European Commission is urged to lift the ban on using animal remains in farm feed.