Science & the environment
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Nuclear energy
French plants need strengthening
4 January 20123PresseuropLe Figaro -
Netherlands
Second nuclear plant postponed
23 December 20111PresseuropNRC Handelsblad -
Durban conference
Union hampered by its own polluters
13 December 20112Público Madrid -
Climate change
Europe must change its attitude
8 December 20113Trouw Amsterdam -
Climate change
Europe set for ‘triple somersault’ at Durban
28 November 20111PresseuropIl Sole-24 Ore -
Pollution
A time bomb under the Northern seas
16 November 20112Trouw Amsterdam -
Natural gas
Gazprom gains first European foothold
8 November 20112PresseuropLe Monde -
31 October 2011La Repubblica Rome
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River transport
The Danube is running dry
26 October 2011NRC Handelsblad Rotterdam -
Poland
Shale gas, fuelling jobs
25 October 20111PresseuropDziennik Gazeta Prawna -
Bio-ethics
No patents for stem cells
19 October 2011PresseuropDie Presse -
4 October 20111El País Madrid
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29 September 20111PresseuropDie Presse
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Mediterranean
Gas pressure rises a few bars
20 September 2011PresseuropPolitis -
8 September 20111Le Monde Paris
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Czech Republic
Nuclear superpower at heart of Europe
8 September 20111PresseuropHospodářské noviny -
7 September 20111PresseuropDie Tageszeitung
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Environment
Changing light bulbs: not the brightest idea
31 August 201113Dagens Nyheter Stockholm -
24 August 20111PresseuropDie Presse
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Fossile energy
Europe rediscovers coal
4 August 20112La Stampa Turin -
FOOD INDUSTRY
The great fish robbers have got away again
14 July 2011The Times London -
Climate change
Poland cold to more CO2 reductions
5 July 20112PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
European Union
Nuclear industry still doing fine
21 June 20111PresseuropLa Tribune -
17 June 20113Corriere della Sera Milan
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Climate change
A WTO to take over from Kyoto
16 June 2011PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
Nuclear energy
Let Brussels look after it
9 June 20114Respekt Prague -
Renewable energy
Desertec to take over from nuclear power
8 June 20112Le Monde Paris -
United Kingdom
Shale gas drilling causes quake
1 June 2011PresseuropThe Independent -
German press review
Where does the nuclear exit lead to?
31 May 20115Presseurop -
Oil industry
Sticky problem for Norway
31 May 2011PresseuropAftenposten -
Germany
Beyond nuclear in 2022
30 May 2011PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung -
30 May 20111PresseuropThe Guardian
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26 May 20111Die Tageszeitung Berlin
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Nuclear energy
Stress-test for nothing?
25 May 20111PresseuropLa Voix du Luxembourg -
23 May 20116Polityka Warsaw
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23 May 2011PresseuropMorgunbladid
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Nuclear energy
Stress-free stress test
18 May 2011PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
Gibraltar
The oil slick floating off the Rock
11 May 201113El País Madrid -
6 May 20111PresseuropRzeczpospolita
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Environment
Green energy — but not in my back yard!
6 May 20114Il Post Milan -
Biodiversity
Brussels wants to save the animals
4 May 2011PresseuropEl Periódico de Catalunya -
Portrait
Power, not nuclear
2 May 20112VoxPublica.ro Bucharest -
Lithuania
Rubbish champions
29 April 2011Veidas Vilnius -
Tuekey
A ‘mad project’ for Istanbul
28 April 2011PresseuropHürriyet -
27 April 20111PresseuropLietuvos Rytas
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Cyprus-Turkey
Tensions bubbling over oil
21 April 20112PresseuropPolitis -
Geopolitics
Bucharest gets foothold in Caucasus
18 April 20111PresseuropRomânia libera -
Health
Europe drowning in nitrogen
13 April 2011PresseuropPúblico -
United Kingdom
Sitting on a plutonium mountain
11 April 2011PresseuropThe Independent -
8 April 2011PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza
The EU has been unable in Durban to reach a common position on greenhouse gas emissions quotas after 2012. The veto of the former communist countries of the EU, who defended the current quotas that are so advantageous to them, is partly to blame. 
