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EPP likes the GMO hot potato, but Greenpeace doesn’tThe approval of the genetically modified Amflora potato for use in making starch got harsh criticism from Greenpeace, but was supported by the European People’s Party, which has the ruling majority in the European Parliament. Frustrated UN climate change chief quits after Copenhagen flops  Dutchman Yvo de Boer, the United Nations’ top climate official who was said to be frustrated over the debacle of the Copenhagen conference which failed to produce binding emission cut controls on greenhouse gases – EU ministers signal support for an electric car strategy  The Spanish Presidency will push for the adoption of a European plan for the development of electric cars at a meeting of competitiveness ministers in May, Spanish Industry Minister Miguel Sebastian said on 9 February. Government to issue climate change decision In what could be a landmark decision based on climate change arguments, the Czech Ministry of the Environment is expected to announce this week its final statement on an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the Beware the Environmental-Industrial Complex  As the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference gathers momentum, we can anticipate an increase of urgency, finger-pointing and awareness-raising. What is the motivation of this behaviour, and why is the volume of climate campaigning increasing? What Copenhagen climate talks may depend on US, China  As international leaders prepare to meet in Copenhagen on 7-18 December to try to reach an agreement that would replace the Kyoto Protocol which expires in 2012 and regulate carbon emissions, US President Barack Obama EU, UN call on US to do more to fight climate change  German Chancellor Angela Merkel made the case on 3 November for a global deal on climate change on the Capitol Hill. The 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall gave Merkel a chance Anti dirty coal campaign takes to the streets The Bristol Greenpeace Group is one of many taking part in the Big If Coal Campaign and launched their activities on 17-18 October. I’ve got to do something said Fi Radford from Bristol, who became involved Time runs out for climate  In Alaska climate change is happening at such an expedited rate there is no transition period, Greenpeace’s George Pletnikoff told New Europe on 23 October from Anchorage. “There is no transition period. We don’t have A change is as good as a holiday But does that cliché still apply when the change is so intrinsic that it may just change your genetic makeup? The genetic makeup of your food? And what are the implications for the future if Merkel’s nuclear powered coalition The future of Germany’s nuclear power plants appeared to hang in the balance as Germans went to the polls in federal elections on 27 September. Germany’s 17 nuclear plants require an extension to operate beyond Copenhagen dreams  Climate Change will be the pivotal subject of political discussions on a global scale over the next three months. Kicking off these talks is a High Level meeting in New York organized at United Nations Greenpeace reaches out for last chance  Greenpeace embarked on an extraordinary 15-day journey on September 14 with five elephants, to call upon world leaders, and Barack Obama in particular, to demonstrate audacious leadership and take immediate action to avert climate chaos. EU presents 100-billion-euro climate change bill  European taxpayers should be prepared to pay up to 15 billion euros per year to help poorer nations confront climate change, officials in Brussels said on September 10. The European Commission moved to take the Revelations over nuclear storage spark row in Germany  Controversy over a long-term nuclear waste storage site in Germany took a new turn on August 25, when it emerged that the former government of Chancellor Helmut Kohl had brushed over scientific objections to the Environment vs nuclear plant Spain would allow the country’s oldest nuclear power plant to operate until 2013, despite an initial pledge to close it by 2011, Industry Minister Miguel Sebastian recently announced. The government decided to keep the plant North Korea and Iran Fire one! Fire two! While US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dimitry Medvedev were in Dreamland, pledging in their meeting in Moscow to move toward the day when only their enemies will have nuclear weapons, North Korea Too little too late for G8  The G8 agreed at its summit in L’Aquila, Italy, to support a goal of cutting global emissions by 50 percent by 2050 and of reducing emissions in wealthy countries by 80 percent, but climate experts Spain to keep Garona plant going for 4 more years  Spain’s government on July 2 said it has granted a four-year extension to the operating permit of the Garona nuclear plant, which is run by electricity companies Iberdrola SA and Endesa SA.
The decision comes Ecology groups say EU delaying on climate change EU leaders missed a chance during their two-day summit to take the initiative on climate change policy when they opted to delay any decisions until the autumn, environmental groups have warned. “European leaders were right |
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China is presenting its ascent not as a power shift, but as a paradigm shift. The worldwide economic recession has had European Union businesses keenly eyeing China for continuing markets, Showing there is still some major differences between the European Union and China in areas |
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