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22 November 2009
Breaking News:
Dutch plan to charge car drivers by the kilometre  

Dutch drivers will be first in Europe to start paying according to the kilometres they drive rather than for owning a car, if a legislative proposal submitted to the lower house of the country's parliament on Friday (14 November) goes through.


Nature 'services' undervalued, EU report finds  

The cost of nature conservation is by far outweighed by societal and economic benefits, argues a new report supported by the European Commission and published on Friday (13 November). 


LinksDossiers

Towards a recycling society 

An EU strategy on preventing and recycling waste aims to pave the way towards a recycling society by decoupling economic growth from natural resource use. (read more)

Water, Business & Sustainability  [FR]

With water supplies under growing strain due to intensive use and climate change, the EU has introduced pricing policies to persuade users – farmers, industries and households – to save the precious resource. (read more)

Greening logistics  [FR] [DE]

Soaring fuel prices, together with growing road congestion and increasingly stringent EU legislation, are forcing freight and delivery services to rethink their transportation strategies so as to save money on fuel and limit their environmental impact. (read more)

 
Opinion & Analysis
EU's next big project an 'environmental union' 
David Miliband, Foreign Secretary, United Kingdom
Nanotechnology and the environment: A mismatch between claims and reality 
International Persistant Organic Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN)
Securing water resources 
Dr. Mark Smith (et al.), IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature)
World Bank's forest and carbon fund fails forests and peoples 
Kate Dooley et al., FERN and Forest Peoples Programme
Hanging in the balance: The EU's climate agenda 
Simon Tilford, Centre for European Reform (CER)
 
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