Barroso’s European Commission’s anti-environment policies

This video about wildlife photography is called Wild Wonders of Europe in 3D.

From BirdLife:

Green groups: no medals in sight for Barroso II

Wed, Jul 4, 2012

Green groups: no medals in sight for Barroso II

Halfway through its term in office, the European Commission is falling behind in the race to create sustainable long-term prosperity in Europe, warn Europe’s leading green groups in a critical assessment of the Commission’s environmental performance since 2010 released on Tuesday 3 July.

This report finds among others that the Commission has acted to protect the environment even less than the first Barroso Commission.

The report, inspired by a topical Olympic theme, assesses progress in nine EU policy fields with impacts on the environment and reviews the track record of 13 European Commissioners and Commission President José Manuel Barroso. Each policy field is given a mark out of ten based on two main factors: environmental ambition and the extent of environmental issues that the Commission has addressed.

While the Commission has in some measure recognised the environmental, health and economic impact of enduring problems linked to resource depletion, pollution and ecological destruction, swifter action is required. Its flagship reform proposals on EU fisheries and agriculture policies would not put an end to industrial overfishing, nor halt animal and plant extinctions, nor soil, water and food pollution from pesticides. The Commission therefore only scores a 3.5/10 on agriculture and a 4.5/10 on fisheries.

German Parliament calls for more EU environment spending 2014-2020: here.

SUPER-RICH landowners raked in a mammoth £13 million in EU common agricultural policy (CAP) subsidies last year, Greenpeace revealed yesterday: here.

The Vanishing: Europe’s farmland birds. By Iván Ramírez, 12 Feb 2017: here.