EurActiv: Today’s (4 December) meeting of EU environment ministers is expected to have little influence on what is being criticised as an industry-friendly, high-politics compromise deal to seal the bloc’s embattled climate and energy package before the end of the year. The Environment Council meeting, after which ministers will publish conclusions on ‘global mercury challenges’ and on sustainable consumption and production (SCP), is being overshadowed by high-politics discussions on the …