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                <language>en</language><item><title>Nuclear energy | French plants need strengthening</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1354601-french-plants-need-strengthening</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Nuclear energy: 10 billion need to ensure total safety,&quot; headlines French daily Le Figaro after the Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN), the country&#039;s nuclear watchdog, ruled [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/120104lefigaro.jpg" length="7360" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:34:06 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Netherlands | Second nuclear plant postponed</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1324151-second-nuclear-plant-postponed</link><description><![CDATA[Headlining with &quot;Growing doubts about the construction of Borssele II,&quot;&nbsp;NRC Handelsblad reports on construction firm Delta&rsquo;s decision to postpone the building of the country&#039;s second [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/NRCHandelsblad-12232011-v.jpg" length="11877" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:19:25 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Durban conference | Union hampered by its own polluters (Público, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1283751-union-hampered-its-own-polluters</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/mayk-climate.jpg" length="37285" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:27:45 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Climate change | Europe must change its attitude (Trouw, Amsterdam)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1263331-europe-must-change-its-attitude</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/BADO-Durban.jpg" length="84493" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:28:37 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Climate change | Europe set for 'triple somersault' at Durban</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1224031-europe-set-triple-somersault-durban</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Emission  fight, Europe in corner&rdquo;, headlines Il Sole 24 Ore on the opening day  of the Durban Climate Change Conference (COP17). The goal [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Il-sole-28112011-100.JPG" length="39786" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:00:59 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Pollution | A time bomb under the Northern seas (Trouw, Amsterdam)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1175841-time-bomb-under-northern-seas</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/northern-sea-pollution.jpg" length="77481" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:57:45 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Natural gas | Gazprom gains first European foothold</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/1147271-gazprom-gains-first-european-foothold</link><description><![CDATA[The  coming into service, on Tuesday 8 November, of the Nord Stream gas  pipeline, which will link Russia&rsquo;s gas fields to Germany, &ldquo;marks [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:21:49 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Italy | Italian waters still dragged by illegal nets (La Repubblica, Rome)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1123061-italian-waters-still-dragged-illegal-nets</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/whale-net.jpg" length="27440" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:37:22 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>River transport | The Danube is running dry (NRC Handelsblad, Rotterdam)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1101321-danube-running-dry</link><description><![CDATA[The Danube, Europe&#039;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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/danube-drought.jpg" length="123650" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:42:43 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Poland | Shale gas, fuelling jobs</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1095321-shale-gas-fuelling-jobs</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Shale gas has already started providing well-paid work&rdquo;, enthuses Dziennik Gazeta Prawna. With the largest estimated reserves  of shale gas in Europe, Poland has [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/DGP-25102011-100.jpg" length="34748" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:39:28 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Bio-ethics  | No patents for stem cells</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1073601-no-patents-stem-cells</link><description><![CDATA[In  a ruling applauded by the Catholic Church, criticised by researchers,  and feared by the pharmaceuticals industry: &nbsp;&quot;The European Court of  Justice [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/111019presse.jpg" length="6124" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:23:28 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Spain | Anti-nuclear at home, but selling it abroad (El País, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1019881-anti-nuclear-home-selling-it-abroad</link><description><![CDATA[The government calls itself “anti-nuclear”, and no plant has been constructed for over 20 years. And yet Spain&#039;s nuclear industry, aided by the government, continues to grow, mostly in developing countries. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/BURKI_nuclear_0.jpg" length="115909" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:27:25 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Gas | EU raid against Gazprom partners</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/1004271-eu-raid-against-gazprom-partners</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Power  struggle over gas cartel&quot;, headlines Die Presse on the latest clash  between the Kremlin and the European Commission on energy policy. On [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Die-Presse-29092011-100.jpg" length="39453" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:06:06 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Mediterranean | Gas pressure rises a few bars</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/968651-gas-pressure-rises-few-bars</link><description><![CDATA[Gas company &quot;Nobel Energy began  foraging in the Aphrodite zone of the Cypriot economic area,&quot; at  the east of the island on September [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/politis-20092011-100.jpg" length="42958" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:23:05 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Romania | Nuclear waste, an explosive subject (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/928691-nuclear-waste-explosive-subject</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Cernavoda.jpg" length="134882" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:22:40 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Czech Republic | Nuclear superpower at heart of Europe</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/928001-nuclear-superpower-heart-europe</link><description><![CDATA[At a time when several European countries are rethinking the nuclear option, the Czech Republic is poised to become a &quot;superpower&quot; in atomic energy. &quot;The [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Hospodarske-noviny-08092011-100.jpg" length="42482" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:17:09 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Food | GMO honey banned in Europe</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/922301-gmo-honey-banned-europe</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Bitter honey for the GMO lobby,&rdquo; quips the Tageszeitung on its front page following the ban brought down by the European Court of Justice on [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/taz-07092011-100_0.jpg" length="40396" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:40:35 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Environment | Changing light bulbs: not the brightest idea (Dagens Nyheter, Stockholm)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/900851-changing-light-bulbs-not-brightest-idea</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/vlahovic-bulb.jpg" length="11461" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:17:22 