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EU Air Quality Policy Will Hit the Livestock Sector Hard

5 Oct 2015

• 5 Oct 10:28

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Copa and Cogeca have called for realistic and achievable targets to be included in the Review of EU Air quality Policy, warning that emission reduction targets for methane and ammonia are unrealistic and will severely damage the EU livestock sector at a time when it is already suffering badly. Hosting the high-level event, MEP Jim Nicholson said the challenge is to produce quality food in anenvironmentally friendly way: emission reduction targets must be realistic and affordable. Speaking at the hearing, Copa-Cogeca Secretary-General Pekka Pesonen stressed: “The EUagriculture sector is ready to contribute to combating climate change but some of. Read more...