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U.S. and EU Sign Pact on Common Environmental Challenges
News for Release: Friday, February 9, 2007
U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Contact: Dave Ryan ryan.dave@epa.gov
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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