Science & the Environment
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European Council: Casting shadows on energy policy
20 May 201316615 Le Figaro Paris -
European Union: ‘BP and Shell raided over allegations of petrol-price fixing’
15 May 2013111PresseuropThe Independent -
Genetics: Europeans, we’re all kissing cousins
14 May 20131860100 Mediapart Paris -
Poland: ‘Shale gas only for Poles’
13 May 2013937PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
Romania: Green light for shale gas exploration
7 May 201320024PresseuropJurnalul Naţional -
Solar Power: ‘EU Readies Solar Tariffs In China Fight’
7 May 201317037PresseuropThe Wall Street Journal Europe -
Belgium: ‘Contaminated fire extinguishing water claims one life’
6 May 201325PresseuropDe Standaard -
Agriculture: Pesticide ban to end the slaughter of the bees
30 April 2013431611 Presseurop -
Estonia: Shale is chic
29 April 20131368 IQ The Economist Vilnius -
European Parliament: A free market for CO2
17 April 201358815 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
Germany: ‘New stress with power’
16 April 20131495PresseuropHandelsblatt -
Belgium: ‘Traffic is a bigger polluter than industry’
15 April 2013585PresseuropDe Morgen -
Biomass: Wood – Europe’s fuel of the future, really?
11 April 20137334 The Economist London -
Energy: Desertec takes some heat
4 April 2013423PresseuropDer Spiegel -
Poland: Consigning waste to the scrapheap
4 April 20131469 Polityka Warsaw -
Germany: Renewables fill nuclear power shortfall
2 April 201315627PresseuropDer Spiegel -
Shale Gas: Brussels douses hopes of a “revolution”
28 March 201346110PresseuropHet Financieele Dagblad -
Baltic: Chemical threat lurking beneath the sea
26 March 201380213 Uważam Rze Warsaw -
United Kingdom: ‘Britain on the brink of running out of gas’
22 March 2013721PresseuropThe Times -
Nuclear Energy: No fifth reactor for Romania
20 March 201350PresseuropRomânia libera -
Spain: Madrid plans to extract shale gas
19 March 20131303PresseuropEl País -
Netherlands: ‘Starve to death or be shot?’
11 March 2013397PresseuropDe Volkskrant -
Germany: ‘End of reduced electricity prices for industry’
7 March 2013436PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung -
Agriculture: EU abuzz over missing bees
1 March 201383020 De Standaard Brussels -
Romania: ‘Shale gas war begins in Bârlad’
1 March 2013897PresseuropEvenimentul zilei -
Slovakia: ‘Fico: Minorities are holding us to ransom’
27 February 20139231PresseuropSME -
Slovenia: ‘Final hour for Janez Janša’
27 February 201313PresseuropDelo -
The Netherlands: Gas is not a gift
25 February 20131703 Trouw Amsterdam -
Germany: ‘Berlin threatens shale gas’
22 February 20139142PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Climate change: Tough climate for carbon trading
20 February 2013741 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
Czech Republic: ‘ČEZ must say goodbye to Bulgarian billions’
20 February 2013282PresseuropHospodářské Noviny -
Energy: ‘Shale gas, a threat to Belgium’
11 February 2013461PresseuropLe Soir -
Greenland: The wealth that lies beneath
6 February 20132994 De Standaard Brussels -
Belgium: ‘Shell opens hunting season on Belgian shale gas’
6 February 20131222PresseuropDe Morgen -
Renewable energy: ‘EU: End to green energy subsidies’
4 February 20131482PresseuropDie Presse -
Energy: ‘Russia-Hungary energy partnership ahead’
1 February 2013231PresseuropMagyar Hírlap -
Slovakia: ‘Government tempted by Košice’s uranium’
1 February 2013302PresseuropSME -
Science: €2bn booster shot for European research
29 January 2013696PresseuropLe Temps, Le Monde, El Periódico de Catalunya, Il Sole-24 Ore -
Germany: ‘The electricity price brakeman’
29 January 2013242PresseuropHandelsblatt -
Bulgaria: Voters stay away from nuclear referendum
28 January 2013272PresseuropTrud, Standart -
The Netherlands: ‘Growing concerns over gas drilling’
28 January 201338PresseuropTrouw -
Renewable energy: Ireland back in the green
7 January 201313337 La Repubblica Rome -
Ireland: Black gold fever spreading in Cork
2 January 201317512PresseuropLa Vanguardia -
Innovation: EU (finally) adopts single European patent
12 December 201210840PresseuropLes Echos, Libération, ABC -
Natural gas: Requiem for Nabucco
4 December 2012573PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung -
Germany: Green energy producers cheating with coal
16 November 2012619PresseuropDie Tageszeitung, Lidové noviny -
Renewable energy: Commissioner Oettinger rails against state subsidies
13 November 20125210PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung -
EU- China: Solar wars?
2 November 201211637PresseuropFrankfurter Rundschau -
EU Budget: Top scientists against cuts
23 October 20126227PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Greece: There’s oil, gold and gas in those hills
15 October 20121627PresseuropLe Monde, La Tribune
From a lack of investment to an underdeveloped renewable energy sector, plus competition from American coal: the domestic energy market faces a slew of obstacles. This is driving concerned European groups begin to put the EU under pressure. 
Two American researchers recently completed a study of genes from a sample of 40 populations from the European continent. Their conclusion: all of today's Europeans are descended from the same ancestors. Here's why. 
In response to concerns over declining bee populations, the European Commission voted on April 29 for a two-year ban of pesticides thought to be harmful to the insects. 
Estonia has an asset that enables it to avoid dependence on Russian gas: shale oil. In spite of the pollution it generates, the country has chosen to continue to use and develop this home-grown fuel source. 
In voting on April 16 against a delay in auctioning new CO2 emission quotas, the European Parliament has blunted the main weapon in the fight against global warming and scaled back Europe’s global ambitions a little more. 
In order to produce energy without further increasing CO2 emissions, what could be easier than using existing furnaces to burn trees that could be replaced as they are used? Although this idea has much financial backing, it is only efficient over the long term.
Eager consumers and producers of enormous quantities of waste, Poles are coming under pressure from the EU and will soon convert to a new approach to packaging – the religion of "re": reduction, recycling and reuse. 
Thousands of tonnes of chemical weapons sunk in the Baltic Sea after WWII pose a lethal hazard to humans and the environment. After 70 years at the bottom of the sea, the corroded containers risk leaking deadly poisons, warns a Polish journalist. 
A category of insecticides, widely used throughout the agricultural sector, may be responsible for Europe’s high level of bee mortality. The European Commission wants to ban their use, but manufacturers are throwing a spanner in the works. 
Natural gas deposits, exploited in the northern Netherlands, provide billions of euros to the Dutch state. But the extraction is the cause of an increasing number of earthquakes and this, combined with a lack of long-term investment, has made energy policy a focus of debate. 
To cope with the decline in the price of CO2 emission permits, the European Parliament wants to take 900 million tonnes off the European market. But that won’t be enough to halt the trend. The economic crisis is just too deep. 
For a long time, prawns were all that Greenland was famous for. However, the melting ice caps mean that natural resources are there for the taking. This development is both a curse and a blessing and one that puts the Danes in a difficult situation. 
After two years of radical austerity the Irish economy is going through an upswing, thanks to new revenue the state is collecting from renewable energy and from taxing fossil fuels and rubbish. - 1 of 7
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