EU politicians backed a compromise on Tuesday that would give carmakers limited leeway in the race to cut CO2 emissions in line with targets while rejecting German calls for more lenient rules.

Many nations will fail to meet target of recycling 50% of waste by 2020, warns the European Environment Agency

Fewer European countries could face fines for breaching air pollution limits after recession slowed industrial activity and limits on sulfur emissions kicked in.

EU governments failed to agree a ban on three widely used pesticides linked to the decline of honeybees on Friday, but the European Commission could force one through by the summer unless member st

The felling of natural forest for palm oil plantations has enraged campaigners looking to protect orangutans

Germany's transition to renewable energy may cost up to 1 trillion euros ($1.34 trillion) in the next two decades, the environment minister said on Wednesday, piling pressure on his opponents to ba

Germany's energy reforms threaten to cost up to 1 trillion euros, though caps on subsidies to renewable power producers and cuts in feed-in tariffs should rein in costs, Energy Minister Peter Altma

German proposals to protect its output of big, luxury cars threaten EU plans to limit carbon emissions by 2020 and could jeopardize future ambitions, a document from the bloc's executive said.

A relative slowdown in new wind turbine construction in China was offset by increases in the US, Germany, India and the UK

Germany’s national energy project is becoming a cause for disunion. Like many German regions, northern Saxony around Leipzig is humming with the word Energiewende.