Go to the Content Thursday, 9 February 2012
Your search for "Janez Potocnik" produced 67 items.
| 1. MEPs call for targets in EU green plan | January 26, 2012 |
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Environment committee wants more precise targets in Commission's upcoming seventh Environmental Action Programme (7EAP). Members of the European Parliament's environment... | |
| 2. Italy told to tackle waste crisis | January 25, 2012 |
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Commission warns of new challenge in European Court of Justice. The European Commission is preparing to refer Italy to the European Court of Justice for a second time if it... | |
| 3. Ban on cadmium takes effect | January 10, 2012 |
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Cadmium was added to banned list as part of the REACH chemicals legislation last year. All jewellery sold in the EU must be free of cadmium from today (10 January). Cadmium... | |
| 4. Germany wins battle to delete biodiversity goals from CAP | December 21, 2011 |
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Biodiversity 'prejudged' reform of the CAP. A call for specific biodiversity goals to be integrated into the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was abandoned at the insistence... |
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| 5. Reference to CAP in biodiversity conclusions deleted | December 19, 2011 |
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Germany leads objection to specific biodiversity goals in the CAP. A call for specific biodiversity goals to be integrated into the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was... | |
| 6. Potocnik announces plan for green jobs and growth | December 15, 2011 |
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‘Eco-innovation Action Plan' to boost development and investment in environmental technologies. The European Commission today launched an Eco-innovation Action Plan that... |
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| 7. Precious, yet precarious | October 6, 2011 |
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The Commission must take action on rare-earth elements. Dirk Jan van den Berg and Erik Offerman are right in highlighting the precarious situation regarding Europe's supply... |
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| 8. Commission tells Hungary to scrap telecoms tax | September 29, 2011 |
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Tax seen breaching EU telecoms rules. The European Commission has called on Hungary to abolish a recently introduced tax on telecoms operators. | |
| 9. Farm aid tied to meeting EU's biodiversity needs | April 20, 2011 |
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European Commission's environment department will attempt to set out better protection for species and habitats threatened with over-exploitation and extinction. A sweeping... |
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| 10. Ministers want new environment action plan | December 16, 2010 |
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Ten-year plan for the environment expires in mid-2012 Environment ministers meeting in Brussels next week will put pressure on the European Commission to produce a new... | |
| 11. Mission: to end short-term thinking | December 16, 2010 |
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Environment commissioner wants longer-term focus and says biodiversity funding must be ‘strengthened' “A new global alliance to protect life on earth.” This was the... |
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| 12. Some planes, no trains and chauffeur-driven automobiles | October 21, 2010 |
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A difficult journey to Strasbourg. Even before they got to enjoy a general strike in France, officials from the European Parliament found the journey to Strasbourg for this... |
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| 13. Call to put emphasis on protection of nature | October 7, 2010 |
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EU gets ready for Japan summit on biodiversity protection. EU environment ministers will call for a dramatic step-change in efforts to protect nature when they meet to agree... |
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| 14. Taking biodiversity for granted | September 16, 2010 |
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An important message is not being heard. With barely three months of the year left, there is, unfortunately, little to show for the International Year of Biodiversity. |
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| 15. 'No extra money' for biodiversity protection | September 8, 2010 |
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European politicians warn that there will be no additional funding for developing nations.
The European Union looks set to disappoint developing countries by turning down... |
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| 16. Coal subsidies 'should' end in 2014 | July 20, 2010 |
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Commission calls for hard-coal subsidies to be phased out and uncompetitive mines to be closed. The European Commission today adopted a proposal calling for an end to... |
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| 17. Fired-up commissioner | June 24, 2010 |
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A coal-fired dilemma for Janez Potocnik. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is pondering whether to give €350 million in loans to upgrade the... |
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| 18. Slight fall in water quality | June 10, 2010 |
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Overall quality remains high, but more beaches and rivers fail to meet minimum standard. The number of beaches, rivers and lakes in the European Union that failed to meet... | |
| 19. Maltese hunters are not fair game | May 27, 2010 |
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Confronting criticism of hunters. Caroline Muscat's commentary on your pages (“Malta's birds need greater protection”, 6-11 May) contained inaccuracies and, in our... |
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| 20. Diving into turbulent waters | May 12, 2010 |
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Member states are struggling to keep up with EU legislation. The European Union has a long tradition of acting to protect Europe's rivers, lakes and seas. The 1976 bathing... | |
