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
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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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