WWF bashes EU on endangered species and climate change

Brussels is spending millions of European Union fund money on roads and dams that constitute a threat to the survival of endangered animals, a new environmental study says.

The WWF report "Conflicting EU funds" shows that despite the EU's pronounced commitment to halt the decrease of biodiversity by 2010, vast sums of EU money are being spent on infrastructural projects which threaten endangered species in Europe.

EU funds have for instance been used to fund over-fishing of blue...