MEPs threaten to boycott CAP talks
18 Jun 2013Continuing disagreements over issues including ‘greening’ are pushing a deal out of reach, MEPs have warned
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EU executive moots merging machinery noise laws
18 Jun 2013The European Commission may propose the amalgamation of two directives governing noise from outdoor equipment in a bid to cut red-tape
Lithuanian presidency to push for F-gas deal
18 Jun 2013The incoming Lithuanian EU presidency aims to achieve agreement between member states and the European Parliament on the proposed F-gas regulation during its six-month term
Wales mulls biowaste landfill, incineration ban
18 Jun 2013Wales may ban sending food and garden waste to landfill and for incineration, after a food waste collection service was rolled out to 90% of households
- 17 Jun 2013 Panel calls for EU resource efficiency targets
- 17 Jun 2013 European forest convention almost agreed
- 17 Jun 2013 Consultation shows backing for EC inspection powers
- 17 Jun 2013 Surge in issuance of climate bonds
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Europe should set an EPS for power plants
13 Jun 2013Stephen Tindale of the Centre for European Reform argues setting an EU emissions standard for these plants would make climate policies more effective
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Backloading vote: an analyst’s view
16 Apr 2013MEPs' decision to block the EU executive’s proposal to ‘backload’ carbon allowance sales leaves the ETS in a precarious position, says analyst Matteo Mazzoni
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The dangers of not fixing the ETS
16 Apr 2013Anthony Hobley of law firm Norton Rose warns that alternatives to the EU's emissions trading scheme are far less appealing to businesses
- 25 Mar 2013 Sea change for marine litter
- 5 Feb 2013 REACH review – a lawyer’s point of view
- 30 Jan 2013 Aircraft recyclers clean up their act
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18 Jun
- Employers' lobby calls for rejection of CO2 backloading BusinessEurope
- 42% fewer species in pesticide-contaminated streams Nature
- EU and China to discuss solar trade dispute Bangkok Post
- Baltic environment ministers discuss EU funding, waste Ministry
- Chinese provinces join efforts to cut air pollution Government release
17 Jun
- EU-US trade deal 'will respect environmental standards' EC
- China's first CO2 market to launch on Tuesday Financial Times
- G8 must give impetus to CO2 cuts - French president Huffington Post
- Slovakia ordered to pay costs in landfill case EU Official Journal
- China tightens PM2.5 controls in air pollution law overhaul Xinhua
- EC announces technical steps to deal with ineligible CO2 offsets DG Clima
- Commission briefing on Tuesday's environment council EC
14 Jun
- Neonicotinoids pose risk to birds - study BBC/Journal of Applied Ecology
- Refrigeration lobby 'very worried' about F-gas vote EPEE
- EU renewables sector criticises IEA policy suggestions EREF
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18 Jun
- Global trends in renewable energy investment 2013 (UNEP)
- EU regulation approving substance eugenol in pesticides
- European Enery Exchange paper on Germany's energy transition
- Energy and GHG reductions in the chemical industry via catalytic processes (IEA)
- EU regulation on GHG monitoring and reporting at national and EU levels
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