We should protect our nature much more! Today's Earth Day is not only about appreciating our beautiful home planet, but also about an ecological, environmentally conscious lifestyle to better protect nature. The European Union is working on many urgently needed measures to encourage industry in particular to take more responsibility for...
The EU is finally taking responsibility for the supply chains of coffee, cocoa, etc.! It is not for nothing that forests are the green lungs of our planet. The destruction of one of our natural resources must finally stop! That's why I am hopeful that we will finally be able to take responsibility in this plenary session in Strasbourg with a clear...
Ripa: "The EU adopts the world's largest legislative package towards climate neutrality" (Strasbourg, 18.04.2023) The European Parliament today adopted the final outcome of negotiations between the Parliament, Commission and Council on key parts of the EU's "Fit for 55" climate protection package. The legislative package, which is the largest of its kind in the world, aims to...
April 15, 2023 was a historic day for Germany: for the first time in almost 62 years, no more kilowatt hours of nuclear power flowed from a German nuclear power plant. The last three of the once 36 reactors were finally shut down on Friday night. This means...
The long-awaited timetable for the vote on the new EU Pesticides Regulation has been set! Despite all the differences in content, the members of the Agriculture Committee and the Environment Committee in the European Parliament have finally reached an agreement - paving the way for the plenary vote in October. This is important so that the...
Do we really need strawberries right now? What does this actually mean for the producing countries? Take Spain, for example, from where Germany imports most of its strawberries. The high demand for these fruits so early in the year puts a strain on the growing regions, where water has been scarce for many years. That...
On 11.04.23 I spoke online at an event with the Green REV Institute and the Future Food 4 Climate Coalition on the topic of food labels. You can watch the recording of the event here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3okDabKIZ0...
I was delighted to welcome the Mandelbachtal e.V. tourist office from my home region of Saarland, led by Mr. Manfred Pfeiffer, to the European Parliament on 30 March 2023. We had a lively discussion about parliamentary work and, in particular, about EU policy in my four priority areas of biodiversity protection,...
Away with climate-damaging F-gases! On 30.03.23, the plenary of the European Parliament decided to put an end to fluorinated greenhouse gases. These extremely climate-damaging greenhouse gases are much more powerful than CO2! F-gases pose an invisible threat to our climate because they damage the ozone layer and thus contribute to global warming....
Drilling for oil and gas is planned on a gigantic scale in Alaska. More than 95 billion liters of oil are to be extracted - more than 100,000 hectares of untouched wilderness would be affected - specifically the US government's Willow Project. The project would produce around 280 million tons of...