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Energy

Towards a sustainable biomass strategy

Publication Date: 
01/06/2007
& et al, Stefan Bringezu, Stephan Ramesohl, Karin Arnold
Wuppertal Institute for Climate
Tags:
Environment, Agriculture, Biomass, Biofuel, Energy, Global, European Union (EU), Land Use
Energy

 EU, California announces first ever fuel standards

the European Union (eu) and the us state of California recently announced the first-ever fuel standards to regulate greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions. On January 9, 2007, California governor Arnold

Publication Date: 
14/04/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
Air Pollution Control, Alternative Fuels, Energy Policy, Biofuel, Energy, International Cooperation, California, European Union (EU)
Energy

 Delayed report on Tripura toxic spill

a committee set up on March 5, 2007, to investigate a toxic spill by a paint manufacturing unit in south Kashipur near Agartala, submitted its report on March 22 after failing to meet the original

Publication Date: 
14/04/2007
Biswendu Bhattacharjee
Down to Earth
Tags:
Air Pollution Control, Alternative Fuels, Energy Policy, Biofuel, Energy, International Cooperation, California, European Union (EU)
Energy

 EU focuses on cutting costs rather than energy efficiency

We know that energy consumption in the European Union (eu) is rising everyday. Also, eu wastes at least 20 per cent of the energy it uses. The total energy production in Europe in 2004 was 2.4

Publication Date: 
14/12/2006
Down to Earth
Tags:
Energy Policy, Energy, Europe, Finland, European Union (EU)
Agriculture

 EC stops import of US long grain rice

Following the us government's announcement that an illegal and untested genetically modified strain had contaminated its conventional long-grain rice, the European Commission has stopped its

Publication Date: 
29/09/2006
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Agriculture, Rice, Food Adulteration, Trade, Exports, Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering, European Union (EU)
Economy

 Southeast African farmers wary of EU deal

Farmers of Malawi, a country in southeast Africa, have warned the government to tread carefully before endorsing the European Union's (eu's)economic partnership agreement. In a statement, the

Publication Date: 
14/09/2006
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Trade, Economy, Farmers, International Cooperation, Africa, Malawi, European Union (EU), Globalisation
Agriculture

 Doha round in indefinite suspension

a renewed brawl over farm subsidy has stripped the

Publication Date: 
30/08/2006
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, WTO, Subsidies, Brazil, India, European Union (EU)
Transport

 In Short

kandla mishap: 15 labourers were killed on June 29, 2006, at the Kandla port in Gujarat, when a Cyprus flag ship M V Pontonostos collided with the Anchor Handling Barge. The accident occurred in

Publication Date: 
30/07/2006
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Tags:
Asbestos, Shipping, Ports, Transport, Legislation, Gujarat, European Union (EU), Toxic Wastes
Agriculture

 Update

The World Trade Organization's (WTO's) mini-ministerial at Geneva on July 1, 2006, ended in a stalemate, with India pulling out of the trade talks. India's commerce minister Kamal Nath walked out of

Publication Date: 
30/07/2006
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Tags:
Agriculture, Trade, WTO, Subsidies, India, European Union (EU)
Fisheries

 Angling spat

For the third time in five years, negotiations on fishing between the European Union (eu) and Tanzania failed because of dissatisfaction with the conditions of the agreement. eu recently rejected

Publication Date: 
30/05/2006
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Fisheries, Legislation, Tanzania, European Union (EU)

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