EEA DATABASE
February 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE FIRST Europe-wide register of industrial emissions into air and water has been launched by the European Environment Agency and the European Commission. This European Pollutant Emission Register is available on the Internet and contains detailed information on pollution from around 10,000 large industrial facilities in the European Union and Norway, including large pig and poultry farms. The database covers 50 different pollutants and will from March onwards include data from Hungary. EU environment Commissioner Margot Wallström said: "The new ...
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