EU LAUNCHES ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PLAN REVIEW
May 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has unveiled plans this year to tighten the European Union's (EU) national emissions ceilings directive, which caps the amount of pollution released in the air within member states. This comes in the Commission's latest annual environmental policy review, which has been released alongside a mid-term review of its 2002-2012 sixth environment action programme.EU environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said work was still required to improve Europe's environmental health: "EU environment policy is delivering tangible results ...
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