Deal struck on sulphur content of marine fuels
16 May 2012European Parliament and member state negotiators have reached provisional deal on new air pollution limits for ships after three rounds of trialogue talks with the EU executive
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First ETS derogations for power plants approved
16 May 2012Brussels approves requests for free carbon allowances from Cyprus, Estonia and Lithuania. Decisions on derogations for five other states due before end of July
Eight new SVHC proposals slated for the summer
16 May 2012Germany and Sweden want to add eight substance of very high concern to the REACH candidate list later in the summer, the European Chemicals Agency has revealed
Germany takes EC to court over toy directive
16 May 2012Concern about several standards in the new EU toy safety directive has led Germany to file a lawsuit in the European court. The country wants to keep its own stricter limits
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- 16 May 2012 New environment ministers in France, Germany
- 15 May 2012 Chinese and Indian airlines miss ETS deadline
- 15 May 2012 CAP reform: council calls for more flexibility
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Smart cities: wising up to climate change
2 Apr 2012
March's Sustainable Business Conference in Paris shows there are plenty of ideas for turning Europe's voracious cities into CO2-free hubs. But the radical changes this will entail mean it will take years before they make the leap, reports Rikki Stancich.
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EU ecodesign rules under the microscope
23 Mar 2012
The EU’s ecodesign regime could potentially save a huge amount of energy, but there are questions over its efficiency and implementation. Roz Bulleid looks at some of these concerns ahead of this year’s regulatory review
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The bio-economy: a silver bullet for Europe?
13 Feb 2012
Monday's bio-economy strategy will help bring more policy coherence in a sector that has so far not enjoyed much attention at top EU level. But more than good intentions, bio-based industries need concrete measures, writes Kathryn Sheridan
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Plugging the climate funding gap
In a new analysis of EU budget proposals for 2014-20, the IEEP finds the EU falls short of a pledge to spend 20% of its funds on climate
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EU ministers will debate plans for cohesion funds and the Connecting Europe Facility on 24 April
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Environment ministers meet in Denmark
The ministers had an informal debate in Horsens on 19 April on Europe's position ahead of the Rio+20 summit
Ida Auken and Janez Potočnik gave a press conference at 1pm
The EU's seventh environmental action programme was also discussed on 18 April. Click here to watch the press conference
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