Science & the Environment
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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 -
Electricity: Germany and Poland connect on energy
3 February 2011PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Climate change: Global warming could bankrupt Med
1 February 201126PresseuropPúblico -
Netherlands : Shell to explain its role in Nigeria
26 January 2011PresseuropNRC Handelsblad -
Environment : Europe devours Amazon, claims NGO
25 January 2011358PresseuropPúblico -
CO2: Hackers steal €200 million of carbon credits
21 January 201192PresseuropLibération -
Netherlands: Dutch penny-pinching on innovation
19 January 2011PresseuropNRC Handelsblad -
Romania: A gift of black gold
13 January 2011PresseuropJurnalul Naţional -
Climate Change: We need eco-democracies
13 December 20103464 Der Freitag Berlin -
Research: Galileo lands in Prague
9 December 2010PresseuropHospodářské Noviny -
Germany: Darth Merkel, Eco-Jedi?
3 December 2010PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
COP16: The end of easy green money
29 November 201060 Il Foglio Milan -
Italy: Naples still under rubbish mountain
23 November 2010PresseuropLa Stampa -
Bulgaria / Russia: Sofia bends to Putin gas deal
15 November 2010PresseuropDnevnik -
Nuclear Energy: Russia is Germany’s new dustbin
9 November 2010PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung -
Ecology: Anti-nuke movement mustn't go ballistic
5 November 2010105 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
Poland / EU: Pipeline of contention
28 October 2010PresseuropDziennik Gazeta Prawna -
Space: EU won’t go into lift-off
26 October 2010PresseuropLes Echos -
Germany: Where big pharma is king
22 October 2010PresseuropDie Zeit -
Czech Republic: Temelín project postponed
13 October 2010PresseuropHospodářské Noviny -
Natural Gas: Moscow scores against Brussels again
12 October 201032PresseuropLa Tribune -
Hungary: The toxic sludge event - Act II
11 October 2010PresseuropNépszabadság -
Industry: Hungary's red tide
8 October 2010641 Presseurop -
Environment: Toxic red sludge engulfs west Hungary
6 October 2010PresseuropNépszabadság -
CO2: EU carbon credits discredited
6 October 2010PresseuropInformation -
Nobel Prize: Vatican lashes out at test tube award
5 October 2010111PresseuropCorriere della Sera -
Aeronautics: Romanians in space
5 October 2010PresseuropGandul -
Renewable Energies: Green revolution will cost you
24 September 20101754 Der Spiegel Hamburg -
CO2: Emissions impossible?
9 September 201021 European Voice Brussels -
European Union: Lab animals will be less vulnerable
9 September 2010PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
Light pollution : Darkness falls but only in Slovenia
8 September 2010PresseuropFrankfurter Rundschau -
Germany: Nuclear energy wins a reprieve
7 September 2010PresseuropDer Tagesspiegel -
Renewable energies: A new frontier for green power
20 August 20102081 The New York Times New York -
Germany: Power lobby nukes Merkel
17 August 2010PresseuropFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung -
Forest fires: Portugal counts the cost
16 August 2010Presseuropi -
Fires: The ghost of Chernobyl again floating over Europe
12 August 2010PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
Electricity: France is riding the current
11 August 2010PresseuropLe Figaro -
Climate: Monsoons sweep Europe
10 August 201066PresseuropLa Repubblica -
Biodiversity: Mediterranean in hot water
3 August 2010158 Público Madrid -
United Kingdom: Some clone’s milk in your tea?
3 August 2010PresseuropThe Daily Mail -
Climate: Global warning
23 July 20101PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
European Commission : Innovation - where will all the billions go?
22 July 2010582 Trouw Amsterdam -
Renewable energies: Is the EU’s global warming policy all wrong?
19 July 2010341 The Daily Telegraph London -
Denmark: Copenhagen's taps to run dry
16 July 2010PresseuropPolitiken -
Agriculture: GM, the field is open
14 July 201051 Presseurop -
Energy: Let's storm the petrol Bastille
14 July 2010651 Frankfurter Rundschau Frankfurt -
Gas: The Gazprom gamble
13 July 20102PresseuropHandelsblatt -
Bulgaria / Russia: Sofia blows hot and cold on Moscow
7 July 2010PresseuropDnevnik
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. 
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. 
Eleven wagonloads of nuclear waste are barrelling down the tracks from France to Germany this weekend, and the German anti-nuclear movement is stronger than ever before. What will probably be the biggest police turnout in German postwar history could escalate – and damage, if not derail, the anti-nuclear cause. 
Hungary’s toxic sludge spill is now threatening to pollute the Danube. For the European press, the ecological disaster highlights the need for greater European regulation of industry. 
Chancellor Angela Merkel's vision of completing Germany's conversion to renewable energy by 2050 is bold and ambitious. But she has remained silent about the risks and the tremendous costs the green revolution will entail -- for Germany and all of Europe. 
The UN emission trading scheme is coming under fire for its lack of effectiveness, which may also have a negative impact on Europe's so far successful ETS. The European Commission is starting to take action. 
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.
Within the framework of the EU 2020 strategy, the EU is to devote more than six billion euros on research funding — a windfall that will mainly be of benefit to major companies engaged in long-term projects, explains Dutch academic Alfred Kleinknecht. 
The EU's 20/20/20 policy, which aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions to 20 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020, will cost billions but be of very little benefit in the fight against climate change, argues Bjørn Lomborg. 
In a bid to overcome deadlock on the issue of genetically modified organisms (GMO), the European Commission has proposed that member states rule on their cultivation on their national territories. However the European press remains convinced that Brussels is still planning to push for the introduction of a wide range of new products. 
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.