Environment

Environment MEPs clamp down on wasteful plastic carrier bags

EU states would have to reduce the consumption of most common and polluting plastic bags by 80% by 2019, under draft rules backed by the Environment Committee on Monday. To this end, MEPs recommend using economic instruments such as taxes and levies,...

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Pacific island countries urged to produce more healthy, competitive foods - UN

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Processed foods are increasingly pricing locally produced, healthier foods out of the market.

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MEPs reject draft seed regulation

The European Commission's proposal for plant reproductive material law, also known as the “seed regulation”, was voted down by Parliament on Tuesday, amid concerns that it would give the Commission too much power and leave EU countries without any...

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Asia and the Pacific must boost food production to meet future demand

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