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EC to deliver mid-term energy plan in 2013
8 Feb 2012The European Commission will establish a post-2020 energy policy framework to give more certainty to investors by the end of next year, energy commissioner Günther Oettinger said at a conference on Tuesday.
Pressure back on ICAO to cut airline emissions
8 Feb 2012The EU could change the rules including aviation in its emissions trading scheme (ETS) within the next year if the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) makes enough progress towards a global emissions deal, a top EU official said on Tuesday.
Pollution & NatureChanges to Bulgarian forest law worry NGOs
8 Feb 2012The heads of WWF offices in 12 member states and the NGO's European bureau have written to the Bulgarian government, urging it to ditch proposed changes to the country's forest law aimed at developing the tourism industry.
Pollution & NatureEU green infrastructure plan due this autumn
8 Feb 2012The European Commission intends to publish a green infrastructure plan that promotes an integrated and sustainable approach to land use. The plan, expected this autumn, will integrate recommendations by stakeholders and member states.
ChemicalsChemical mixtures opinion 'misses the point'
7 Feb 2012An EU scientific opinion on how to deal with the risks from chemical mixtures fails to fully address the problem, according to Brunel University's professor Andreas Kortenkamp, a European expert on the subject.
ChemicalsECHA prepares for biocides, PIC handover
7 Feb 2012The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) plans to hire 19 staff this year to prepare for the EU biocide regime and will need more than 100 to process the 300 authorisation requests expected annually by 2020, it said last week.
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- 7 Feb 2012 EU end-of-waste criteria proposed for glass
- 7 Feb 2012 Germany's air quality worsened last year
- 6 Feb 2012 ECHA: EU's SVHC target 'unlikely to be met'
- 6 Feb 2012 China tells airlines not to comply with ETS
- 6 Feb 2012 Estonia warned against retroactive FIT cuts
- 6 Feb 2012 Research plan for nuclear waste issued
- 3 Feb 2012 France seeks to clarify precautionary principle
- 3 Feb 2012 Spanish government plans to relax green laws
- 3 Feb 2012 REACH: 2,300 chemicals to register by 2013
- 3 Feb 2012 Natura 2000 must get proper funding – EEB
- 2 Feb 2012 EU plan to boost bio-based economy emerges
- 2 Feb 2012 NGOs issue new warning over biofuels policy
- 2 Feb 2012 EU states resist plan for greener cohesion funds
- 2 Feb 2012 German bonus for green energy 'not working'
- 1 Feb 2012 France facing much higher nuclear costs
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8 Feb 2012
- NGOs question commission's air quality assumptions Position paper
- Swedes review harmful subsidies (English summary) Swedish EPA
- Nuclear decommissioning faces funding shortfall Press release
- IETA recommends change to Australian ETS Argus Media
- South Korea takes step towards emissions trading Bloomberg
- Austrian green energy support scheme gets EU nod EC
7 Feb 2012
- UK GHG emissions up 3% in 2010, final data confirms DECC
- GM food is commercial flop, claims Greenpeace Press release
- MEP urges new ecolabelling standards for fisheries Press release
- Global wind power statistics for 2011 released GWEC
6 Feb 2012
- Slovakia 'still one of OECD's most carbon-intensive nations' IEA
- Sweden ups its efforts to reuse phosphorus Press release
- US to require more disclosure of fracking chemicals Reuters
- Wind now able to provide 6.3% of EU electricity EWEA
- JRC recommends more testing of plastic bottles Press release
- Hedegaard: Rio+20 should shift focus from GDP growth The Guardian
3 Feb 2012
Danish presidency programme
Denmark took over the presidency of the EU on 1 January.
Read ENDS article on its provisional agenda of meetings
See also its website and full programme of work officially presented on 6 January
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