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MEPs wave through raft of Green Deal legislation as elections loom
The European Parliament's environment committee has approved provisional deals with governments on half a dozen key pieces of environmental law, as lawmakers hurry to complete as much Green Deal legislation as possible before EU elections.
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Brewers froth over winemakers’ exemption from anti-waste rules
As the EU debates rules to limit packaging waste, beer producers argue they are being unfairly discriminated against with exemptions for winemakers from reuse targets and deposit-return schemes, but one of Europe’s wine industry association chiefs says brewers should “mind their own business”.
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Belgium has just weeks to close key environment policy files
As Belgium takes over the EU Council presidency, it has just eight weeks to reach a deal with the European Parliament on a hotly debated law designed to reverse rapid growth in packaging waste, as well limits on CO2 emissions from lorries and rules on carbon removal certification.
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Governments agree response to surge in packaging waste
Environment ministers secured several concessions before agreeing a joint position on legislation designed to reduce the amount of packaging material discarded annually, prompting the Netherlands' Vivianne Heijnen to warn against any further “watering down".
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Euroviews. The future of reusable packaging in Europe hangs in the balance
The unprecedented level of lobbying seen in Brussels these days around revamped packaging waste rules is making some politicians strangely hesitant, and the EU risks staying attached to single-use packaging and a throw-away economy, Aline Maigret writes.
