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U.S. and EU Sign Pact
on Common Environmental Challenges
February 9, 2007
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From: U.S. EPA
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Subject: News Release: U.S. and EU Sign Pact on
Common Environmental Challenges
News for Release: Friday, February 9, 2007
U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
U.S. and EU Sign Pact on Common Environmental
Challenges
Contact: Dave Ryan
[email protected] or 202-564-4355
Washington, D.C. - U.S. and European Union scientists
and researchers plan to work more closely in solving common
environmental problems and sharing information on emerging issues
such as nanotechnology under a new agreement finalized today in
Brussels [Belgium].
EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson and Director
General for Research Jose Manuel Silva Rodriguez of the European
Commission (the executive body of the European Union) have signed an
"Implementing Arrangement on Environmental Research and
Ecoinformatics."
Ecoinformatics is advanced
computer and information technology necessary for environmental
research.
"The United States and Europe share in the commitment
of being good global neighbors," said EPA Administrator Stephen L.
Johnson. "This agreement marks a new
level of collaboration which will ensure our efforts to protect the
environment and our citizens are supported by sound science."
Cooperation under the EPA-EC Implementing Arrangement
is expected to take many forms, including
direct collaboration between
U.S. and European researchers and associations; joint sponsorship of
conferences, workshops and meetings; coordinated calls for proposals
and mutual participation in peer reviews; and exchanges of
information, methodologies, and data.
Among the collaborative research topics included in
the Implementing Arrangement are efforts to address the linkages
between environmental pollution and human health, as well as uses
and impacts of nanotechnology in
environmental monitoring,
soil remediation, and water quality. Other
topics include: sustainable chemistry
and materials; environmental information systems; development of
environmental and sustainability indicators; environmental
technologies; air quality management; decision support tools; and
environmental modeling.
To view the agreement:
http://www.epa.gov/international/regions/Europe/index.html
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