Ireland’s environmental watchdog is a European leader is making information about highly-polluting activities easily accessible on its website, a new NGO report has found.
The new European Environmental Bureau (EEB) report found that the Environmental Protection Agency, together with authorities in Norway and Bulgaria, offer their citizens “excellent access to information”.
Researchers from the EEB – Europe’s largest network of environmental organisations – examined information on permitting conditions for all major industrial plants, including coal-fired power stations, large waste incinerators, and intensive agricultural facilities.
The report, however, also found a “huge divergence” in the quality and quantity of information across EU Member States, Norway and a number of regional authorities.
The report found that over half of the EU’s Member States are failing to share crucial information about highly-polluting activities online, with many are failing to meet even the minimum requirements for transparency under the Industrial Emissions Directive.
Source: Green News
