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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10459

24 September 2011
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GENERAL NEWS / (ae) ep/environment
Not so costly to impose sulphur limits in marine fuels

Brussels, 23/09/2011 (Agence Europe) - Satu Hassi (Greens, Finland), a member of the parliamentary committee on the environment, was appointed on 22 September as rapporteur at the European Parliament for the proposal for a directive on reducing sulphur emissions caused by maritime transport. And she will not be easily taken in, mainly for two reasons:

Firstly, it is a question of public health. “The reduction of the sulphur emissions will have a significant impact on human health, and the...

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