Europe Archives

Dried wood chips lie in a pile at a local bioenergy plant.

Environment

Why Are America’s Wetlands Being Destroyed in the Name of Renewable Energy?

Conservation groups report that wetland forests are being drained, logged, burned, shipped across the Atlantic, and converted to monoculture pine plantations to create woody biomass.

Rachel Fritts

A plastic fork lies on a beach along the Spree River in the city center on May 29th, 2018, in Berlin, Germany. Europe is struggling to combat plastics pollution in its waterways and seas. It recently announced it will seek to ban the use of certain common plastic items, including plastic cutlery, straws, plates, swabs, and fishing gear.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: Europe Struggles to Combat Pollution by Plastic

Europe announced it will seek to ban the use of certain common plastic items, including plastic cutlery, straws, plates, swabs, and fishing gear.

Pacific Standard Staff

What Caused the Decline of Unions in America?

Globalization, politics, and the American psyche are all to blame.

Dwyer Gunn

Leader of far-right party Brothers of Italy Giorgia Meloni, head of the center-right Forza Italia (Go Italy) Silvio Berlusconi, and leader of far-right party The League Matteo Salvini, give a joint press conference at the Tempio di Adriano in Rome.

News in Brief

Breaking Down Italy’s Persistent Political Instability

More than a month after it's most recent elections the country's populace once again faces political gridlock, regional division, and a worsening relationship with Europe.

Claudia Chiappa

A German police officer directs migrants arriving from Austria at the border on October 17th, 2015, in Ering, Germany.

Social Justice

In Europe, Muslims Still Face Discrimination in Housing and Employment

Recent studies find that Muslims throughout Europe repeatedly experience discrimination because of their religion.

Olga Mecking

A pile of tires burns as prison officers demonstrate in front of Villefranche-sur-Saône prison in Lyon, France, on January 15th, 2018. The first operations of total blockage of prisons began at dawn at the call of unions and supervisors are demanding more security after three prison guards were injured in a blade attack by a German al-Qaeda militant in Vendin-le-Vieil prison.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: Prison Guards Protest in France to Demand More Security

A pile of tires burns as prison officers demonstrate in front of Villefranche-sur-Saône prison in Lyon, France, on January 15th, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

Economics

High Court Likely to Classify Uber as Taxi Company

An advocate general at the European Court of Justice declared that Uber is not chiefly a digital platform, but a transportation services company, in a highly influential recommendation to the court.

Jack Denton