LATEST NEWS - FRIDAY 16 MAY 2008
ISSUE NO. 2542 - 15/05/08
EU reaches deal on mercury export ban
Governments and MEPs agree to extend ban to compounds such as mercury chloride but not imports
Germany ring-fences carbon revenues for sinks
Gabriel says €40m annually from emission allowance auctions will fund maintenance of forests and moorland
NEWS IN BRIEF
EU-funded transport projects "put nature at risk"
Green groups warn hundreds of protected sites are under threat from trans-European transport network project
Spanish groups target Peugeot over CO2 claim
Consumer body UCE and green NGO Ecologistas pursue French carmaker over emission data
Portugal, Italy condemned for green breaches
Lisbon chastised over wastewater treatment in Estoril region; Italy's Liguria region breaches birds law
Recent Top Stories
New EU rules on chemical exports to get final nod
Governments to formally approve deal struck with MEPs last year; official EU publication in July
14 MAY 2008
MEP to propose big changes to renewables plans
Rapporteur wants stricter enforcement, no biofuels target and new renewables trading certificates
13 MAY 2008
Member states aiming to weaken waste targets
EU governments signal their opposition to parliament's plans for waste prevention and recycling targets
9 MAY 2008
EU green biofuel criteria move a step closer
Government working party presents final recommendations on sustainability criteria, but key questions remain unresolved
8 MAY 2008
Biofuels "must not become scapegoat" - Boel
EU agriculture commissioner hits back at critics of biofuels target; commission "open" to stricter safeguards
7 MAY 2008
