Europe Environment articles from July - September 2009

Europe Environment archives from July - September 2009

ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL/CLIMATE CHANGE : ADAPTATION A "NECESSARY COMPLEMENT" TO MITIGATION.
July 2, 2009... The EU target of limiting global warming to no more than 2[degrees]C compared with the pre-industrial era means that all countries need to adopt attenuation measures on an urgent basis, but it is equally urgent to adapt to climate change in...

AID APPROVED FOR ITALIAN COMBINED TRANSPORT SERVICE.
July 2, 2009... A new rail-based transport service between the Port of Naples and Nola Interport, one of the main industrial ports of Italy near Naples, will be granted start-up aid amounting to 1.322 million. The European Commission accepted the aid scheme,...

AID FOR CARMAT'S R&D PROGRAMME CLEARED.
July 2, 2009... The European Commission approved, on 18 June, financial support of 33 million granted by France to the research and development (R&D) programme entitled Carmat'. The lead company, Carmat S.A.S., backed up by four industrial partners and a...

AID PACKAGE TO BELARUS ANNOUNCED.
July 2, 2009... On the eve of External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner's visit to Belarus, the European Commission announced, on 19 June, the allocation of an assistance package of 10 million for the improvement of food safety and quality in...

AID TO GERMAN COAL SECTOR AUTHORISED.
July 2, 2009... The European Commission authorised, on 17 June, a state aid scheme covering exceptional costs due to restructuring measures and mine shutdowns and granting current production aid for German coal mining companies in 2009. The Commission checked...

FISHERIES COUNCIL : ANCHOVY FISHERY SHOULD REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL JULY 2010.
July 2, 2009... The news is not good for French and Spanish fishermen: anchovy stocks in the Bay of Biscay have not yet recovered sufficiently, in spite of the total closure of this fishery since July 2005. The International Council for the Exploration of the...

A TREE FOR THE CLIMATE.
July 2, 2009... Making a gesture for the climate is as easy as a click. Anyone can do it, says the European Commission, which launched, on 29 June, its Click @ Tree' initiative. The campaign is meant to draw public attention, especially among young people, to...

BARROSO: COPENHAGEN DEAL "IMPERATIVE".
July 2, 2009... A global deal with clear international and domestic targets aiming to reduce planetary greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% by 2050 would be the desired result of December's climate change summit in Copenhagen, declared European Commission...

EUROPEAN COMMISSION : BARROSO OUTLINES POLITICAL PROGRAMME FOR STRONG EUROPE.
July 2, 2009... If nominated by the European Council and then confirmed by the European Parliament for reappointment as President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso would use the mandate to implement the "ambitious political vision" Europe needs....

HEALTH : BARROT LAUNCHES NEW INITIATIVE TO FIGHT DRUG ABUSE.
July 2, 2009... On the occasion of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, on 26 June, European Commission Vice-President Jacques Barrot launched the European Action on Drugs (EAD), an Commission initiative designed to provide...

CALL FOR TENDER: STUDY ON GMO APPROVALS.(Report)
July 2, 2009... The European Commission launched, on 26 June, a call for tender for a study on Implications of asynchronous GMO approvals for imports of animal feed'. The aim of this study is to analyse the trade impacts of differences in the pace of GMO...

CLEAN SKY CALL FOR PROPOSALS.
July 2, 2009... The first call for proposals for the Clean Sky joint technology initiative - an extensive aeronautical research programme to develop less polluting aircraft - was issued on 16 June. The call has an EU budget of 25 million that will co-finance...

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT : CLIMATE CHANGE AND BIODIVERSITY TO BE HOTTEST ISSUES.
July 2, 2009... Combating climate change - including adaptation - biodiversity and making the economy greener' should be the prevailing themes of the European Parliament's work during the next legislature. From an environmental point of view, this Parliament...

EMPLOYMENT : CLIMATE REGULATIONS TAKE TOLL ON JOB MARKET.
July 2, 2009... The EU's social partners are coordinating to develop a joint response - in the form of a recommendation - to the challenges posed by the impact of the Union's fight against climate change on the member states' job markets. At a two-day...

