DUTCH ENVIRONMENTALISTS FAIL TO LINK NATIONAL EMISSIONS LIMITS TO EU POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL DIRECTIVE
May 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
DUTCH environmental campaigners have failed in court to link two European Union (EU) directives in a way that would force pollution permits for power stations to respect national emissions limits imposed by EU law. The two directives in question are the 2008 integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC) directive and the 2001 directive on national emission ceilings for certain atmospheric pollutants (NEC). The former insists that polluting plants, including thermal power stations, must have permits limiting their emissions; the latter caps ...
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