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EU Green Week 2022 News (594)
RSSEU Ecolabel - March 2023 Statistics
The EU Ecolabel - the official EU label of environmental excellence - registered once again a significant number of licences and awarded products!
Sustainable chemicals: New rules to identify endocrine disruptors and long-lasting chemicals enter into force
Today, 20 April 2023, the Delegated Regulation on classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals (CLP) enters into force.
New European Bauhaus: call for projects to help rebuild Ukraine and foster sustainable construction skills in Europe
The Commission is calling for proposals for three projects – two for the reconstruction of Ukraine and one for the development of skills in sustainable construction.
LIFE 2023 Calls for proposals: €611 million available to bring green ideas to life
This year, there is €611 million available for nature conservation, environmental protection, climate action, and clean energy transition projects.
Researchers develop data-driven framework for forecasting bacteria levels in beach water
Issue 599: Scientists in the USA have harnessed abundant environmental data to develop machine-learning models that can predict bacteria levels in beach water, up to three days in advance. Agencies could use this information to manage health risk to beach users.
Pollutant chemicals found in stranded specimens of endangered dolphin on the Italian coastline
Issue 599: The Mediterranean Sea subpopulation of Risso’s dolphin, Grampus griseus is endangered, with population numbers falling.
Swedish risk assessment of contaminated sites points to the need for more objective measures
Issue 599: European countries have developed their own methods of risk assessing contaminated sites. A comparison of Swedish (qualitative) and German (quantitative) methods shows that they can produce vastly different results for the same sites.
“Save bees and farmers!”: One million signatures in European Citizens' Initiative signals EU co-legislators to keep environmental ambition
The Commission welcomes the initiative and acknowledges the importance of the ECI, in particular as the interlinked crises of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss constitute growing challenges for Europe's agriculture and food security.
Zero pollution and biodiversity: national marine environment monitoring programmes show that progress has been made but gaps remain
Today the Commission published an assessment of the marine environment monitoring programmes reported by the Member States.
Biobased biodegradable polymers may amplify absorption of mercury from the marine environment
Issue 598: Biobased polymers, designed to be used instead of fossil-based plastics, are growing in use worldwide.