{"id":1584,"date":"2020-03-03T19:46:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T16:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seppo.net\/e\/?p=1584"},"modified":"2025-04-22T17:49:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T14:49:15","slug":"eu-water-law-fit-for-purpose-but-threatened-by-industry-lobby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seppo.net\/e\/eu-water-law-fit-for-purpose-but-threatened-by-industry-lobby","title":{"rendered":"EU water law \u2013 fit for purpose but threatened by industry lobby!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seppo.net\/cartoons\/displayimage.php?pos=-1546\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seppo.net\/cartoons\/albums\/cartoons\/nature\/conservation\/normal_wwf_wfd_member_states_e.jpg\" alt=\" Water framework directive is in danger, keywords:  Water framework directive water law industry tear down trout otter mallard dragonfly river politicians EU member states researched scientist science evaluation WWF cartoon\" width=\"640\" height=\"467\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>WWF expects member states to take a strong stand in support of maintaining the <strong>Water Framework Directive<\/strong> in its current form at the Meeting of the Environment Council on 5 March.<\/p>\n<p>Stand up to industry, stand by the science: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwf.eu\/wwf_news\/media_centre\/?uNewsID=360573\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What WWF will be looking for during the 5 March Meeting of the Environment Council<\/a><br \/>\n________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>New evidence came out this week demonstrating that EU industry lobby are pushing to reopen the WFD<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seppo.net\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/Draft-letter-BusinessEurope_Environment-Council-March-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1590\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seppo.net\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/Draft-letter-BusinessEurope_Environment-Council-March-5-578x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"578\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seppo.net\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/Draft-letter-BusinessEurope_Environment-Council-March-5-578x1024.jpg 578w, https:\/\/www.seppo.net\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/Draft-letter-BusinessEurope_Environment-Council-March-5-85x150.jpg 85w, https:\/\/www.seppo.net\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/Draft-letter-BusinessEurope_Environment-Council-March-5-367x650.jpg 367w, https:\/\/www.seppo.net\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/Draft-letter-BusinessEurope_Environment-Council-March-5-768x1361.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.seppo.net\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/Draft-letter-BusinessEurope_Environment-Council-March-5.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWF expects member states to take a strong stand in support of maintaining the Water Framework Directive in its current form at the Meeting of the Environment Council on 5 March. Stand up to industry, stand by the science: What &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seppo.net\/e\/eu-water-law-fit-for-purpose-but-threatened-by-industry-lobby\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[30,31,96,175,167,33,105,154,184,122,160],"class_list":["post-1584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nature","tag-birds","tag-bugs","tag-conservation","tag-fish","tag-lakes","tag-mammals","tag-nature-2","tag-rivers","tag-water-framework-directive","tag-wetland","tag-wwf"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seppo.net\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seppo.net\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seppo.net\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seppo.net\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seppo.net\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1584"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.seppo.net\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1928,"href":"https:\/\/www.seppo.net\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584\/revisions\/1928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seppo.net\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seppo.net\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seppo.net\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}