After the EPP in the EU Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) left the negotiating table on the renaturation law, the remaining rapporteurs from S&D, Greens, Renew and Left negotiated 29 compromise proposals. The ENVI is scheduled to vote on these on June 15, followed by the plenary in July.Table.Media was able to view the compromise draft […]
Plastic beverage bottle lids are among the single-use plastic items “most commonly found as litter on Union beaches.” That is what EU Directive 2019/904 says. So far, so bad. That is where environmentally conscious lawmakers can start to react and regulate.In response, Brussels has come up with a very clever idea in the form of […]
Germany escapes a million euro fine from the EU in the dispute over nitrate-contaminated water. A corresponding infringement procedure for the implementation of the Nitrates Directive against the Federal Republic was closed, the EU Commission announced on Thursday.New fertilizer regulations were launched in Berlin on Wednesday. According to the Brussels-based authority, these comply with the […]
German Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) has backed eight countries that reject the Commission’s proposal for a new Euro 7 emissions standard for cars and trucks. He made this clear on Thursday in Luxembourg at the meeting of EU transport ministers. The introduction dates of the new standard (July 2025 for cars, July 2027 for […]
While the negotiating delegations are preparing for COP28 in Dubai in late November at next week’s Bonn Climate Change Conference (SBSTA), Brazil has chosen the venue for the next-generation global climate conference. COP30 will be held in Belém, the second-largest city in the Amazon region. Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva made the announcement […]
A political career is often an immense burden on one’s private life. This is also the case with MEP Ismail Ertug, who is now pulling the ripcord. The transport politician will resign his mandate for the SPD group on July 2 – for family reasons, he told Table.Media. Last week, Ertug had already shut down […]
The EU Commission wants to exempt areas of application where there are no alternatives for per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from a blanket ban. The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is currently consulting with experts and stakeholders on a possible ban on PFASs after five European countries submitted a corresponding restriction proposal.Even though it is still […]
The European Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) has adopted the report on the revision of the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED). 55 MEPs voted in favor, 26 against and six abstained. The revised IED mainly affects large industrial plants and livestock farms, but also mines and battery factories. They are to:The part of the IED concerning farms […]
After the EU Parliament’s Agriculture Committee already rejected the Commission’s proposal for a new nature restoration act on Tuesday, the Fisheries Committee followed suit on Wednesday. EPP, ECR and ID as well as three of the four Renew MEPs voted for the rejection. Socialists, Greens and Left voted against and wanted to have amendments voted […]
Criticism is growing in German industry of a possible comprehensive ban on perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the so-called eternity chemicals. In a position paper published today, the German Engineering Federation (VDMA) criticizes that even polymers “of low concern” would be affected, which are indispensable and harmless for various industrial processes.PFAS are man-made chemicals and, […]