Issue 25 - May 2008

Regular features

Draft EU legislation tracker:

A handy bird's-eye view of where the decision-making process stands on the 22 most important pieces of business-relevant EU environmental legislation

EU law implementation monitor:

Structured updates on the implementation status of four existing EU environmental laws per edition, including past and future legal deadlines.

Internet links:

Click straight from articles in the PDF version of ENDS Europe REPORT to source material on the Internet.

Debate:

Two experts or decision-makers in the field go head to head on a burning question of the day.

Policy outlook:

A page of intelligence on what's coming up - giving you every opportunity to take first-move advantage.

Profile:

Every month, we ask a leading actor to give a personal view on European environmental politics.

Features:

The four features per edition each give an invaluable introduction to complex current issues in EU environmental policy-making.

News:

Our regular news update keeps you in touch with key developments in the last month.

In this month's edition:

News

• Big emitters urged to end “defensive stance”
• UN climate meeting agrees 2008 work plan
• Conflict deepens on EU waste law revision
• Scope of electro-scrap law likely to expand
• Euro-parli lawyers back car CO2 penalties
• Ship air pollution deal slashes sulphur caps
• EU court rules deca ban exemption ‘illegal’
• Europe hails end to methyl bromide use
• Pressure rises over EU biofuel use target
• Stricter rules urged for EU renewables law
• New pact halves Dutch buildings energy use
• EU green crime law enters final straight
• Forest protection rises up EU political agenda
• Fight looms over airline carbon trade plan
• An alternative vision for the ETS?

In Brief

• EU Court suspends CO2 trading lawsuit
• Greece barred from trading Kyoto credits
• Sweden to launch food carbon labels
• Industry slams RoHS substance ban review
• dutch plan lifecycle approach to waste
• EU adopts new battery sales calculations
• EU ‘must act’ on ship scrapping, say MEPs
• EU mulls efficiency goals for car aircon
• Romanian car tax to finance green goals
• Chem classification overhaul steps ahead
• Reach price list gets commission approval
• Revised EU air quality directive enters force
• Swedish certificates boost green power
• Greece and Latvia late with energy plans
• Denmark delights in public’s power cuts
• Nature and economy: no trade-off needed
• Execution of green action plan panned
• Espinosa spain’s new environment minister

Features

• Industry concern grows over new emission ceilings
• CO2 focus masks methane’s impact on global warming
• High-tech sector claims key role in climate challenge

Policy Outlook

• What to look out for this month

Calendar

• Events