Edie environmental case law update (July 2005)
In this month's Semple Fraser and Edie News update on legal cases which impact on the environmental industry sector in the UK, Europe and internationally: Irish waterways receive inadequate protection from pollution, ruling on GMO food labelling, Spain rapped for allowing pigeon hunt, France falls down on waste water monitoring, Italy breaches Waste Framework Directive, Greece contravenes contract law, UK fails to protect habitats in Gibraltar, Greece reprimanded for failing to keep EU up to date with new laws, Italy ignores environmental impact of marina development, Russian claims state has failed to protect human rights by not re-housing citizens outside industrial buffer zone, SEPA and Scottish Power Generation Ltd slug it out over sludge, Spanish industry attempt to lift chemical ban fails, Nigerian communities file against oil giants over gas flaring.