The European Union has imposed strict rules on air, water and soil pollution on 52,000 after industries a compromise on how much extra time electricity, oil and steel companies should get to comply.
The European Parliament voted to tighten the 1996 Integrated Pollution Prevention and imposed strict laws covering such discharges as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, dust particles, dioxins and heavy metals. These create a lot amount of carbon dioxide, a
greenhouse gas regulated by Europe’s cap-and-trade program.
“This offers more clarity and a better chance of a level playing field across Europe on environmental requirements for industrial installations,” said Holger Krahmer, a German member who imposed the new rules through the 27-nation EU assembly in Strasbourg, France.
The national governments have already prepared
and supported the draft law, making their final approval after two-and-a-half years of deliberations which is actually a formality .
The new laws may enhance the role of the most effective emissions-reduction technology, known as best available techniques, in the granting of permits for electricity plants, oil refineries and metals, minerals, chemicals and waste- incineration sites would be subject to the rules. Large pig and poultry farms are also expected to be affected by the law, which is due to be phased in starting around the end of 2012.
The European Parliament voted to tighten the 1996 Integrated Pollution Prevention and imposed strict laws covering such discharges as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, dust particles, dioxins and heavy metals. These create a lot amount of carbon dioxide, a
greenhouse gas regulated by Europe’s cap-and-trade program.“This offers more clarity and a better chance of a level playing field across Europe on environmental requirements for industrial installations,” said Holger Krahmer, a German member who imposed the new rules through the 27-nation EU assembly in Strasbourg, France.
The national governments have already prepared
and supported the draft law, making their final approval after two-and-a-half years of deliberations which is actually a formality .The new laws may enhance the role of the most effective emissions-reduction technology, known as best available techniques, in the granting of permits for electricity plants, oil refineries and metals, minerals, chemicals and waste- incineration sites would be subject to the rules. Large pig and poultry farms are also expected to be affected by the law, which is due to be phased in starting around the end of 2012.
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