Brussels, 28/04/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 25 April, with the adoption of the report by Christa Klass (EPP-ED, Germany) by an overwhelming majority, the EP Committee on the Environment rejected all weakening of the September 2003 proposal for a directive on protecting groundwater from pollution (to replace the 1980 directive). Its recommendation in second reading calls on the plenary session, when taking a stance on this text mid-June, to reject the exemptions introduced in the Council's...