European Commission proposes 12-month delay to landmark deforestation regulation

Cecilia Keating
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Campaigners accuse European Commission President Ursula Van der Leyen of 'kowtowing to agribusiness lobbyists'

The European Commission has proposed a 12-month delay to its landmark deforestation legislation, bowing to months of lobbying from a number of countries and agricultural and forestry companies. In a...

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