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Latest politics and law news

Member states grow impatient with French obstruction of RED deal

EU Green Week overshadowed by opposition to Nature Restoration Law

MEP compromise dilutes nature restoration target

All member states agree on EU ban for fungicide dimoxystrobin

Infringements: Italy back to court over ongoing breach of urban wastewater rules

Parliament pushes for more ambitious corporate sustainability rules

Latest politics and law analysis

Outgoing EEA director on ten years at the helm and why the Green Deal must not be derailed

Analysis: How the pandemic has – or hasn’t – changed green policies

ECHA’s new director on reform of EU chemicals regulations

MEP Christophe Hansen on the new EU deforestation law

Latest politics and law web picks

Improving air quality can decrease the health costs of epidemics, say researchers - European Public Health Alliance (EPHA)

Nanoplastic pollution found at both of Earth’s poles for first time - The Guardian

World Bank Supports Poland’s Flagship Program Aimed at Improving Air Quality and Energy Efficiency

Air pollution does not increase the risk of getting infected but does increase the risk of getting sick from COVID-19

Atlas maps main sources of air pollution for 150 European cities

Ozone research managers say no room for complacency on ozone layer recovery

New European city air quality viewer allows you to check long term air pollution levels where you live

Urgent call to declare area of emissions control in the Mediterranean (Spanish)

Air pollution returning to pre-COVID levels

New maps reveal toxic air in Brussels has been going undetected




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Latest politics and law Document Watch

Legislative drivers for the circularity of Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) - EURIC

Communication on a revised monitoring framework for the circular economy - European Commission

Letter: Publication of the EC proposal for the Soil Health Law to set the EU on an effective pathway towards healthy soils by 2050 - PAN Europe et al.

Comments to the Entries of Copper in the CLP Regulation - EURIC and European Copper Institute

Cross sectoral statement on the policy framework needed to deliver recycled content in key plastics applications - Cefic

The EU blue economy report 2023 - European Commission

IOGP input on the EU Commission’s public consultation on the EU Taxonomy Delegated Acts - IOGP

Cefic views on the draft Delegated Acts on the four remaining environmental objectives of the EU Taxonomy Regulation and amendments to the Climate Delegated Act - Cefic

4-column table on empowering consumers for the green transition directive - EU Council

Cleaner road transport requires an ambitious Euro 7 Emission Standards Policy - EPHA & ERS

Interviews

‘Absolutely political’: EFSA scientist on new bee guidance thresholds

CropLife director on pesticide targets and gene-edited crops

New EU sustainable finance chief on the challenges of taxonomy implementation

BusinessEurope deputy director on EU green investment plans

Carbon capture advocate on a new dawn for the sector

IPCC author on key lessons from the sixth synthesis report

César Luena on strengthening the Nature Restoration Law

Saami Council’s Brussels head on the EU dash for Arctic resources

Interview: Municipal waste lobby chief on EU circular economy goals

Interview: Siemens Energy’s Europe chief on the future of green industry

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Intelligence

Case study: How an EU-funded project cut CO2 emissions in vehicle manufacturing processes

This EU-backed project aimed to create new manufacturing systems for metal composites used in transport systems and also reduce CO2 emissions

Case Study: How an EU-funded project helped to reintroduce vulture species in Bulgaria

Legal comment: How a pesticides ruling highlights the power of green groups to influence policy change

Case study: How an EU project is demonstrating new regenerative farming techniques

Legal comment: Why green groups are taking Danone to court over plastic pollution

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The nations leading the way in reducing their reliance on fossil fuels

The EU member states that recorded the largest shares of tax revenue from green levies

The member states that met 2020 recycling targets - and those that generated the most packaging waste