FISHERIES AND MARITIME AFFAIRS : CO-DECISION AND INTEGRATED POLICY: EP WILL HAVE TO ADAPT.
July 2, 2009... The European Parliament is going to have to adapt in certain policy areas, among them fisheries and maritime affairs. Once the Lisbon Treaty enters into force, fisheries will move into co-decision, giving MEPs a chance to have real clout over...

CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE : COMMISSION ALLOCATES 60 MN EURO TO CCS IN CHINA.
July 2, 2009... The European Commission, on 25 June, adopted a communication on promoting carbon capture and storage (CCS) in emerging developing countries. The document, though, refers almost exclusively to financing an EU-China near zero emissions coal plant...

HEALTH : COMMISSION BRINGS CANCER FIGHT INTO SPOTLIGHT.
July 2, 2009... The EU's member states should step up their efforts to more efficiently tackle cancer in order to reduce the incidence of this severe and life-threatening disease, says a communication adopted by the European Commission on 24 June. The EU...

ENERGY : COMMISSION LAUNCHES CONSULTATION ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
July 2, 2009... The European Commission has launched its public consultation on a revised action plan for energy efficiency. The consultation is open till 3 August. The Commission should, later in 2009 or in 2010, propose a revision of the October 2006 action...

COMMISSION PORTAL FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN BUILDINGS.
July 2, 2009... The European Commission launched, on 16 June, its BUILD UP website billed as a tool for sharing information on reducing energy use of buildings. Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs promises that BUILD UP will help both home owners and builders...

FUTURE POTENTIAL CONFLICTS : CONCERNS OVER LEGAL VACUUM WITH FOOD FROM CLONES.
July 2, 2009... In addition to the many food safety-related trade disputes have dragged on for years and decades, the potential for new ones breaking out is strong. Nowhere is this more striking than with food from cloned animals or their offspring. In January...

TAXATION/DENMARK : CONDITIONAL GO-AHEAD FOR CO2 TAX REDUCTIONS.
July 2, 2009... The European Commission authorised, on 17 June, a reduction on the CO2 emissions tax for companies covered by the EU's Emission Trading Scheme (ETS), subject to conditions. The measure proposed by the Danish government must be amended so that...

CONSUMER RIGHTS INFRINGEMENTS.
July 2, 2009... The European Commission launched, on 25 June, infringement proceedings against the Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and Slovenia. Letters of formal notice were sent to these countries for...

COR-DANUBE INTERGROUP.
July 2, 2009... The Danube Intergroup of the EU Committee of the Regions (CoR) has elected Peter Straub (EPP, Germany) as its new chairman. The intergroup represents regions in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria, as well as associated...

COR ON MARITIME POLICY.
July 2, 2009... To encourage the development of the highways of the sea, the EU's Committee of the Regions (CoR) suggests that ships built or purchased by a maritime operator and intended for a highway of the sea can be included in the infrastructure, despite...

PATENTS : COUNCIL EDGES FORWARD ON PATENT LITIGATION.
July 2, 2009... The Council, on 26 June, requested from the EU Court of Justice (ECJ) an opinion on whether the draft agreement creating a unified patent litigation system (UPLS) is compatible with the EC Treaty. The European Commission had adopted, back in...

CPMR CALLS FOR MARITIME AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AT EP.
July 2, 2009... While the EU has adopted an Integrated Maritime Policy - which it is in the process of dividing into basins', as witnessed by the recent Baltic Sea strategy and the future Danube strategy - the EU's maritime regions are appealing to the...

CONSUMERS : CROSS-BORDER SHOPPING NOT WIDESPREAD YET.
July 2, 2009... In 2008, one fourth of the EU population (over age 15) had made a cross-border purchase in another member state, according to consumer data published, on 26 June, by Eurostat(1). The percentage varies widely from one state to the next: the...

CLIMATE CHANGE : DANISH PM: EUROPE MUST NOT GIVE UP LEAD ROLE.
July 2, 2009... The European Union must keep its lead in the fight against climate change. Its commitment to do so was reconfirmed by the heads of state and government at the EU summit in Brussels, on 18 and 19 June, declared Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke...

