In the dark setting of the ongoing financial crisis, a series of very disturbing developments indicate that the environment is already being called on to pay a significant part of the mounting sovereign debt of European states. The response to the crisis on the part of national governments and the European Union puts the environment aside and seriously threatens to undermine important work and achievements of WWF’s work, at least in Europe, ove...

Parnassus, one of the mythical mountains of Greece and home to the Temple of Delphi, the greatest of ancient Greek oracles, has been hosting an illegally built ski resort for at least three decades. In 1938, Parnassus was legally designated a National Park, one of Greece’s first protected areas together with Mount Olympus....

The Spanish feed-in tariff system for new renewable plants was suspended by a new Royal Decree Law (RDLey 1/2012, 27th of January)....

The Helios Project is moving ahead. The Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change issued a draft law for the establishment of a private enterprise named “Helios S.A.”, which will undertake the planning and implementation of the Helios project....

According to mounting news reports, forests are subject to increasing logging pressures for domestic fuel use. WWF Greece conducted a preliminary survey with the local forestry authorities....

A gold rush is spreading in the Government. Major investment plans in gold extraction, some of which were blocked for years due to their serious environmental impacts, are now approved under the fast track licensing procedure....

Spain's new Government announced changes in environmental policy that may cause a significant step backwards for environmental protection in the country....

ENDS Europe | Spanish government plans to relax green laws  ENDS Europe | Portugal to update its environmental law...

Revised structural adjustment programme for Greece (pages 31-38 are of environmental interest) | GREECE Memorandum of Understanding on Specific Economic Policy Conditionality...