Science & the Environment
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Nuclear energy: Let Brussels look after it
9 June 2011634 Respekt Prague -
Renewable energy: Desertec to take over from nuclear power
8 June 20112302 Le 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 20111325 Presseurop -
Oil industry: Sticky problem for Norway
31 May 2011PresseuropAftenposten -
Germany: Beyond nuclear in 2022
30 May 2011PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung -
CO2: Bleak prospects for climate, warns IEA
30 May 2011161PresseuropThe Guardian -
Debate: Regulate nuclear, not bananas
26 May 20113681 Die Tageszeitung Berlin -
Nuclear energy: Stress-test for nothing?
25 May 20111PresseuropLa Voix du Luxembourg -
Sweden: Europe’s happy rubbish collectors
23 May 201111946 Polityka Warsaw -
ICELAND: Europe under threat from new eruption
23 May 2011PresseuropMorgunblaðið -
Nuclear energy: Stress-free stress test
18 May 2011PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
Gibraltar: The oil slick floating off the Rock
11 May 201111213 El País Madrid -
Gas: Russia and Germany meet at sea
6 May 20111PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
Environment: Green energy — but not in my back yard!
6 May 20112064 Il Post Milan -
Biodiversity: Brussels wants to save the animals
4 May 201120PresseuropEl Periódico de Catalunya -
Portrait: Power, not nuclear
2 May 20111522 VoxPublica.ro Bucharest -
Lithuania: Rubbish champions
29 April 201160 Veidas Vilnius -
Tuekey: A ‘mad project’ for Istanbul
28 April 2011PresseuropHürriyet -
Lithuania: Demonstrating against the nuclear spectre
27 April 20111PresseuropLietuvos Rytas -
Cyprus-Turkey: Tensions bubbling over oil
21 April 20112Presseurop -
Geopolitics: Bucharest gets foothold in Caucasus
18 April 20111PresseuropRomânia libera -
Health: Europe drowning in nitrogen
13 April 201115PresseuropPúblico -
United Kingdom: Sitting on a plutonium mountain
11 April 2011PresseuropThe Independent -
Gas: Poland to become another Qatar?
8 April 2011PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Climate: Europe's coasts are threatened
6 April 201117PresseuropEl Mundo -
Austria: Goodbye to standby
6 April 20111PresseuropFalter -
Belgium: Belgium resumes nuclear waste imports
5 April 2011PresseuropDe Morgen -
Debate: Why not a green grid and new nuclear?
30 March 20111795 Die Welt Berlin -
Environment: Nuclear debate radiates to Poland
25 March 2011PresseuropPolska The Times -
Debate: Against Monbiot – against nuclear love
24 March 20111754 Presseurop -
Natural gas: Putin peddles South Stream to Slovenia
23 March 2011PresseuropVečer -
Germany: Muddled Merkel calls in nuclear wise men
23 March 2011PresseuropFinancial Times Deutschland, Financial Times Deutschland -
Environment: Fukushima, the best ad for atomic power
22 March 20118423 The Guardian London -
Nuclear energy: Commissioner indulges in hyperbole
18 March 2011PresseuropLa Razón -
Italy : WikiLeaks - nuclear industry corruption
18 March 2011PresseuropL'Espresso -
Nuclear energy: Chernobyl to Fukushima - media gets it wrong
17 March 2011104 Postimees Tallinn -
Germany: Is shutting down nuclear illegal?
17 March 2011PresseuropHandelsblatt -
Nuclear energy: Don’t panic...
16 March 2011891 Presseurop -
Germany: Nuclear exit in doubt
15 March 2011PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
Nuclear energy: Fukushima relaunches debate
14 March 20111881 Presseurop -
Belgium: Scrapping nuclear might not be answer
10 March 2011PresseuropDe Standaard -
Germany: Biofuel E10 inflames motorists
8 March 20111PresseuropBild -
Spain: The illuminati of Europe
4 March 2011PresseuropEl Periódico de Catalunya -
Environment: Fish quota system to be overhauled
2 March 2011PresseuropThe Guardian -
Oil: Libyan crisis may boost inflation
25 February 2011PresseuropLa Vanguardia -
EU-Russia: Barroso and Putin spar over gas deal
25 February 201114PresseuropEUobserver.com -
United Kingdom: Companies spy on environmentalists
15 February 2011PresseuropThe Guardian -
Spain: Cities gasping for air
9 February 2011PresseuropPúblico -
Innovation: Europe lagging in the sciences
3 February 201198 El País Madrid
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. 
The world will soon be divided into those seeking a green high-tech future, such as Germany – and those who are trying to make nuclear energy safer. A sign of progress on the evolutionary road to a less risky society. 
In the wake of the Fukushima disaster, Presseurop published an endorsement of nuclear power by Guardian columnist and environmentalist author George Monbiot. In a direct rebuttal, German author and physicist Ralf Bönt denounces what he considers the cynicism of nuclear energy's proponents. 
The accident at the Fukushima power station has exposed the limits of nuclear power, while showing that it's not quite as dangerous as we think. In the absence of credible alernatives, nuclear remains remains the most viable energy source. Such is the surprising opinion of leading environmentalist author, George Monbiot. 
In 1986, Estonians were Soviet citizens and had no idea what was going on at Chernobyl. Today they are members of the European Union, but whether they are better informed is questionable, writes the daily Postimees. 
The Fukushima disaster is driving European countries to test the safety of their nuclear plants and to shut them down. Prudence, or the panic button? The European press is leaning towards the latter. 
The accident at the Japanese nuclear power station is worrying Europe. Are our own power stations safe? Should be relinquish this form of energy? The press offers contrasting points of view. 
While the Lisbon innovation objectives have been postponed until 2020, Europe’s major universities argue that research is still too dependent on the financial sector.