REGIONAL POLICY : DANUBE REGION STRATEGY DUE BEFORE END 2010.
July 2, 2009... The participants in last week's European Council meeting invited the European Commission to present an EU strategy for the Danube river region before the end of 2010. The strategy should aim "to introduce the Danube as a priority objective for...

TRANSPORT : DEBATE BEGINS ON FUTURE OF TRANSPORT.
July 2, 2009... What is the reaction to the communication published by the European Commission, on 17 June, on the future of the Common Transport Policy? On the whole, everyone in the transport sector finds it somewhat to their advantage but at the same time...

DEROGATIONS ON FREE MOVEMENT OF PETS.
July 2, 2009... Finland, Ireland, Malta, Sweden and the United Kingdom may be allowed to impose transitional health requirements, until December 2011, for the control of rabies, worms and ticks for animals travelling with their owners to their territory. The...

GREEN WEEK : DIMAS: EVENT A "TURNING POINT" IN BATTLE AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE.
July 2, 2009... Hours before opening session of Green Week 2009, the conference that examines the challenges of reducing EU and global greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to climate change, the European Commissioner for Environment, Stavros Dimas, in a press...

EBRD LOAN FOR HUNGARIAN GAS STORAGE FACILITY.
July 2, 2009... The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide a 200 million loan to MOL, Hungary's largest energy company. The loan is to finance completion of the conversion of the Szoreg 1 reservoir into an underground storage...

EIBaINVESTMENT IN DASOS TIMBERLAND FUND.
July 2, 2009... The European Investment Bank is investing up to 30 million in the new private equity fund Dasos Timberland Fund I, targeting timberland investments in Europe and emerging markets. The Luxembourg-based fund will target a commercial return from...

EIB LOANaFOR AGUAS DE CASTILLA-LA MANCHA.
July 2, 2009... The European Investment Bank (EIB) granted, on 22 June, Aguas de Castilla-La Mancha, a public entity owned by the Castilla-La Mancha Region, a 180 million loan to finance investment in the region's wastewater treatment facilities. The project...

EIB LOAN TO FIAT.
July 2, 2009... The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the FIAT Group signed, on 16 June, a 400 million finance contract approved by the EIB's Board of Directors last March. The loan is intended to support the Italian motor group's research and development...

EIB LOAN TO SAFRAN GROUP.
July 2, 2009... In the framework of the 2009 Paris Air Show, the European Investment Bank (EIB) granted, on 18 June, 300 million in financing to France's SAFRAN Group for the development of aircraft engines that use less fuel and are friendlier to the...

COUNCIL : EIGHTEEN MONTHS OF EU TEAM PRESIDENCY'.
July 2, 2009... Spain, Belgium and Hungary will be taking up the European Union Presidency in turn from 2010 and will form a team Presidency' for which they have already drawn up a road map. The economic crisis, social agenda and climate change top the agenda...

EU/US : ENERGY STAR: NEW SPECS FOR COMPUTERS, COPIERS AND PRINTERS.
July 2, 2009... The European Commission has formally announced agreement with the US Environmental Protection Agency over modified specifications for computers, copiers and printers under the EU-US Energy Star Programme. The criteria are effective from 1 July....

ENERGY/EUROPEAN COUNCIL : ENERGY SUPPLY DECLARED A PRIORITY.
July 2, 2009... Having a secure energy supply remains a priority for the European Union. In the conclusions adopted at the EU summit, on 18-19 June in Brussels, the heads of state and government reiterate this key principle while expressing serious concerns...

CIVIL PROTECTION : EU BOOSTS CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR SECURITY.
July 2, 2009... Being prepared for any eventuality sums up the objective of the measures proposed on 24 June by the European Commission to enhance the Union's prevention, detection and reaction capacities in case of threats to its chemical, biological,...

RENEWABLE ENERGY : EU EXEC DRAFTS TEMPLATE FOR NATIONAL ACTION PLANS.
July 2, 2009... The European Commission is set to publish, in early July with several days' delay, a decision establishing a template for national renewable energy action plans. Foreseen under the Renewables Directive (2009/28/EC), the template requires...

