On Friday, November 14, 2003 Germany switched off the first of its 19 nuclear power stations, at Stade near Hamburg. The move was part of a deal the centre-left government had struck with industry in

It took just five votes to shake the very edifice of the International Whaling Commission IWC . Voting 25 20 in favour of setting up a controversial committee, the North dominated anti whaling faction drastically altered the IWC mandate from that of sc

High demand for clean diesel in Europe sends its price zooming

to make sure that industries receiving sops in

giving impetus to non-conventional energy, the parliamentary budget committee of Germany decided to raise subsidies for solar, thermal, biogas and geothermal energy to 400 million marks from 300

...how to make the enemy s enemy their friends

Environment friendly farm policies will be the new paradigm

The proposal of a German organisation to plant trees in Argentina is facing large-scale opposition from the country's environ

Better late than never. Germany has initiated the Agenda 21 process across the country. Already nine per cent of all municipalities have plans chalked out for a sustainable future. The process is bringing about a change, worthy of note, but hard issues li

the European Commission has appro

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