Italy Moves to Tighten Environmental Crime Law; Industry Group Decries 'Drag' on Growth

摘要

The government of Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is pushing a plan that for the first time would criminalize an array of environmental abuses. A version of the proposal was passed a year ago by the lower house of Italy's Parliament and then changed-environmental groups said it was toughened overall-by the upper house, and that version was passed March 5. The bill now has been sent back for approval to the lower house, where the government has put its weight behind passage.