SHIP POLLUTION
December 1st, 2003
Keith NuthallTHE EUROPEAN Parliament has called on the European Union to widen its controls on pollution from sea-going ships to include polycyclic aromatics (such as PAH) and heavy metals, for instance nickel and vanadium. An agreed non-binding resolution has also called on the European Commission to propose widening the objective of its anti-ship pollution policies beyond tackling environmental and human health problems to that of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and their contribution to global warming. The parliament also noted its concern over a Commission ...
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