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Industry fears over cost of sulphur limits for ships
22 Jul 2010An upcoming 0.1% limit on the sulphur content of marine fuels is likely to increase freight transport costs significantly, EU steel association Eurofer has warned. The limit will apply from 2015 to 'low sulphur zones' such as the English Channel.
EU marine strategy directive criteria released
2 Sep 2010The European Commission adopted on Wednesday the criteria and indicators EU member states will use to assess the environmental status of their seas under the marine strategy framework directive.
NewsPollution from British offshore oil rigs worsens
25 Aug 2010New provisional data published by the UK's health and safety agency on Tuesday reveal a marked increase in the number of "major and significant" hydrocarbon releases from offshore oil platforms operating on the UK continental shelf in 2009-10.
NewsNorway pushes for international ban on HBCD
23 Aug 2010The Norwegian government will propose to ban brominated flame retardant hexabromodocycldodecane (HBCD) under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) at a meeting of the convention's review committee in October.
NewsUN freezes CDM credits for five HFC-23 projects
23 Aug 2010The UN body in charge of Kyoto's clean development mechanism (CDM) has said it would not issue carbon credits for five HFC-23 reduction projects in China until the findings of an investigation into claims some projects may have cheated the system.
NewsSeveso implementation improves further, says EC
16 Aug 2010The number of major environmental accidents occurring in the EU is falling as member states continue to implement the Seveso II directive on major accident hazards, according to a progress report from the European commission.
NewsGermany implements revised EU air quality law
9 Aug 2010Germany has transposed the revised air quality directive into national law, its environment ministry has said. Member states had until 11 June to implement the law. No one was available at DG Environment's legal unit to say how many other countries have done so.
OpinionThe full cost of environmental liability
22 Jul 2010With the implementation of the EU’s 2004 Environmental Liability Directive (ELD) there comes a need to reconsider the scope of environmental damage events that could give rise to liability, and to consider the potential scale of damage that could be caused.
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