Tag: nitrate
Bavaria: State government welcomes new groundwater rulings – Bavaria
Environment Minister Thorsten Glauber (Free Voters) has welcomed the strengthening of groundwater protection against pollution from agriculture by the Bavarian Administrative Court (VGH). “The judgments are a clear signal for…
Bavaria: Judges strengthen groundwater protection – Bavaria
The Bavarian Administrative Court (VGH) in Munich has strengthened the protection of groundwater from pollution from agriculture in three rulings on the so-called red areas in Bavaria. The protection of…
Fertilizer lawsuit: “When we read that, we also thought it wouldn’t work” – Bavaria
At the beginning of the marathon of proceedings over the protection of groundwater in Bavaria from too much manure and artificial fertilizer from agriculture, the presiding judge at the Bavarian…
Red areas show where Bavaria’s groundwater is polluted with nitrate – Bavaria
It was a bitter argument. But the EU Commission left no doubt that Germany, and thus also Bavaria, must do a lot more to protect the groundwater from contamination from…
Netherlands: Farmers on barricades because of nitrate rules – politics
The bad peasants came late in the evening. They broke through a barrier in front of the house of Dutch Minister Christianne van der Wal on Tuesday, damaged police cars…
Nitrate in groundwater: finally agreement in the liquid manure dispute – economy
The correspondence about the local liquid manure fills entire files, and these files fill entire rows of shelves – which accumulates when two sides argue bitterly for years. After all,…
Water supply facing major challenges – Bavaria
The water suppliers in Bavaria are calling on the Free State not to prematurely give up the considerations for a drinking water dam in the Hafenlohr valley in the Spessart…
MEPs agree to limit nitrate additives in charcuterie, considered carcinogenic
No immediate ban on nitrate additives in charcuterie, but maximum doses will soon be fixed. The deputies voted, this Wednesday, in committee in favor of a “declining trajectory” of the…