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EU Green Week 2022 News (648)
RSS![Open pit mine.](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-11/Mine%20restoration.jpg?itok=wRyHVUz9)
LIFE TECMINE set out to improve the restoration of open pit mines in Mediterranean forest areas by combining different techniques.
![Mussel on ocean floor.](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-11/6%20LIFE%20projects%20showing%20some%20mussel.jpg?itok=gl2Xj_1H)
Several LIFE projects have helped restore Europe’s threatened mussel populations.
![Sustainable products](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-01/Sustainable_products_Factsheet_DMoKdols96K85vbym6xajlADUdU_92096-hp.jpg?itok=3icGajFA)
The Commission welcomes the provisional agreement reached last night between the European Parliament and the Council on the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation.
![Five visitors of the Muse Museum in Italy facing a screen of the immersive exhibition "through the Eyes of a wolf".](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-12/Muse_MostraLupo_MichelePurin_HD_47.jpg?itok=QrPesGEm)
The immersive exhibition "through the eyes of a wolf" lets visitors experience the the perspective of a young wolf in dispersal in Italy.
![Eurasian lynx in the snow.](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-05/Lynx.jpeg?itok=_yLV_0KA)
MONITORING - Slovakia and Switzerland collaborated and combined scientific monitoring, genetic rescue efforts, and extensive public engagement to preserve lynx populations.
The European Commission launched today an open public consultation on the evaluation of the Nitrates Directive.
![Wind turbines in Wallonia](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/avportal/P-060218/00-04.jpg?itok=KjVEVv2i)
The Commission has developed a new tool to map energy and environmental related data, such as energy infrastructure and renewable energy potential (biomass, solar and wind).
![Overhead image of air pollution in Northern Italy](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-11/PM10%20Po%20Valley.jpg?itok=ChzjkNF4)
The provisional agreement strengthens the current provisions for emissions from industry and large intensive rearing farms.
![View of the Ciudad de la Artes y Ciencias in Valencia](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-11/Valencia_Ciudad_Arte_Ciencia.jpg?itok=Ow7lHfKu)
Valencia is getting ready for a very special and memorable year. In 2024, the city will represent the European Green Capital at the European and international level.
![Velenje citizens at a market](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2023-11/Velenje_1.jpg?itok=68PP6uO-)
The next cities to take over the title of the European Green Leaf in 2024 are Elsinore (Denmark) and Velenje (Slovenia). Both cities are busy preparing their title years.