Environment

Europe’s Environmental Agenda – A Snap Shot for 2017

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I realise that I have been working on EU environmental policy for 25 years. I am looking forward to the next 25. One thing has been constant.  Tracking what is being developed and planned has never been easy. There are some excellent commercial databases, I like EU Issue Tracker, that does the job for you. … Read more

EDC Proposals Here

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  On 15 June the European Commission published their proposals on Endocrine Disruption Criteria. Please find the texts below. On 16 June, Commissioner Andriukaitis went to the European Parliament’s Environment Committee to explain his proposals.   You can watch the exchange. A9RA492 A9RA490

MEPs Vote on Endocrine Disruption – June 6 – 9

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Why the Resolution on Endocrine Next week the European Parliament will vote to adopt a Resolution on the state of play Endocrine Disruption and the non implementation of  last year’s European Court Judgement. All Parliamentary Groups have tabled their own particular versions (see here) and it will be interesting to see if a compromise is … Read more

Will France ban dumping of fishing nets in the war against marine litter?

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  France’s Environmental Champion   Ms. Ségolène Royal’s, France’s energy and environment minister, environmental credentials are impeccable.  Under her leadership, France is at the forefront of ambitious environmental measures, across the board from pesticides, chemicals and now marine litter.   Marine Litter   France is the first European Member State to take concrete steps to … Read more