Potočnik calls for 'profound greening' of EU farm policies
Sustainable agricultural practices play a crucial role in ensuring both environmental and food security, as farmers manage up to 50% of EU land, participants in an agriculture forum stressed yesterday (16 March).
Commission holds on to soil protection law
Amid resistance from EU ministers, Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik has defended an EU directive on soil by claiming that national policies are not delivering and land management increasingly affects cross-border issues like climate change, biodiversity and water pollution.
EU guide to boost green goods and services
A European Commission handbook published on Friday (12 March) hopes to give businesses and politicians the right tools to assess the life cycle of all products and services in order to help boost the green economy.
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Raw materials: Heading for a global resource crunch?
With the world's population growing and industrialisation rising, competition for raw materials is intensifying, raising concerns about access to...
Towards a global life-cycle economy?
Assessing the environmental impact of products throughout their whole lifecycle - from raw material extraction to transport,...
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...
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