MAD COW DISEASE : EU IMPATIENCE GROWS THIN WITH BSE-MOTIVATED BAN.
July 2, 2009... At the height of the mad cow disease epidemic in Europe in the 1990s, the EU was imposing severe trade restrictions on fellow EU countries with most reported incidences, the United Kingdom being the most severely hit. A decade on, from the EU's...

CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE : EURELECTRIC REWARDS MEP CHRIS DAVIES.
July 2, 2009... ALDE MEP Chris Davies (UK) has received an award from the electricity industry association Eurelectric for his work on carbon capture and storage (CCS). Davies, who was re-elected on 4 June, was the European Parliament's rapporteur on the...

TRADE STATISTICS : EUROPE AND US REMAIN WORLD'S BIGGEST FOOD PRODUCERS.
July 2, 2009... The EU is the world's largest exporter and importer of food and drink products. However, its share of the global market fell from 24.6% in 1997 to 19.8% in 2007, largely as a result of greater competition from Brazil and China. The United...

ENERGY : EU SOLAR THERMAL MARKET BOASTS 60% GROWTH.
July 2, 2009... The solar thermal industry is looking confidently toward the future following a strong performance in 2008, when the European market grew by 60%, according to the European Solar Thermal Industry Federation (ESTIF). The 4th European Solar...

LEGAL FRAMEWORK : EU'S PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE CONTESTED BY WASHINGTON.
July 2, 2009... There are three main legal frameworks of reference when it comes to adjudicating who is right and who is wrong in a food safety-related trade dispute: the European Union, the United States and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Of these, the...

EU WELCOMES US CAP AND TRADE VOTE.
July 2, 2009... In what is seen as a great success for President Barack Obama, the US Chamber of Representatives adopted, on 26 June, a bill to combat climate change, anticipating a 17% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 (compared to 2005). This...

GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS : FRUSTRATION ALL ROUND AT LONG EU APPROVAL PROCESS.
July 2, 2009... For over a decade, US producers of genetically modified (GM) seeds, food and feed have been frustrated by having to wait years for permission from the EU to place their products on the market. While the European policy is strongly influenced by...

GERMAN AID TO SOLAR MODULES PLANT CLEARED.
July 2, 2009... The European Commission has authorised, under EC Treaty state aid rules, 25 million of regional investment aid for the German company Sovello AG (formerly EverQ GmbH) for the production of String-Ribbon solar modules in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany,...

ENVIRONMENT : GREECE AND SPAIN WARNED OVER PROTECTED SITES.
July 2, 2009... The European Commission announced, on 25 June, three infringement proceedings concerning the protection of nature. Spain is being referred to the EU Court of Justice for a failure to properly assess the impact of a number of on-going and...

DATA PROTECTION : HUSTINX: EU BODIES MAKE PROGRESS ON RESPECT OF PRIVACY.
July 2, 2009... Aanew report by Peter Hustinx, the European data protection supervisor (EDPS), shows that Community institutions have overall made good progress in meeting their data protection requirements. On the other hand, a lower level of compliance is...

BEEF HORMONES : INTERIM ACCORD NO PANACEA.
July 2, 2009... A sigh of relief was heard all round when, on 13 May, the EU and US signed an agreement temporarily resolving their long-standing dispute over the EU ban on using growth hormones in beef. But despite the celebrations, the US has not given up on...

LARS G. JOSEFSSON/UN ENERGY-CLIMATE GROUP.
July 2, 2009... The CEO of Vattenfall, Swedish national Lars G. Josefsson (age 49), has accepted an invitation from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to join the UN high-level Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change. The group is in charge of...

ENVIRONMENT : LAST WARNING OVER WASTE AND WATER TREATMENT.
July 2, 2009... On 25 June, the European Commission sent a reasoned opinion (second step in an infringement proceeding) to Italy asking it to close and clean up thousands of illegal and uncontrolled waste disposal sites across the country. Italy was condemned...

EUROPEAN COUNCIL : LEADERS MAKE DO WITH SKELETON SERVICE' ON CLIMATE CHANGE.
July 2, 2009... Is it a negotiating tactic, caution or simply the usual tendency to maintain the status quo? The fact remains that the EU heads of state and government, meeting in Brussels on 18 June, made do with skeleton service' on the climate, which is...

