Bárbara Machado
Bárbara Machado
Energy, Environment and Transport Journalist
Bárbara joined Euractiv in May 2024 as an Energy, Environment and Transport Journalist. She has experience in policy-making in the environmental field, as she worked for almost four years as an advisor at the Portuguese Government, Ministry of Environment, and did a traineeship at the ENVI Committee for 7 months. Bárbara holds an LLM in European Law from the College of Europe, and a Master’s Degree in Environmental Law, Natural Resources and Energy at the University of Lisbon.
- Location: Brussels
- Languages: Portuguese, English, French
- Expertise: Environment, climate change mitigation and adaptation, nature conservation, circular economy
- Location expertise: Lisbon and Brussels
Latest posts from this author
Energy, Environment & Transport
EU budget’s green investment list fuels greenwashing concerns
17/07/2025
2 min. read
Energy, Environment & Transport
Green groups see EU budget bill as death knell for environment funding
16/07/2025
4 min. read
Energy, Environment & Transport
MEPs recommend more exemptions to corporate sustainability rules
15/07/2025
3 min. read
Energy, Environment & Transport
EU watchdog criticises Commission’s rush to delay corporate sustainability rules
15/07/2025
2 min. read
Energy, Environment & Transport
Brussels rejects plea to uphold transparency on environmental policy
14/07/2025
2 min. read
Energy, Environment & Transport
Hungary resists EU push to fast-track 2040 climate goal
10/07/2025
2 min. read
Energy, Environment & Transport
Brussels unveils chemicals rescue plan, loosens oversight of harmful cosmetics
08/07/2025
4 min. read
Energy, Environment & Transport
Green groups uneasy as EU bets on market to drive nature restoration
07/07/2025
3 min. read
Energy, Environment & Transport
Brussels puts brakes on Lime e-bikes and scooters
03/07/2025
2 min. read
Energy, Environment & Transport
Carbon credits emerge as most contentious issue in EU climate policy pivot
02/07/2025
4 min. read
Energy, Environment & Transport
Copenhagen eyes climate action as it kicks off Council presidency
01/07/2025
1 min. read
Energy, Environment & Transport
Europeans would swap planes for trains… if they could
01/07/2025
2 min. read
Energy, Environment & Transport
Major firms, investors caution against further sustainability reporting cuts
01/07/2025
3 min. read
Energy, Environment & Transport
Sweden’s wolves in hunters’ sights as government eases protection
26/06/2025
2 min. read
Energy, Environment & Transport
Commission considers easing rules on harmful chemicals in cosmetics, leaked draft shows
25/06/2025
2 min. read
Energy, Environment & Transport
Chronic exposure to noise damaging the health of one in five Europeans
24/06/2025
2 min. read
Energy, Environment & Transport
Governments back broader exemptions from corporate sustainability rules
24/06/2025
2 min. read
Energy, Environment & Transport
Commission aware of shaky legal grounds for withdrawing anti-greenwashing law
23/06/2025
3 min. read
Energy, Environment & Transport
Europe’s waters safe to dive into, says environment agency
20/06/2025
2 min. read
Energy, Environment & Transport
Greens, NGOs accuse EPP of fuelling far-right attacks on civil society
19/06/2025
2 min. read
Energy, Environment & Transport
NGOs urge policymakers to reject renewed attack on funding
18/06/2025
3 min. read
Energy, Environment & Transport
Further environmental deregulation on the cards as EU moves to boost arms production
17/06/2025
2 min. read
Energy, Environment & Transport
EU governments push to delay recycled plastic targets for vehicles
17/06/2025
2 min. read
Energy, Environment & Transport
EU governments near deal on recycled content in new cars
17/06/2025
3 min. read
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