Brussels, 15/04/2014 (Agence Europe) - The new EU legislation on the assessment of the impact of certain public and private projects on the environment (directive amending Directive 85/337/EC, known as the EIA directive) has been adopted. The Council gave final approval at first reading without debate, on Monday 14 April, of the directive which adapts a 30 year-old text, reinforcing it by modernising the assessment procedure, but without adding any obligatory assessment for fracking. The...