TRANSPARENCY : LOBBYISTS' REGISTER TO BE REVISED IN JULY OR SEPTEMBER.
July 2, 2009... The European Commission is expected to revise its public register of lobbyists either in mid-July or possibly in September. The system's voluntary approach will be maintained, however. The register was set up by Commissioner Siim Kallas...

CONFLICT RESOLUTION : MANY PATHS TO TAKE YET BREAKTHROUGHS ARE RARE.
July 2, 2009... How to resolve trade disputes quickly - or better still prevent them occurring - is a bit of conundrum for the transatlantic partners. There is no shortage of avenues to go down - bilateral and multilateral - designed to bring about a solution....

MARITIME TRANSPORT: SLOVAKIA IN BREACH OF LAW.
July 2, 2009... On 25 June, the European Commission sent a reasoned opinion - the last stage before bringing possible proceedings before the Court of Justice - to Slovakia for not having correctly transposed Directive 94/57/EC, which lays down common rules for...

FISHERIES COUNCIL : MEMBER STATES RELUCTANT ON REINFORCED CONTROLS.
July 2, 2009... The draft regulation aimed at strengthening the control system under the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is one of the key points of the European Commission's strategy to improve the CFP's performances. Although they agree on the principles, the...

ENERGY : MEPS TO SET GOALS FOR FUTURE.
July 2, 2009... The next Parliament comes at a strategic moment as the EU beings to rethink its energy policy over the longer period up to 2050. A key element for MEPs will be pushing for low-carbon energy technologies, while further enhancing the EU's...

ENERGY : MINISTERS APPROVE NUCLEAR SAFETY DIRECTIVE.
July 2, 2009... Meeting in Luxembourg, on 25 June, the Council adopted a directive on nuclear safety requiring member states to set up and continuously improve national nuclear safety frameworks. According to the European Commission, which put forward the...

AGRICULTURE COUNCIL : MINISTERS CALL FOR MORE CONTROL OVER CLONES.
July 2, 2009... Despite the European Commission's reluctance, EU agriculture ministers, on 22 June, approved on first reading a political agreement extending the existing rules for marketing new foodstuffs to the descendents of clones. The Commission claims...

ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL : MINISTERS STRESS URGENCY OF ACTION ON BIODIVERSITY.
July 2, 2009... The EU environment ministers, concerned about threats to biodiversity and the European Union's likely failure to attain the objective of halting biodiversity loss by 2010, underline the urgency of reversing this trend. In conclusions(1) adopted...

FISHERIES COUNCIL : MINISTERS WILLING TO GIVE BOOST TO AQUACULTURE.
July 2, 2009... In spite of the development strategy in place at EU level since 2002, European aquaculture is not faring well. Meeting in Luxembourg, on 23 June, the EU fisheries ministers expressed their "concern" about the situation and noted that while the...

NATURAL DISASTERS: EU'S PARTNERS RECOGNISED.
July 2, 2009... Development Workshop France (DWF) and Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FHA) have been presented the Sasakawa Award for Disaster Reduction by the United Nations. DWF received the certificate of distinction and the FHA the certificate of merit. The...

NEW DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLAN FOR THE CARIBBEAN.
July 2, 2009... The European Commission adopted, on 16 June, its seventh disaster preparedness action plan for the Caribbean in the amount of 5 million. Priority is attached to the most vulnerable and exposed communities, with approximately 300,000 direct...

AGRI-FOOD : NEWaINFRINGEMENT PROCEEDINGS.
July 2, 2009... The European Commission sent reasoned opinions (second stage of the infringement proceedings), on 25 June, to the Czech Republic and Poland over their failure to notify national implementing measures as required by Directive 2007/72/EC...

ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL/CLIMATE CHANGE : NO PLAN B' IF COPENHAGEN FAILS.
July 2, 2009... One week after the Brussels European Council (see page 5) and the day after the latest meeting of the Major Economies Forum (MEF), organised from 22 to 23 June in Jiutepec (Mexico), EU environment ministers, meeting in Luxembourg on 25 June,...