As the Durban climate conference draws to a close, the European Union can not continue to address the issue of climate change with a condescending attitude towards emerging countries. Needing these same countries to help it emerge from the financial crisis, the EU risks having the terms of any future agreement being dictated to it. 
The seas around Europe are threatened by a new source of pollution. Thousands of tonnes of chemical weapons will corrode and start to leak. In the Baltic, the possible consequences are being investigated. 
The EU banned drift nets in 2002 to protect Mediterranean wildlife and paid out compensation to the fishers. But for many of the recipients, the tuna and swordfish fisheries are far too lucrative. And so they are getting around the ban, with the help of the Mafia. 
The Danube, Europe's second longest river, is one of the most poorly navigable rivers on the continent. Despite the EU’s Danube Strategy, the summer drought has resulted in even lower water levels, resulting in an enormous traffic jam. 
The government calls itself “anti-nuclear”, and no plant has been constructed for over 20 years. And yet Spain's nuclear industry, aided by the government, continues to grow, mostly in developing countries. 
Romania’s only nuclear power station has been operating here, close to the Black Sea, since 1996. Now the construction of a nearby facility to store radioactive waste has added to the concerns of local people, who are worried about the consequences of a possible nuclear disaster. 
As of 1 September, conventional light bulbs of more than 40 watts will be taken off the market. In the countries of the Arctic Circle, it’s a step into the dark that’s being badly received. Just who is it who has wrought this change in our daily life? wonders Dagens Nyheter. 
The Fukushima accident has greatly reduced interest in nuclear power. But because renewable energies are not sufficient to satisfy the needs of the Old Continent, European nations are turning to the most ancient source of fuel but also the most polluting. 
The EU plans to overhaul its fishing policy to stop complete depletion of our overfished seas. But the weight of industrial lobbies and the short-sightedness of some member states will make this a hard task. 
Germany is phasing out nuclear power and Italy has rejected its reintroduction. This about-face by two founding members of the European Union could encourage other member states to turn the nuclear page and to develop renewable energies. 
Leaving nuclear safety to Member States to deal with is no longer tenable. Joint surveillance would give credibility to proponents of nuclear energy and at the same time limit lobbying from the energy giants. 
The end of nuclear power in Germany and Switzerland and reduced tolerance for this energy source in many countries in Europe has given a new lease of life to projects based on renewable energy, like the one backed by a German consortium in North Africa. 
Will Germany really phase out nuclear power by 2022 at the latest? Angela Merkel’s decision has been welcomed by the opponents of nuclear energy but raises a host of questions for the future, writes the German press. 
The EU harmonises regulations on fruit and vegetables, but not on nuclear energy. After Fukushima, it's madness that member states continue to decide nuclear safety standards alone, laments a German journalist. 
While some local authorities are struggling to cope with the burden of domestic waste, their colleagues in other countries see it as an opportunity for financial gain. Polish weekly Polityka reports on Sweden’s booming waste industry. 
Widely practiced and encouraged by the authorities of the Rock, bunkering (ship refuelling), has caused extensive pollution in the Strait of Gibraltar. Calls from Madrid to respect EU rules are falling on deaf British ears. 
Odd as it may seem, the main victims of environmental conservation appeals are not nuclear power plants or incinerators, but the hydroelectric power stations, solar energy installations and wind farms much-loved by the Green and ecologically minded. 
Founder of one of the first cooperatives for producing renewable energy, Germany’s Ursula Sladeck has won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize in the United States. 
Each year, every Lithuanian throws out 500 kilos of household waste and “forgets” to sort the recyclables. Slowly, though, attitudes are starting to change.