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Many environment ministers indicated their interest in a possible end to exporting to third countries substances that are banned in Europe, as part of an informal meeting hosted by France last week.
The draft criteria for classifying gas and nuclear power as green technologies run counter to the EU Taxonomy Regulation and risk misleading investors, according to the European Commission’s advisory body.
Anti-pesticide campaigners are using a recent change to the Aarhus Regulation to launch legal challenges against the re-authorisation of cypermethrin and the allegedly illegal presence on the EU market of chemicals that have not been fully evaluated by regulators.
Free emissions allowances, export competitiveness and rebasing were among the controversial topics discussed in a roundtable on Friday on plans to reform the emissions trading system.
In other news this week: The European Parliament’s environment committee will soon have seven new members to help with its increased workload, 10 heavily forested countries say it is “too early” to revise green criteria for bioenergy, and the Commission seeks views on rules for biobased, biodegradable and compostable plastics.
As the European Commission takes Spain to court over rampant nitrates pollution, a political bust-up over intensive livestock farming shows tackling the problem will be far from easy.
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Member states had until Friday to submit their feedback on the European Commission’s draft delegated act classifying gas and nuclear power as sustainable. Amid widespread anger over the move, is it too late to change course?
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