Ecology and Sustainable Development
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Durban conference
Union hampered by its own polluters
13 December 20112Público Madrid -
Pollution
A time bomb under the Northern seas
16 November 20112Trouw Amsterdam -
River transport
The Danube is running dry
26 October 2011NRC Handelsblad Rotterdam -
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 -
30 May 20111PresseuropThe Guardian
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23 May 20116Polityka Warsaw
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23 May 2011PresseuropMorgunbladid
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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 -
Environment
Fish quota system to be overhauled
2 March 2011PresseuropThe Guardian -
United Kingdom
Companies spy on environmentalists
15 February 2011PresseuropThe Guardian -
Spain
Cities gasping for air
9 February 2011PresseuropPúblico -
Environment
Europe devours Amazon, claims NGO
25 January 2011PresseuropPúblico -
21 January 2011PresseuropLibération
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Climate Change
We need eco-democracies
13 December 20104Der Freitag Berlin -
29 November 2010Il Foglio Milan
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23 November 2010PresseuropLa Stampa
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Environment
Toxic red sludge engulfs west Hungary
6 October 2010PresseuropNépszabadság -
6 October 2010PresseuropInformation
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Renewable energies
A new frontier for green power
20 August 20101The New York Times New York -
Forest fires
Portugal counts the cost
16 August 2010Presseuropi -
12 August 2010PresseuropDie Tageszeitung
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Biodiversity
Mediterranean in hot water
3 August 2010Público Madrid -
14 July 20101Frankfurter Rundschau Frankfurt
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Biofuels
Not so green after all
16 June 20101Trouw Amsterdam -
Waste management
EU tackles waste problem
15 June 2010PresseuropDziennik Gazeta Prawna -
Global warming
Holidays on Lake Baltic?
25 May 2010PresseuropNewsweek Polska -
21 May 20101PresseuropLe Monde
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Netherlands
Save the planet – tax meat
7 April 20101PresseuropNRC Handelsblad -
Controversy
Of climate sceptics, cryptoscience and bunk
12 February 20102NRC Handelsblad Rotterdam -
Baltic Sea
The big cleanup begins
11 February 2010PresseuropHelsingin Sanomat -
Czech Republic
Eco-racketeering, a business with a future
25 January 20102Lidové noviny Prague -
22 December 20092El País Madrid
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COP15
Going round in circles
18 December 2009Presseurop -
17 December 20093The Guardian London
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14 December 20091Die Zeit Hamburg
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10 December 2009El Mundo Madrid
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8 December 2009PresseuropMladá Fronta DNES
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Wind power
Answer is blowing in the North Sea wind
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COP15
Much CO2 about nothing?
7 December 2009Presseurop -
Climate Change
Carbon storage emerges from underground
7 December 20091Trouw Amsterdam -
4 December 2009La Stampa Turin
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3 December 2009The Independent London
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26 November 2009PresseuropJyllands-Posten
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16 November 2009PresseuropBerlingske Tidende
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13 November 2009PresseuropDe Volkskrant
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CO2 Emissions
Find your local polluter
11 November 2009PresseuropPúblico -
Copenhagen Conference
Climate summit not much COP
6 November 2009PresseuropThe Independent
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. 
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 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 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. 
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. 
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. 
The major climate conferences aren’t just about CO2 emissions. They’re also about whether there are democratic ways to ward off an ecological catastrophe. Der Freitag champions environmental democracy over environmental autocracy. 
The crisis has put a dent in carbon emissions – and in the foundations of Europe’s planned green economy. By calling subsidies for inefficient technologies into question, that blow might yet be a boon for the renewable energy sector. 
Pioneering Portugal has radically reduced its dependence on fossil fuels. This year nearly half of its electricity will come from renewable sources. 
Hundreds of scientists have put together the first comprehensive study of the state of the world’s seas, from the Arctic through the tropics to the Antarctic, and come to an alarming verdict: the Mediterranean is the most endangered sea on the planet.
No-one knows how long it will take before the Deepwater Horizon oil spill will be capped. Reason for which we ought to turn to the sun and start an energy revolution, argues German sociologist Ulrich Beck. 
The European Commission has introduced a new biofuels certification scheme to combat deforestation, among other laudable objectives. But biofuel production uses up a great deal of arable land and if food crop farmers have to move elsewhere, more land may end up being cleared.... 
Climate sceptics are riding high these days. With a sizeable helping of bad faith, they exploit every little scientific slip-up to claim that global warming is not due to human activity – and to malign the IPCC, the international organisation to gauge climate change, warns the NRC Handelsblad. 
The arrest of an environmental activist who demanded money to withdraw his opposition to real estate projects has lifted the veil on a new type of blackmail, which writer Ivan Brezina maintains pales in comparison with the stock and trade of major public figures in the environmental movement. 
The main obstacle to a climate deal at the Copenhagen Conference was state sovereignty. The solution, argues political scientist José Ignacio Torreblanca, lies in exporting the EU’s know-how and institutional approach. 
Widely hailed as one of the last chances to save the planet, the Copenhagen conference has proved unequal to the challenge, laments the European press. From diplomacy to the economy, it may be time to learn a lesson or two from this global washout. 
The likely failure of the Copenhagen climate summit to achieve progress on climate change is due to an inability to imagine a humanity that can no longer live without restraint. An impassioned plea by British environmentalist author George Monbiot. 
They come to Denmark disguised as pirates to frighten the guardians of the fossil-fuel energy system, or to stage mock trials of CO2–spouting polluters: tens of thousands of climate activists have descended on Copenhagen. But behind their seemingly united front, the big climate organisations are at loggerheads, reports Die Zeit, over whether to join or disrupt the talks. 
Changing our energy system is the key to curbing CO2 emissions and global warming. In the run-up to the Copenhagen Climate Conference (COP15), the European Union has announced plans to generate 20% of its energy using renewable sources. 
The Copenhagen summit, which is opening with great ambitions, might well come up with no deal at all – or worse: a short-lived deal that never gets ratified or implemented. Climate sceptics, for their part, challenge the very premise of the conference. Here’s today’s press in review on the COP15. 
Numerous companies and organizations, including Shell, have proposed capturing CO2 for storage underground; and scientists who were sceptical about the technique are now rallying to the cause. However, in view of the economic interests at stake, it is hard to tell the independent experts from the lobbyists. 
Even before the curtain rises on the Copenhagen Climate Conference on 7 December, the world is already warring over emissions targets. And Brussels is brandishing some fateful figures in its bid to lead the global crusade against greenhouse gases. 
Either a drastic cut in emissions, or a planet we won’t even recognise. As the Copenhagen summit on climate change opens, Johann Hari, ranging from the Maldives to the Artic and Darfur, argues that this is the stark choice the world faces.