WWF REPORT
November 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLPOLITICAL pressure applied by the European Union (EU) on its Member States to improve the environmental performance of their water sectors is failing to achieve the desired results, according to a report from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). It claims that the majority of EU countries and those applying for membership are taking ineffective measures to tackle pollution and over-consumption, indeed many are taking the "easy option" of increasing water availability rather than the "harder option," reducing consumption.Although the report does ...
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