CONSUMERS : PHARMACEUTICALS AND CONSUMER RIGHTS ON AGENDA.
July 2, 2009... The European Commission proposals, which are together called the pharmaceutical package', intend to combat counterfeit medicines, strengthen pharmacovigilance and ensure the provision of better information to patients. The first two proposals...

ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL : POLITICAL AGREEMENT REACHED ON INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION.
July 2, 2009... Top marks for the Czech EU Presidency, which managed to wrest a political agreement from EU environment ministers, meeting in Luxembourg on 24 June, on the draft directive on the prevention and control of industrial emissions. An agreement was...

GREEN WEEK : PROF VAN YPERSELE: CLIMATE TARGETS MAY NEED REVISION.
July 2, 2009... The time has come to revise old EU climate change targets, said Professor Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, vice-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a scientific body set up by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and...

PROTECTING CONSUMERS WHILE PROMOTING TRADE A TALL ORDER.
July 2, 2009... As the food industry has become more global, with even a small supermarket stocking products from dozens of countries, the number of trade disputes arising from divergent food and plant safety regulations has grown substantially. Nowhere is...

ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL : REVOLT BUILDING AGAINST GMOS.
July 2, 2009... Fifteen member states would like the decision of whether or not to approve the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to be left to the discretion of national authorities, using the subsidiarity principle. The idea, which was...

ORNAMENTAL PLANTS : SLUGGISH APPROVAL PROCEDURE KEEPING EUROPEAN EXPORTS OUT.
July 2, 2009... Though it may not grab the headlines the way the trade restrictions on genetically modified foods (see separate article) do, a similar logjam exists on the other side of the Atlantic that is hindering the export of ornamental plants from...

ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL : SPECIFIC LEGISLATION ON BIOWASTE POSSIBLE, SAY MINISTERS.
July 2, 2009... The EU's environment ministers did not take a clear stance in favour of specific legislation on biowaste, but in conclusions(1) adopted on 25 June, they call on the European Commission to assess the different ways this type of waste is treated...

DAIRY PRODUCTS : STATE REGULATORS SHUTTING EU EXPORTERS OUT OF MARKET.
July 2, 2009... Many trade obstacles occur as the result of actions taken by central government administrations, agencies or lawmakers. But there is one sector in the United States - grade A' dairy products - where it is rather inaction by the US...

TRANSPORT POLICY : "SUBSTANTIAL REORGANISATION" ON DRAWING BOARD.
July 2, 2009... The ageing of the population, environmental challenges, immigration, the depletion of fossil fuels and growing urbanisation are among the trends - and challenges - that transport policy will have to deal with in the coming years. A...

OPEN FORUM : SUSTAINABLE MARITIME POLICY: GUIDELINES FROM FRANCE.
July 2, 2009... On Jean-Louis Borloo's initiative(1) and at the instigation of Francois Fillon, the French prime minister, France has engaged itself in an innovative approach, a large brain-storming, the Grenelle de la Mer', in order to redefine and reaffirm...

BIO-TERRORIST CHECKS : US BUREAUCRACY, NEW AND OLD, HAMPERING EUROPEAN EXPORTS.
July 2, 2009... A relatively new barrier that has negatively affected a wide range of EU foods exported to the US is the anti-bioterrorist regime the United States introduced in response to the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks. In the immediate aftermath of...

CHLORINATED CHICKENS : US POULTRY INDUSTRY SAYS BAN NOT JUSTIFIED.
July 2, 2009... Since 1996, US chickens cannot be sold in the EU because of a European ban on the anti-salmonella treatments the US industry uses on poultry products, which involve dipping carcasses in baths of chlorine or similar solutions to disinfect them....

EMPLOYMENT : WWF: GREEN' JOBS OUTNUMBER FOSSIL FUEL JOBS.
July 2, 2009... A new study by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) points to at least 3.4 million jobs across Europe coming from green' economic activities. WWF suggests that such jobs are overtaking "polluting" employment calculated as providing some 2.8 million...

AGENDA.
July 2, 2009... INSTITUTIONS 13-14 July - Agriculture and Fisheries Council (Brussels) 13-16 July - European Parliament plenary session (Strasbourg) 23-25 July - Informal Energy and Environment Council (Are, Sweden) 14-15 September - Informal...