COASTAL COMMUNITIES COME UNDER ADDITIONAL EU PRESSURE TO CLEAN UP MARINE POLLUTION
May 1st, 2008 BY KEITH NUTHALL
LOCAL authorities serving coastal communities will come under additional pressure to reduce pollution into the sea, following the approval of a new European Union (EU) marine environmental policy directive. It says EU member states must achieve or maintain "good environmental status" within their seas and oceans by 2020. This would mean they are "ecologically diverse and dynamic, clean, healthy and productive, [and] their use is sustainable", safeguarded for future generations.
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LOCAL authorities serving coastal communities will come under additional pressure to reduce pollution into the sea, following the approval of a new European Union (EU) marine environmental policy directive. It says EU member states must achieve or maintain "good environmental status" within their seas and oceans by 2020. This would mean they are "ecologically diverse and dynamic, clean, healthy and productive, [and] their use is sustainable", safeguarded for future generations.
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