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Janez Potocnik

Type: Person

Name: Janez Potocnik

Title: Eu Comissioner for Environment (27 NOV 09)

Organization: European Commission

Nationality: Slovenia

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 3 reports

Spring hunting referendum no...

Environmental NGOs BirdLife Malta, Din l-Art Ħelwa, Nature Trust and the Ramblers’ Association of Malta have stated that the government should not resort to a referendum to end spring hunting.Following an inquiry into Malta’s spring hunting derogation ... [Published di-ve.com - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Malta, Referendum, BirdLife International

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Preparation Environment Council, 18 June 2013

The final Environment Council under the Irish Presidency will be held in Luxembourg on 18 June. Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik and Commissioner for Climate Action Connie Hedegaard will represent the European Commission. After the adoption of ... [Published European Commission - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Global Warming/Climate Change, Environment, Adaptation

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 2 reports

Bristol wins green capital 2015 bid

Bristol has won the bid to be European Green Capital 2015, beating off competition from Brussels.The city was considered one of the favourites for the title having finished first or second in all 12 technical categories during the initial bid stage.Brussels, ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Bristol, Green Capital Group Inc, George Ferguson, Brussels, Janez Potocnik

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Janez Potocnik

Go green locally, EU says

NANTES, France, June 14 (UPI) --The European economy is struggling to recover from the global economic crisis of 2008. Europe's statistical office Eurostat, reported Friday the rate of unemployment increased 0.5 percent among the 27 member states during ... [Published UPI - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Janez Potocnik, European Union, Nantes (France)

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Cleaner Air for All - Top EU Priority for 2013

Air. Its pretty important. Urban air pollution is set to become the world’s top environmental cause of premature mortality, overtaking dirty water and lack of sanitation said Janez Potočnik, European Commissioner for the Environment in a speech in Brussels ... [Published Fleet Europe - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Air Pollution, Janez Potocnik, European Union, Environment

First reported Jun 07 2013 - Updated Jun 07 2013 - 1 reports

Green Week 2013 – The frustration with indifferent hypocrites

Green Week has come and gone for another year, and the most remarkable thing is that nobody noticed. This year I felt some sympathy for the event and the Commissioner for DG Environment, Janez Potočnik, who rightly described how we consider air quali ... [Published EU opinion & policy debates BlogActiv.eu - Jun 07 2013]

Entities: Hypocrisy, Janez Potocnik, Environment

First reported Jun 05 2013 - Updated Jun 05 2013 - 1 reports

European Union

EU Comissioner: Green tape can boost an economy that is sleepwalking towards disaster

Janez Potočnik calls for new economic growth model at the start of EU Green WeekThe European Union must use "green tape" to help haul itself out of the economic crisis, or risk sinking deeper into a long-term recession perpetuated by resource scarcit ... [Published BusinessGreen - Jun 05 2013]

Entities: Janez Potocnik, European Union, Environment, Disaster

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 1 reports

EU launches probe into planned flight paths of Berlin Brandenburg Airport

The European Union (EU) has launched investigation into whether Germany violated EU environmental-protection laws while planning flight routes at the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport.The newly designed flight paths, which were specified in January 2012, ... [Published Airport Technology - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: European Union, Janez Potocnik, Berlin

First reported May 31 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 4 reports

Eco-innovations show excellent return on investment

Every Euro invested into eco-innovations makes a 20-fold returnEvery Euro invested into companies working in the area of environmentally innovative technologies produced about 20 Euros to the start-up’s beneficiaries.Apart from that, each project supported ... [Published Institution of Electrical Engineers - May 31 2013]

Entities: Small & Medium Enterprises, European Commission, Environment, Janez Potocnik

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 3 reports

EU probes flight paths for sputtering Berlin airport

The European Union has launched a legal probe into proposed flight paths for Berlin's new BER international airport. With the project desperately delayed already, German authorities might have hoped for a smoother ride.The European Commission has begun ... [Published Deutsche Welle - May 30 2013]

Entities: European Union, Berlin, Moorhen, Complaints, Janez Potocnik

First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 1 reports

Green week: Kayleigh Lewis

It is obvious that the world is taking these problems seriouslyJanez PotocnikJanez Potocnik tells Kayleigh Lewis about the focus of this year’s green week, and how the European commission is working to improve the EU’s air quality.According to the World ... [Published TheParliament.com - May 29 2013]

Entities: Janez Potocnik, European Union, Pollution, Human Health

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 7 reports

Beaches: Portugal scores high in EU bathing water survey

P ortugal is among eight European counties which stand out for achieving “ excellent “ water quality , according to a report released on Tuesday by the European Environment Agency .Portugal came sixth among the ten countries listed as having excellent ... [Published Portugal Daily View - May 22 2013]

Entities: Portugal, European Environment Agency, European Union

Quotes

"the measures related to a limited spring hunting season are provided for in the relevant national regulations which appear to take properly into consideration the principle of proportionality invoked by the court" Potočnik said

Spring hunting | Commission to analyse ‘detailed derogation report’ to be submitted by government [Published MaltaToday - 14 hours ago]

Even officials are suggesting we reduce how much we produce. Janez Potocnik, the European Commissioner for the Environment, said: "world-wide plastic production increased from 1.5 million tons in 1950 to 245 million tons per year in 2008, with around 60 million tons in europe alone, and this is expected to continue growing at 5 per cent a year. not only should we make all plastic fully recyclable, we should also avoid excessive plastic production for applications that are not obviously useful."

