emissioni industriali

The factory farming industry, following the lessons of fossil fuel companies, has lobbied significantly for EU climate policies to be weakened.To date, already a third of European measures to reduce emissions has been compromised by the industry.To make it known, a relationship of the independent expert group InfluenceMap, which examined the lobbying campaigns conducted in the EU over the last three years by 10 companies and 5 trade associations relating to the meat and dairy industry.The focus was in particular on 6 key ecological policies, such as the industrial emissions directive or the Farm to Fork strategy.Companies involved in breeding and meat production - such as Arla, Danish Crown, Tonnies group, FrieslandCampina, Vion food group - have specifically promoted the most critical and influential positions.The report also suggested that some meat industry giants have used their trade associations to advance their interests, thus protecting themselves from unwanted controversy. Inf...

The European Union Parliament has definitively approved the agreement reached with the Member States on the revision of the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED).The votes in favor were 393, 173 against and 49 abstentions.The IED Directive is an essential rule to prevent pollution at source from approximately 50,000 European industrial plants.However, the process was rather troubled:the law has in fact had to overcome various obstacles that have weakened it from time to time.Until the end, for example, the most conservative groups attempted to further loosen the constraints on intensive farming, but in the end the majority of MEPs adopted the agreement negotiated last November which, however, provides already important concessions to the most impactful livestock farms.At present, the law extends measures on industrial emissions to pig farms with more than 350 heads of livestock, while companies that raise them extensively or organically are excluded.For poultry, the directive applies to...