In a judgment (case C-129/24) handed down on Thursday, 15 January, the Court of Justice of the European Union found that Member States may require prior identification of persons requesting access to environmental information, even though it is not required by EU law.
In Ireland, the commercial forestry company Coillte, which is partly owned by the Irish State, received 130 requests for access to environmental information—most of which originated from anonymous applicants in what the...