Flouting environmental laws costs EU €50bn every year

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Commission talks up cost-saving and job creation benefits of environmental regulations

Countries' failure to implement environmental legislation is costing the EU around €50bn each year in health and environmental clean-up costs, the European Commission said yesterday. In a communication...

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