Leonie Cater

Brussels

Chemicals & pollution reporter @POLITICOEurope ~ one third of our Sustainability Insights newsletter ~ [email protected] 🇩🇲🇬🇩

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E&E News: EU conjures surprise law to govern ocean resources

1 day ago | subscriber.politicopro.com | Leonie Cater
EU conjures up surprise law to govern use of ocean resources

2 days ago | politico.eu | Leonie Cater

The European Commission will propose a sweeping new law to manage the use of Europe's oceans, in a surprise announcement that was broad in scope but light on detail and opens the way for years of lobbying over how to treat EU marine resources. An earlier draft of the European Ocean Pact, obtained by POLITICO, did not mention the Ocean Act, and Thursday's announcement of concrete legislation caught many groups by surprise.
Brussels asks EU countries to use less water

3 days ago | politico.eu | Leonie Cater

The European Union executive has called on member countries to help improve water efficiency across the EU by at least 10 percent by 2030, as the bloc prepares for the worsening effects of climate change. The target — which is not legally binding — is part of the EU's European Water Resilience Strategy, released Wednesday, which aims to restore a water cycle “deeply affected” by pollution, climate change and environmental degradation.
Artificial intelligence threatens to raid the water reserves of Europe’s driest regions

1 week ago | politico.eu | Marianne Gros |Leonie Cater

This article is part of the Europe's looming water crisis special report. Aragon in northeastern Spain is a land of cornfields, peach farms and cherry orchards, where water was a precious commodity even before the advent of climate change. Now, as the threat of drought increases, the farmers of Aragon could find themselves competing with a powerful and extremely thirsty new neighbor: Big Tech.
Europe is flushing its water down the drain

1 week ago | politico.eu | Leonie Cater |Giovanna Coi

This article is part of the Europe's looming water crisis special report. In some parts of the scenic, southern Italian region of Basilicata, up to 70 percent of the drinking water never reaches a tap. Nestled in the arch of Italy's boot, Basilicata's coat of arms features undulating blue lines representing four major rivers which, technically, make the region water-rich. Many of its residents have depended on the local Camastra dam for decades.
EU Parliament approves law to let farmers shoot more wolves

1 month ago | politico.eu | Leonie Cater

European lawmakers on Thursday backed downgrading the wolf's conservation status, delivering a political trophy to the Commission president and a loaded rifle to Europe's farmers. The proposal amends the European Union Habitats Directive, moving the wolf from the list of “strictly protected” to “protected” species, making it easier for farmers in the EU to shoot wolves that threaten their herds.
Dutch warned not to eat homegrown eggs over forever chemicals fears

1 month ago | pfascentral.org | Leonie Cater

By Leonie Cater | Politico | April 15, 2025 Read the full article by Leonie Cater (Politico) "People in the Netherlands should stop eating backyard-produced eggs due to contamination from PFAS or forever chemicals, a Dutch government agency announced Tuesday.
Dutch warned not to eat homegrown eggs over forever chemicals fears

1 month ago | politico.eu | Leonie Cater

RIVM is an agency of the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, which provides independent research and advice to the government. People in the Netherlands "already ingest a lot of PFAS through other foods and partly through drinking water," said the agency in a press release. By no longer eating backyard eggs, a "much higher PFAS intake can be avoided."Commercial eggs from a shop or from the market still can be eaten.
Italy, Spain back France’s plan to rescue EU chemicals industry

2 months ago | politico.eu | Leonie Cater

Seven European Union countries including Italy and Spain have joined France in calling for a “critical chemicals act” to protect Europe’s struggling chemicals sector.
Want to breathe Europe’s cleanest air? Move to Estonia.

2 months ago | politico.eu | Leonie Cater |Giovanna Coi

Barely a dozen countries in the world have air deemed safe to breathe — and just one of them is in the European Union. Time to layer up and move to Estonia. The Northern European country is the only nation in the bloc with levels of air pollution considered safe under World Health Organization guidelines, a new report by Swiss air quality technology company IQAir finds.