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'Huge Victory for Net Neutrality': Top EU Court Rebuffs Zero-Rating Schemes

Covid-19 Pandemic Is 'Yet Another Wake-Up Call': 1 in 8 Deaths Across EU Tied to Environmental Pollution

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"Everyone must understand that by taking care of our planet we are not only saving ecosystems, but also lives, especially the ones who are the most vulnerable."

Portuguese Youth File 'Unprecedented' Climate Lawsuit Against 33 European Countries

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

A house burns while flames threaten other homes in Mega Fundeira village, near Picha, in Leiria district, Portugal on June 20, 2017 (Photo: Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)

"I am very afraid for my future," said one plaintiff, "with so little time to...

As AstraZeneca Signs Deal With EU, Critics Warn Big Pharma Push for Covid Vaccine Liability Protections a 'Dangerous Precedent'

Lisa Newcomb, staff writer

British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca will supply the European Union with up to 400 doses of a still-in-development Covid-19 vaccine, officials announced in August. (Photo: Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images)

"Governments need to resist pharma pressure and be transparent."

"We're Back": Greta Thunberg Kicks Off Third Year of Fridays for Future Protests in Germany After Meeting With Merkel

Greta Thunberg and Fellow Activists Decry 'Political Inaction' on Climate Crisis After Two Years of School Strikes

'Go Away! Go Away!' Factory Workers Heckle Belarusian Strongman as Nationwide General Strike Kicks Off

'This Is Not Frugal. This Is Stupid': EU's $2.1 Trillion Coronavirus Deal Falls Short on Demand for Just, Green Recovery

Thousands Join Greta Thunberg in Letter Telling EU and Global Leaders It's Time to #FaceTheClimateEmergency

'A Victory for Us All': In Rebuke to US Mass Surveillance, EU Court Blocks Data Transfers by Web Corporations

'America Isolated Under Trump': Citing Soaring Covid-19 Rate, EU Bar US Travelers

As EU Looks to Reopen Borders, US Covid-19 Surge Means Americans May Not Be Welcome

By Pouring Billions Into Fossil Fuel Industry, EU's Central Bank Accused of 'Playing Both Firefighter and Arsonist'

Hundreds of Medical Professionals and Groups Say Covid-19 Stimulus Plans Must Be Prescriptions for #HealthyRecovery

Fridays for Future Europe Calls for Transforming Agricultural Policy to Tackle the Climate Crisis

As Covid-19 Shoots US Unemployment to Great Depression Levels, Europe's Worker Safety Net Stems Mass Layoffs

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Never Forget: Grandson of Auschwitz Commandant Fights For A Nazi-Free Europe

With upcoming elections in a Europe beset by rising neo-Nazism, a new campaign by Swedish Social Democrats against the resurgence has a high-profile leader: Rainer Hoess, 48, the grandson of infamous Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess, who presided over the murder of a million Jews and thousands of others. Hoess has spent years speaking to German schoolchildren about a Nazi influence growing now, as then, because "the social safety nets have been torn, and people are left behind...Hopelessness...