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On Tuesday 20 February the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament reached a agreement to impose more stringent limits on air quality, with which the aim is to halve polluting substances by 2030.It has yet to be officially confirmed by both parties and aims to take an important first step towards achieving zero emissions by 2050.Nonetheless, within the same agreement there are quite a few exceptions, which may lead to an extension of the time needed to adapt to the new standards. up to ten years for all those areas “where compliance with the directives by the expiry date would prove unattainable due to specific climatic and orographic conditions, or where the necessary reductions can only be achieved with a significant impact on existing heating systems”, including which promptly appears Northern Italy and, logically, Lombardy.That same Lombardy where ironically they took place on the same day as the agreement anti-pollution regulations precisely because o...

The three European institutions have reached an agreement on one of the most contested pillars of the Green Deal

The line advanced by France thus prevailed.The proposed agreement provides that «other fossil fuel-free energy sources contribute to achieving climate neutrality by 2050»

After more than a year of negotiations, the member countries of the European Union and the EU Parliament have reached a agreement on the law aimed at the protection and restoration of ecosystems natural of the Union:there Nature Restoration Law.The main points foresee that measures must be taken to restore natural ecosystems on at least 20% of the Union's areas by 2030 and to re-establish at least 90% of habitats in degraded conditions by 2050, plant three billion trees by the end of decade and free 25 thousand kilometers of rivers.All of this provided that the impact on the agricultural and industrial sectors is assessed in 2033 grant the possibility of suspending the Law for up to one year in the event of "exceptional and unforeseeable events" that could undermine food security in the Union.However, the agreement has raised criticism both from some farmers, who have expressed strong concern about the impact on productivity, and from some environmental associations, accordin...