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The HSE Daily http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/index/uneThematique.asp?idThema=7 Soils and Sites en European Commission to submit a slightly increased environment budget http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=665&idThema=7 19/05/2008 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=665&idThema=7 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=665&idThema=7 If the budget for 2009 submitted by the European Commission on Tuesday 6th May is approved as is, 14 billion will be allocated to the environment, which represents an increase of 0.8% on this year.... Political interference and ozone: the EPA Administrator speaks out http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=660&idThema=7 15/05/2008 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=660&idThema=7 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=660&idThema=7 Stephen L. Johnson, the current Administrator of the American Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the first scientist to head this public body, was invited to address the French Institute of... Legislative part of the Grenelle bill to be completed by end of year http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=650&idThema=7 13/05/2008 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=650&idThema=7 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=650&idThema=7 On 30th April, the French Minister for the Environment Jean-Louis Borloo introduced the Grenelle I draft law, which was also submitted to the Economic and Social Council (CES). The schedule and... EPA scientists under political pressure http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=645&idThema=7 02/05/2008 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=645&idThema=7 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=645&idThema=7 Over half of the 1,600 scientists working at the American Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) who replied to a questionnaire sent to 5,400 of them by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) declare... French National Assembly passes GMO bill by a whisker http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=638&idThema=7 16/04/2008 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=638&idThema=7 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=638&idThema=7 On Wednesday, French MPs passed the highly controversial bill on GMOs at its first reading, although with a majority of only 249 votes to 228. According to AFP, this is the slimmest majority for a... Members of European Parliament want environmental damage considered a criminal offence http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=635&idThema=7 15/04/2008 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=635&idThema=7 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=635&idThema=7 On Tuesday 8th April, MEPs adopted a report from the European Parliaments Legal Affairs Committee backing the criminalisation of illegal behaviour likely to seriously injure people or damage air,... Tension reigns over the GMO debate in the French parliament http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=625&idThema=7 07/04/2008 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=625&idThema=7 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=625&idThema=7 The parliamentary debate on Frances GMO bill was dominated by suspicions about the influence exercised by lobbies on both proponents and opponents of genetically engineered crops. In the run up to a... Grenelle environment forum running into trouble and out of steam http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=616&idThema=7 01/04/2008 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=616&idThema=7 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=616&idThema=7 Several days before the French Environment Ministry introduces a draft bill on the Grenelle environment forum, the main representatives of the forums working groups, which convened from August to... A new biomolecular engineering commission for France http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=614&idThema=7 28/03/2008 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=614&idThema=7 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=614&idThema=7 A decree published in the Official Journal on 23rd March has created a commission to study the release of products resulting from the use of biomolecular engineering methods. The role of the... French Council of State rejects appeal against the Mon 810 ban http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=607&idThema=7 25/03/2008 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=607&idThema=7 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=607&idThema=7 AFP reports that on Wednesday 19th March the Council of State, Frances highest administrative court, rejected an appeal against the government order banning Mon 810 genetically modified "For the OECD, economic growth and the environment can go hand-in-hand" http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=603&idThema=7 20/03/2008 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=603&idThema=7 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=603&idThema=7 Following the publication of the "OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030", Tom Jones, Head of the National Policies Division at the Environment Directorate of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and... A more accurate survey of the world's forests http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=597&idThema=7 17/03/2008 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=597&idThema=7 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=597&idThema=7 Forests cover 4 billion hectares (30%) of the worlds land surface but, according to data from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), 200 km2 of this woodland disappears every... China creates an Environment Ministry http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=595&idThema=7 14/03/2008 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=595&idThema=7 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=595&idThema=7 In a reform that was approved at the end of February and which should be officially promulgated in March, Chinas State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) will be promoted to a full... Biodiversity will still be endangered in 2030 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=589&idThema=7 11/03/2008 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=589&idThema=7 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=589&idThema=7 Predictably, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is very pessimistic about the future of biodiversity in its Environmental Outlook to 2030, published on 5th March. In... European funding harmful to the environment http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=582&idThema=7 05/03/2008 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=582&idThema=7 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=582&idThema=7 Friends of the Earth Europe and Bankwatch Network have described 50 infrastructure projects in Central and Eastern European Member States as ill conceived and damaging for the Survey to study the effectiveness of the Seveso II directive http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=572&idThema=7 26/02/2008 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=572&idThema=7 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=572&idThema=7 On 6th February, the F-Seveso survey was launched to obtain feedback from organisations concerned by the Seveso II directive in Europe, such as industry, professional associations, trade unions and... Brussels seeks to improve the environment information system http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=561&idThema=7 19/02/2008 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=561&idThema=7 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=561&idThema=7 In a press release on 5th February, the European Commission announced detailed plans to introduce a Shared Environment Information System (SEIS) during the course of 2008. The new system will have a... GMOs: Mon 810 banned in France http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=560&idThema=7 18/02/2008 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=560&idThema=7 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=560&idThema=7 On 9th February Frances Agriculture Minister, Michel Barnier, published an order in the Official Journal (OJ) banning the sowing of Mon 810 genetically modified Landmark ruling on the prejudice resulting from environmental damage http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=548&idThema=7 07/02/2008 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=548&idThema=7 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=548&idThema=7 In a ruling handed down on 16th January 2008, the "Tribunal de Grande Instance" (Criminal Court) of Paris set a precedent in the case concerning the sinking of the Erika in late 1999 - which caused a... EU: increasing State aid in favour of the environment http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=541&idThema=7 04/02/2008 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=541&idThema=7 http://www.thehsedaily.net/en/document/detail.asp?id=541&idThema=7 On 23rd January, the European Commission announced an increase in the authorized levels of State aid: the percentages for large enterprises have risen from 30-40% to 50-60%, and for small enterprises...