European Union: Environmental Law

HCS, one of Denmark's largest transport, waste, and environmental companies with around 500 employees across domestic and international divisions, has sold its long-standing facility Hashøj Biogas to Shell.

According to news reports, the EU Commission proposed delaying the European Union's Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) for a second time.

RESS 5 is the fifth auction held under the Irish Government's Renewable Electricity Support Scheme.

On June 2nd, Law 5203/2025 was adopted, restructuring and amending the existing Development Law 4887/2022.

In December 2024, the European Union adopted the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR), which replaces the former Packaging Directive (94/62/EC).

The European Union has taken several initiatives to accelerate the roll-out of renewable energy development, key among which is streamlining and expediting permit...

On 25 June 2025, the European Commission published its Proposal for a Regulation on the safety, resilience and sustainability of space activities in the Union.

What are the main legal impediments for effective marine protection and how do you envision to solve this? Our answer is two-fold: a lack of judicial enforcement of environmental law and a predominant anthropocentric worldview of the human-Ocean relationship.

Few will have missed the flurry of media coverage, articles and LinkedIn posts last week in respect of the National Development Plan Review 2025 (NDP Review).