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2 January 2024 Fighting greenwashing: progress reports published

  The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs), which bring together the European Banking Authority, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority, have published progress reports on the investigation of greenwashing in the financial services sector (hereinafter – progress reports). These reports are aimed at combating the practice of greenwashing,…

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29 December 2023 US Supreme Court decisions that undermine environmental standards

Recent decisions by the overwhelmingly conservative majority in the US Supreme Court in the area of environmental law signal about a danger to environmental protection. Several recent decisions reflect the attitude of the modern US Supreme Court to environmental legislation. In “West Virginia v. EPA” case adopted in June 2022, the US Supreme Court canceled…

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20 December 2023 Road map of environmental reforms: moving towards the EU

EPL team rejoices with all of Ukraine at the decision of the European Council on the readiness to start negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU. At the same time, we are aware that this is the beginning of a new difficult path. We will remind that the previous decision of the European Commission was…

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15 December 2023 FROM KYIV TO THE HAGUE VIA NEW YORK: EPL INITIATED DISCUSSIONS ON THE PROSPECTS OF APPLYING THE ROME STATUTE IN UKRAINE

  On December 12, 2023, EPL, in collaboration with partners such as the Open Society Foundations, the International Renaissance Foundation, the Office of the Prosecutor General, and the Institute for Environmental Security, organized an additional event entitled «War-driven Environmental Damage in Ukraine: Perspectives on the Application of the Rome Statute and the Work of the…

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15 December 2023 European integration is not a priority for the Ministry of Environment

  Can you guess which two countries neglected their obligations under the Aarhus Convention – the international agreement on environmental protection and democracy? These are Ukraine and Hungary. And while Hungary has not surprised anyone for a long time, Ukraine’s behavior in the international arena is considered to be a deep shame. It’s a shame…

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30 November 2023 Implementation of environmental reforms on the way to the EU: civil society position

In light of the news regarding the launch of the negotiation process on Ukraine’s accession to the EU and approval by the European Commission of the “Ukraine 2023 Report”, representatives of Ukrainian civil society are convinced that further reforms should not only be carried out, but also implemented fully in accordance with the recommendations of…

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23 November 2023 IS THE EU CRIMINALIZING ECOCIDE?

On November 16, 2023, an agreement was adopted at the level of the European Union regarding the strengthening of responsibility for harms caused to the environment at the international level. This preliminary agreement is regarding adoption of a new written EU law designed to improve investigation and prosecution of environmental offences. The new directive aims…

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23 November 2023 The Ministry of Environment came to protect the Carpathian forests

On November 10, 2023, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources refused the Mokryany Forestry Enterprise to issue a conclusion regarding clearcutting and clearcut sanitary logging. The notification on the planned activity regarding the use of forest resources appeared in the Unified Register of Environmental Impact Assessment as early as June 30, 2023. On…

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18 November 2023 The start of the negotiation process and the “environmental” component

Recently, we all celebrated the EC’s recommendation to start the negotiation process for Ukraine’s accession to the EU. Such a decision went together with the Report on Ukraine 2023 that assessed Ukraine’s progress in fulfilling European integration tasks, including those in the area of environmental protection. The Minister Ruslan Strilets wrote the following about this…

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4 November 2023 With a motor grader through the green heart of the Carpathians or how “green” energy destroys the national treasure – the Borzhava mountain meadow

To: the President of Ukraine Minister for Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine With a motor grader through the green heart of the Carpathians or how “green” energy destroys the national treasure – the Borzhava mountain meadow The appeal for protection of the Carpathian ridge with an international…

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