BRUSSELS, July 15 (UPI) -- The EU environment commissioner warned action is needed to save species and habitat types the have been placed under EU legal protection.

BERLIN, April 18 (UPI) -- U.S. President George W. Bush's policies to combat climate change have come under fire in Europe, with Germany's top energy policy official accusing the U.S. president of demonstrating "losership instead of leadership."

BRUSSELS, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. trade representative felt snubbed Monday when European Union environmental commissioner Stavros Dimas failed to meet her in Brussels, a report says.

STRASBOURG, France, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Italy could face sanctions for the trash crisis in Naples, which EU officials blamed on a failure to implement European regulations.

PIANURA, Italy, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Officials discussing a trash crisis in the Naples, Italy, area were escorted by police past protesters in the suburb of Pianura.

NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. and European delegates to the Bali conference on climate change remained deadlocked Tuesday on specific targets on emissions cuts.

BRUSSELS, July 19 (UPI) -- The European Union has begun a discussion of water resources on the continent to prepare for droughts forecast in the coming decades.

BRUSSELS, March 28 (UPI) -- The European Union says it will use taxation and other tools to help cut greenhouse gas emissions over the next 13 years.

BERLIN, March 16 (UPI) -- A call for a speed limit on the German autobahn has some heavy-footed drivers all revved up.