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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10421

19 July 2011
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GENERAL NEWS / (ae) eu/environment
Less pollution from ships - high time

Brussels, 18/07/2011 (Agence Europe) - The proposal by the European Commission to impose stricter rules on harmful sulphur dioxide in shipping fuels (EUROPE 10420) is a very good thing, but the initiative has been a long time coming, as it will simply adopt IMO standards adopted three years ago into EU legislation, environmental NGOs point out. They therefore urge the European Parliament and Council to approve the proposal before shipping becomes the main source of atmospheric pollution in...

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