P739 CEEFAX 739 Thu 7 Oct 21:12/31 1/3 TRUCKERS PROTEST AT EC ECO-PLANS Europe's road haulage industry has protested against EC plans to increase trucking costs and move as many loads as possible to rail. The EC has suggested hauliers pay the full cost of the damage they cause to the environment and roads, in a bid to encourage people to transfer their goods to railways. But a union spokesman has said that "there would bj no economic upturn" without transport companies and "only five to 10% of the loads could be transferred to rail". Environmental News Round-Up Religion Read Hear CmntyInfo Main NewsP739 CEEFAX 739 Thu 7 Oct 21:16/31 2/3 GERMAN BUSINESSES NEED GREEN DELAYS Advanced recycling laws and stricter water standards must bj delayed to aid recession-plagued industry, Chancellor Kohl has said. An export-dependent industry is being faced with high costs, including environmental costs, which are making it uncompetitive, Dr Kohl added. The Federation of German Industry welcomed the Christian Democrats' move to trim back environmental programmer pushed by Environment Minister Klaus Toepfer. Environmental News Round-Up Religion Read Hear CmntyInfo Main NewsP739 CEEFAX 739 Thu 7 Oct 21:24/35 3/3 TORN BETWEEN MONEY AND ENVIRONMENT Bangladesh has been offered an enormous investment opportunity, but is worried about potential hazbrds, a njwspapjr reported. A US firm has offered to set up an industrial waste processing and recycling zone near the pout of Chittagong, said to involve $16 billion of investment capital. But toxic waste might slip in with the rest of the waste, and the process would pollute the river and pose serious health hazards, a govjrnmjnt spokesman said. Environmental News Round-Up Religion Read Hear CmntyInfo Main News