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Cutting air pollution in Europe would prevent early deaths, improve productivity and curb climate change, according to EEA

Europe’s air is getting cleaner but persistent pollution, especially in cities, still damages people’s health and the economy. The European Environment Agency’s (EEA) new analysis on air quality shows that exposure to air pollution caused about 400,000 premature deaths in the European Union (EU) in 2016. The EEA’s ‘Air quality in Europe — 2019 report’… [Read more]

IMPEL Board meeting at ISPRA, Rome, 10 and 11 October 2019

The IMPEL Board had its fourth 2019 full meeting on 10 and 11 October 2019 at ISPRA, L’Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale, in Rome. The meeting was held back to back with the successful IMPEL Water and Land Conference, held at ISPRA on 8 and 9 October 2019 in Rome. The… [Read more]

Protecting the environment through criminal law: European Commission launches public consultation to evaluate EU rules

Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers is currently evaluating the Environmental Crime Directive (Directive 2008/99/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008) on the protection of the environment through criminal law and whether it has achieved its objectives. In the light of the results, it will be decided if some follow-up… [Read more]

EEA: “Europe’s circular economy still in its infancy”

Circular material use can minimise waste and resource extraction, improve resource efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and contribute to conserving biodiversity. However, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) report, circular economy initiatives in Europe are still at an early stage and would benefit from more investments in upscaling promising innovations and in monitoring progress… [Read more]

ECHA proposes 18 substances for authorisation

European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) ninth recommendation to the European Commission to prioritise substances of very high concern for authorisation includes 18 substances. Thirteen of these substances are toxic for reproduction, of which one has also endocrine disrupting properties. The other substances are an endocrine disruptor, a carcinogen, a very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB) substance… [Read more]

Compliance checks on chemicals firms to increase substantially

Governments have agreed to increase the minimum compliance check target for chemicals registration dossiers from 5% to 20%. This is the first concrete legislative step following reports of widespread flouting of EU rules. Because of earlier revelations that the majority of dossiers submitted by chemicals firms do not comply with the REACH regulation covering the… [Read more]

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