European Union (EU)

Forests

Undue profits

UK s flawed carbon pricing

Publication Date:

30/05/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Emissions Trading, Electricity, European Union (EU)

India

Wasted time

The European Commission (ec) recently decided to take legal action against the uk, which for three years has repeatedly breached a European Union (eu) law that forbids the discharge of raw sewage

Publication Date:

30/05/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20060531

pp:

0

Tags:

Waste Disposal, Waste Conversion, United Kingdom (UK), European Union (EU)

Climate Change

No leeway

The European Commission (ec) has begun infringement procedures against European Union (eu) member-states over violations of eu's climate change legislation. "The eu is committed to international

Publication Date:

14/05/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

14

Issue:

20060515

pp:

0

Tags:

Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, European Union (EU)

Industry

Just before the Conference of Parties (COP) began, news had spread that the big seed companies were trying to slip in text in a resolution to dodge the moratorium on terminator seeds. These seeds are genetically altered to make them sterile and thus prevent reuse. Developing countries and civil society groups came ready to fight against any attempt to undermine the current de facto moratorium on such technologies in place since COP5.

Publication Date:

29/04/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Convention On Biological Diversity (CBD), Seeds, Trees, Conference Of Parties, Genetic Engineering, Ghana, Kenya, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, European Union (EU)

Industry

Cutting carbon

The European Union (eu) has decided that all flights taking off from and landing in its territory to buy carbon credits to offset greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions. The implementation of the decision

Publication Date:

14/04/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

14

Issue:

20060415

pp:

0

Tags:

Green House Gases, Emissions Trading, European Union (EU)

Industry

Snippets

As many as 57 species of fish in Haryana have disappeared over the past four decades as a result of pollution and high siltation of rivers, a study found.

UN's Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination strongly reprimanded the Botswana government over eviction of the Gana and Gwi Bushmen.

Publication Date:

14/04/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

14

Issue:

20060415

pp:

0

Tags:

River Pollution, Maize, Mad Cow Disease, GM Crops, Fish, Health Effects, UN, South Korea, Brazil, Haryana, European Union (EU)

Agriculture

World markets in the spice trade 2000 - 2004

Statistical report on spices - provides analysis of the spice trade, detailed statistics of major importers worldwide; includes additional information on world unit prices, product reviews, market shares of major suppliers and importing countries/areas;

Publication Date:

01/04/2006

Source: International Trade Centre

Tags:

Vanila, Spices, Trade, Exports, Imports, Japan, United States Of America (US), India, Global, European Union (EU)

India