http://www.euractiv.comLatests DocumentsUNEenSat, 17 May 2008 13:30:26 GMThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss5editor@euractiv.comwebmaster@euractiv.comhttp://www.euractiv.com/cssea/logo.gifhttp://www.euractiv.com/10360http://www.euractiv.com/en/environment/meps-stand-plans-ban-chemicals-water/article-172251?Ref=RSS The European Parliament's environment committee has reinstated a list of priority hazardous substances to be banned from water by 2025, putting it on a collision course with those EU member states which had already rejected the proposal a year ago.Thu, 8 May 2008 10:40:00 GMTtcm:29-172251-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/environment/commission-hesitant-approve-gm-crops/article-172209?Ref=RSS The Commission has referred a number of pending GMO approvals back to the EU's food safety agency (EFSA) for further review of scientific evidence of the GMOs' potential effects on the environment and human health.Fri, 9 May 2008 08:02:48 GMTtcm:29-172209-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/environment/italy-taken-court-inadequate-waste-plans/article-172177?Ref=RSS Measures taken to address the waste crisis in the Naples region are "inadequate" and are putting citizens' health at risk, the European Commission claims.Wed, 7 May 2008 06:45:00 GMTtcm:29-172177-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/environment/labels-help-consumers-choose-greener-products/article-171961?Ref=RSS An existing EU labelling scheme for energy-using products should be expanded to cover all manufactured goods, says the latest draft of an upcoming Commission action plan on sustainable consumption and production (SCP), scheduled for official publication on 14 May.Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:55:00 GMTtcm:29-171961-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/environment/farmers-defend-pesticides-face-rising-food-prices/article-171943?Ref=RSS Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:40:00 GMTtcm:29-171943-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/environment/era-cheap-food-eu/article-171846?Ref=RSS EU consumers should get used to paying more for food as prices for meat, grain, cereal and a range of agricultural commodities are set to increase further, according to EU officials and MEPs debating the issue in Strasbourg yesterday (22 April). The EU's current push for biofuels came under repeated scrutiny during the discussion. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:00:00 GMTtcm:29-171846-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/environment/eu-considers-truck-pollution-charges/article-171860?Ref=RSS EU countries would be allowed to charge heavy road users for the costs they incur on society, including congestion, air pollution and noise - something prohibited by EU law up till now - according to an early draft of a Commission proposal to revise its 'Eurovignette Directive'.Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:55:00 GMTtcm:29-171860-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/environment/gm-crops-way-feed-world/article-171823?Ref=RSS The world's 6.5 billion inhabitants can only be fed with the help of genetically modified crops, according to the father of the "green revolution" Norman Borlaug, quoted by political advisor and author Paul Driessen in an April editorial for .Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:55:00 GMTtcm:29-171823-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/environment/bulgaria-seeks-eu-funding-nuclear-phase/article-171806?Ref=RSS Bulgaria is negotiating with the European Commission to double its compensation for the early closure of four units of its Kozloduy nuclear power plant, the Bulgarian Economy Minister Peter Dimitrov said on 20 April.Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMTtcm:29-171806-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/environment/interview-eu-running-enormous-risk-resource-crunch/article-171795?Ref=RSS With EU citizens using more than twice the resources available within European boundaries, there is a risk of 'serious hardship' from ecological overshoot, Mathis Wackernagel of the Global Footprint Network told EurActiv in an interview.Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:55:00 GMTtcm:29-171795-16