EU to get tough on 'green crimes'
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Proposals are set to be unveiled to turn environmental offences over to the criminal courts across the EU.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium &#151; German Chancellor Angela Merkel will push her European Union counterparts to go green on energy at summit talks Thursday, urging them to adopt tough measures needed to fight global warming and reduce Europe's dependence on oil imports.
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EU plans to tightly regulate chemicals found in many household items will  put many companies out of business, an industry spokesman has warned.
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Companies and individuals found responsible for environmental disasters should face criminal charges, the European Union's executive said
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Berlin- A deal on cutting carbon emissions will be the first of a series of difficult steps for European Union nations in the fight to tackle global warming, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned in a ...Comment
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The European Commission is set to launch legal proceedings against the UK over Sellafield nuclear safety.
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European Union foreign ministers failed to agree on Monday whether to set binding targets for the use of green renewable energy sources, setting up a potential clash when the bloc's leaders meet this week.Comment
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EU member states backed tough measures against ships polluting European waters on Thursday to try to head off any repetition of a disaster in 2002 that caused one of Europe's worst oil slicks.
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Investor's Business Daily - The European Union agreed on measures to fight global warming, pledging that a fifth of the bloc's energy will come from green power sources such as wind turbines and solar panels by 2020 and that 10% of European cars will run on biofuels. The binding accord, the 1st to go beyond the 35-nation Kyoto Protocol in its targets for greenhouse gas emissions cuts, does not include an enforcement mechanism.
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Police authorities have urged the public to back government plans to sign the European Union's controversial Schengen/Dublin accord on cross-border crime and asylum.
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Local authorities and recycling companies could be penalised for selling green waste to farmers and gardeners following changes to rules governing green waste.
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The European Union is warned to take steps to combat the growing problem of counterfeit drugs.
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By The Associated Press  Offenses covered by a new European Union draft law on crimes against the environment:  - Treatment, transport, export or import of waste that could cause death or injury, or substantial damage.
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The European Union head office called for closer coordination Monday among all member governments to hunt down and prosecute those illegally spreading unsolicited e-mails across the 25-nation bloc.
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Time in chokey for perps The EU is to refer environmental offences away from the civil courts and over to the criminal courts, according to the BBC.â¦
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MEPs are to expected to vote in favour of binding targets to reduce volumes of waste produced in the EU.
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The European Commission said on Tuesday it will step up the fight against "blood diamonds", when it takes charge of a diamond certification scheme next month.