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BY KEITH NUTHALL

A SERIES of important decisions affecting air quality, water pollution and other environmental issues affecting the whole European Union (EU) were made last week by the EU Council of Ministers. Notably, it formally agreed new controls on the release of particulate matter.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved a new regulation (June 12) that lays down detailed rules for organic seafood production and labelling to better regulate a sector that has come under criticism from consumer groups for lacking standardisation.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE OIL and gas sector was always a global business, and with world trade increasing and new reserves being opened up in all continents and oceans, it is becoming ever more international. As a result, the need for common standards and practices, relevant to the industry, its suppliers and its customers is becoming increasingly important.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank (EIB) is planning to lend Urenco Limited up to Euro 200 million to extend the nuclear fuel enrichment capacity of two plants – in Britain and the Netherlands. Two environmental impact assessments have been completed and the EIB says the projects (costing Euro 430 million overall) should now comply with EU environment laws.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

JUNE 1 was a historic date for the packaging industry, because in a sense, nothing from that day will be the same again. That was when REACH – the European Union’s (EU) Registration, Evaluation, and Authorisation of Chemicals system – came into force, sparking a long series of deadlines, tests, assessments and registrations that will last from now until 2022.…

BY RACHEL JONES, in Caracas

WHILE Venezuela’s economy relies on its petroleum wealth, oil spills could devastate its environment. In 1997, a tanker spilled thousands of tonnes of oil in the Maracaibo Channel, affecting wildlife along 45 km of beach. Would Venezuelans support environmental restrictions on the petroleum industry if it meant that the country’s oil production fell, denying them millions of petrodollars?…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved a new regulation (June 12) that lays down detailed rules for organic seafood production and labelling to better regulate a sector that has come under criticism from consumer groups for lacking standardisation.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs has admitted that support for a comprehensive unbundling of EU energy suppliers and producers is weak within the EU Council of Ministers, signalling that he may have to water down planned tough draft proposals.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
ALTHOUGH the European Union’s (EU) ambitious REACH policy to control the safety and use of tens of thousands of chemical substances does not directly apply to food or to food additives, manufacturers should not think they will escape its clutches scot-free.…

BY RACHEL JONES, in Caracas
WHILE Venezuela’s economy relies on its petroleum wealth, oil spills could devastate its environment. In 1997, a tanker spilled thousands of tonnes of oil in the Maracaibo Channel, affecting wildlife along 45 km of beach. Would Venezuelans support environmental restrictions on the petroleum industry if it meant that the country’s oil production fell, denying them millions of petrodollars?…