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Latest water news

LEAK: Sweden endorses making polluters pay for wastewater treatment

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

Commission approves Dutch state aid scheme to cut nitrate pollution

Spanish election campaign heats up over Doñana ECJ court ruling

Infringements: Commission gives Cyprus final warning over untreated sewage

EIB found in breach of environmental standards in Serbia hydro project

Latest water analysis

Case study: How a pioneering marine litter project inspired legislation to tackle plastic pollution

Interview: Why now is the time to rewet Europe

‘Global emergency’: What to expect from the UN’s ocean conference

Interview: Why water companies want the EU to make polluters pay

Latest water web picks

Living Rivers Europe Coalition requests sustainable inland navigation in final trans-European transport (TEN-T) rules - Wetlands International

New DRE report reveals another record-breaking year for dam removal in Europe - Dam Removal Europe

Row erupts over deep-sea mining as world races to finalise vital regulations - The Guardian

With Arctic Winter Sea Ice at Annual Low, Urgent Need to Slash Shipping Emissions - Clean Arctic Alliance

More than 170tn plastic particles afloat in oceans, say scientists - The Guardian

French environment minister urges restrictions to avoid water crisis - Reuters

Our Ocean Conference: EU announces €816.5 million worth of commitments to protect the ocean - European Commission

WWF: High Seas Treaty critical to achieving 30% global ocean protection goal - WWF

S-metolachlor: France moving towards a ban on the main uses to preserve groundwater quality - Anses

Facing increasing river flood risk in Europe: adaptation measures can save lives and billions of euro - European Commission Joint Research Centre




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Latest water Document Watch

France: Emerging pollutants in drinking water: review of the main findings of the latest national campaign - Anses

Biobased biodegradable polymers may amplify absorption of mercury from the marine environment - European Commission

Microplastics and Micropollutants in Water - EIB

Environmental Impacts of Discharge Water from Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems on Ships - German Environment Agency (UBA)

Ocean Energy Barometer 2022 - EurObserv'ER

Nutrient manament - Create a Water-Smart Action Plan for Closing Nutrients Cycles - Water Europe

Tracking marine plastic drift from space - European Space Agency

Beyond water quality: sewage treatment in a circular economy - European Environment Agency (EEA)

"Microplastics pollution - Measures to reduce its impact on the environment" - Water Europe

Incorporation of novel foods in European diets can reduce global warming potential, water use and land use by over 80% - Nature (€)

Interviews

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

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

ECHA’s new director on reform of EU chemicals regulations

CropLife director on pesticide targets and gene-edited crops

New EU sustainable finance chief on the challenges of taxonomy implementation

MEP Christophe Hansen on the new EU deforestation law

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

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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