15.01.2018
- The European Parliament’s Environment, Food and Public Health committee (ENVI) by a vote of 42 to 17 (with one abstention) has rejected a proposal for a full ban on the use of...
11.01.2018
- Ineos Shale, UK-based exploration and fracking arm of Swiss-based Ineos group, on Jan. 10 announced it planned to legally challenge Scotland’s permanent moratorium on fracking, as...
26.10.2017
- The EU has again failed to reach agreement on renewing authorization for use of glyphosate. No formal vote was taken at the Commission meeting on Oct. 25, as an initial round of...
03.07.2017
- The American Academy of Pediatrics, a body that represents more than 66,000 pediatricians and pediatric surgeons, has written to Scott Pruitt, new administrator of the US...
13.04.2017
- A week before a federal court deadline to make a final decision on its use, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has denied a petition to ban the insecticide active...
09.02.2017
- Chief executives of more than 160 biotechnology companies have written an open letter to scientific journal Nature Biotechnology, expressing their “deep concern and opposition” to...
26.09.2016
- The French government’s ban on disposable plastic crockery and cutlery breaks EU regulations, the Brussels-based trade group Pack2Go has charged. According to reports, the...
14.07.2016
- Britain’s National Farmers Union (NFU) said it was “deeply disappointed” over the rejection by the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) of its second...