Could you be a plasticarian? [Published IOL - Jun 17 2013]

More Content

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Spring hunting referendum no... [Published di-ve.com - 11 hours ago]
NGOs say referendum not necessary, as EC announ... [Published Malta Independent Daily - 11 hours ago]
Spring hunting \| Commission to analyse ‘detaile... [Published MaltaToday - 14 hours ago]
Preparation Environment Council, 18 June 2013 [Published European Commission - Jun 17 2013]
Could you be a plasticarian? [Published IOL - Jun 17 2013]
Ships targeted as major polluters of nitrogen d... [Published Bunker Ports News Worldwide - Jun 16 2013]
Commissioner orders inquiry on Malta’s ‘Far Wes... [Published Malta Independent Daily - Jun 16 2013]
Bristol wins green capital 2015 bid [Published NewsRT.co.uk - Jun 15 2013]
Bristol wins green capital 2015 bid [Published Wharfvalley - Jun 15 2013]
Environment: Bristol European Green Capital 2015 [Published European Commission - Jun 14 2013]
Go green locally, EU says [Published UPI - Jun 14 2013]
EU program to measure eco-performance of produc... [Published FMLink - Jun 14 2013]
CALENDRIER du 17 au 23 juin 2013 [Published European Commission - Jun 14 2013]
Midday Express of 2013-06-14 [Published European Commission - Jun 14 2013]
Cleaner Air for All - Top EU Priority for 2013 [Published Fleet Europe - Jun 14 2013]
Modern Africa: Midwife Lights Delivery Room... [Published IDG Connect - Jun 11 2013]
Meet a plasticarian (that's a person who does n... [Published The Independent - Jun 09 2013]
Graham's Newsletter Friday 7th June 2013 [Published Graham Watson MEP - Jun 08 2013]
Should businesses be forced to recycle? [Published BusinessGreen - Jun 07 2013]
CALENDRIER du 10 au 16 juin 2013 [Published European Commission - Jun 07 2013]
Green Week 2013 – The frustration with indiffer... [Published EU opinion & policy debates BlogActiv.eu - Jun 07 2013]
Putting Clean Air Laws into Practice in Europe [Published Sensors & Systems - Jun 06 2013]
EU Comissioner: Green tape can boost an economy... [Published BusinessGreen - Jun 05 2013]
Europe's "Green Week" focuses on air quality [Published Individual.com - Jun 04 2013]
EuroCharity Yearbook 2012/13 - Innovation for E... [Published CSR Wire - Jun 04 2013]
Green EnviroTech Holdings Corp. (GETH) Announce... [Published Interest!ALERT - Jun 04 2013]
Visualizing the Invisible [Published Canada NewsWire - Jun 04 2013]
Green EnviroTech Holdings Corp. (GETH) Announce... [Published GlobeNewswire - Jun 04 2013]
Ships targeted as major polluters of nitrogen d... [Published Deutsche Welle - Jun 04 2013]
SAVE FOOD: Messe Düsseldorf and FAO define thei... [Published Global Print Monitor - Jun 04 2013]

Blogs

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Green Week 2013 – The frustration with indiffer... [Published EU opinion & policy debates BlogActiv.eu - Jun 07 2013] Green Week has come and gone for another year, and the most remarkable thing is that nobody noticed. This year I felt some sympathy for the event and the Commissioner for DG Environment, Janez Potočnik, who rightly described how we consider air quali ...
A decent life for all: Every opinion counts [Published Andris Piebalgs' blog - Feb 28 2013] Number of Views :8 You may have already heard about the Communication “A decent life for all: ending poverty and giving the world a sustainable future” . Commissioner Janez Potočnik and I presented its main messages yesterday and answered to ...
Changing the Food Waste Culture [Published Ecology Global Network - Jan 23 2013] Consumers, Food Industry and Government All Have Role to Play in Reducing 1.3 Billion Tons of Food Wasted or Lost Each Year Worldwide, about one-third of all food produced, worth around US$1 trillion, gets lost or wasted in food production and consumption ...
UNEP and FAO Launch Think.Eat.Save., Global Cam... [Published Switchboard, from NRDC - Jan 22 2013] Dana Gunders, Project Scientist, Food and Agriculture, San Francisco Bon Appetit! Buen Provecho! Mahlzeit! And congratulations to the Think.Eat.Save , a global campaign launching TODAY to change the culture of food waste. Grab a fork and dig in ...
Lethal air pollution in Asia's poisonous cities [Published Environment: Environment blog \| guardian.co.uk - Jan 17 2013] Air pollution is ranked among the world's top 10 killer diseases in the annual Global Burden of Disease report Air pollution in Beijing has been described as "apocalyptic" this week with people choking their way through murky streets, short of breath ...

Press Releases

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2013 – a banner year for air quality awareness ... [Published CisionWire - English - Jan 21 2013]