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A business is more likely to "over-comply" with environmental regulations if its senior management believes in protecting the environment and that it makes financial sense in the long term, according to a new study by an economist at Oregon State University.

PRAGUE, January 9 /PRNewswire/ -- - EEA Signals 2009: Eight Environmental Stories for Europe Translated versions of Signals 2009 are available here: http://reports.eea.europa.eu/corporate_document_2009_1/en (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090109/333827 ) Is gardening one of your interests? If so and you live in central or northern Europe the 'killer slug' is probably one of your personal enemies. The slug, which attacks your herbs and vegetables relentlessly, seems immune to control measures. The killer slug, suffocating lobster, globe trotting televisions and dangerous air particles are just some of the topics featured in EEA Signals 2009, a new annual publication from the European Environment Agency, launched today in Prague by Czech Environment Minister Bursik and Executive Director of the EEA, Professor Jacqueline McGlade. The EEA, in partnership with its network of 32 member countries, monitors the environment across Europe.

By Robert Hardaway The current debate over global warming has obscured a fact that should not be debatable -- namely that the planet is and has been environmentally degraded by the human footprint, particularly since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.

By Bruckerhoff, Joshua J Is it possible to use constitutional rights to protect the intrinsic value of nature? This question should seem somewhat paradoxical.