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Libya | The race for oil has begun</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/881881-race-oil-has-begun</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;The rush for Libyan oil&rdquo; is already at full throttle, writes Die Presse. Contacts with the rebels to secure future contracts are mushrooming, the Vienna [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110824presse.jpg" length="5794" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:45:40 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Fossile energy | Europe rediscovers coal (La Stampa, Turin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/834511-europe-rediscovers-coal</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/coal-europe.jpg" length="115126" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:20:28 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>FOOD INDUSTRY | The great fish robbers have got away again (The Times, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/775221-great-fish-robbers-have-got-away-again</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/fishing-europe_0.jpg" length="149527" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:57:46 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Climate change | Poland cold to more CO2 reductions</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/757181-poland-cold-more-co2-reductions</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Warsaw under EU climate pressure&rdquo;, headlines Rzeczpospolita as the European Parliament debates further reductions of CO2 emissions.The assembly is expected to adopt a resolution urging [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/rzeczpospolita-05072011-100.jpg" length="36579" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:43:15 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Union | Nuclear industry still doing fine</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/727421-nuclear-industry-still-doing-fine</link><description><![CDATA[A hundred days after the accident at Japan&#039;s Fukushima power plant, La Tribune reports on &quot;the Europe that&#039;s said yes to nuclear power.&quot; The French [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/la-tribune-21062011-100.jpg" length="39285" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:50:53 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | Rome-Berlin, new anti-nuke axis (Corriere della Sera, Milan)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/718451-rome-berlin-new-anti-nuke-axis</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/ballaman-power.jpg" length="40084" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:42:13 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Climate change | A WTO to take over from Kyoto</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/716061-wto-take-over-kyoto</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Forget Kyoto!&rdquo;, leads the Tageszeitung. &ldquo;Kyoto is dead.&rdquo; The alternative Berlin daily, a cheerleader on the climate change issue, opens on its front page with [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110616taz.jpg" length="7012" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:55:03 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Nuclear energy | Let Brussels look after it (Respekt, Prague)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/703431-let-brussels-look-after-it</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/BURKI-nucleaire.jpg" length="155115" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:18:14 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Renewable energy | Desertec to take over from nuclear power (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/701071-desertec-take-over-nuclear-power</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/desertec_0.jpg" length="100461" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:08:02 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>United Kingdom | Shale gas drilling causes quake</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/688001-shale-gas-drilling-causes-quake</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Small earthquake in Blackpool, major shock for UK&#039;s energy policy,&rdquo; headlines the Independent, after drilling on Britain&#039;s first natural shale gas project in Lancashire, north-west [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/The-Independent-01062011-100.jpg" length="29959" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:26:47 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>German press review | Where does the nuclear exit lead to? (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/687031-where-does-nuclear-exit-lead</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/KOPELNITSKY-Nuclear_0.jpg" length="23995" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 17:41:42 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Oil industry | Sticky problem for Norway</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/686551-sticky-problem-norway</link><description><![CDATA[The Norwegian government is embarrassed by a complicated affair revolving around oil production. It all began two years ago, explains Oslo daily Aftenposten, when the [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/20110531-Aftenposten-100.jpg" length="6502" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 14:13:12 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Germany | Beyond nuclear in 2022</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/683571-beyond-nuclear-2022</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Nuclear power has only 10 years to live,&rdquo; says S&uuml;ddeutche Zeitung, following the publication of a report by the &quot;Ethics Commission on Safe Energy Supply&quot; [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/20110530-SuddeutscheZeitung-100.jpg" length="5260" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 13:28:23 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>CO2 | Bleak prospects for climate, warns IEA</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/683041-bleak-prospects-climate-warns-iea</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Worst ever carbon emissions leave climate on the brink,&rdquo; headlines the Guardian, revealing latest estimates from the International Energy Agency (IEA) showing that, &ldquo;[g]reenhouse gas [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/20110530-TheGuardian-100.jpg" length="7466" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 12:39:49 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | Regulate nuclear, not bananas (Die Tageszeitung, Berlin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/676451-regulate-nuclear-not-bananas</link><description><![CDATA[The EU harmonises regulations on fruit and vegetables, but not on nuclear energy. After Fukushima, it&#039;s madness that member states continue to decide nuclear safety standards alone, laments a German journalist. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/banane-radioactive.jpg" length="204560" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 17:05:19 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Nuclear energy | Stress-test for nothing?</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/674221-stress-test-nothing</link><description><![CDATA[Are the stress tests of the 143 nuclear reactors in Europe just a public relations massage to soothe the European public following the accident at [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/20110525-LaVoixDuLuxembourg-100.jpg" length="7690" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 13:37:55 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Sweden | Europe's happy rubbish collectors (Polityka, Warsaw)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/670281-europe-s-happy-rubbish-collectors</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Sweeden-energy.jpg" length="149714" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 18:59:14 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>ICELAND | Europe under threat from new eruption</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/669381-europe-under-threat-new-eruption</link><description><![CDATA[One year after Eyjafjallajokull eruption, which paralysed air traffic in 2010, European airspace has now come under threat from another Icelandic volcano, Grimsv&ouml;tn, one of [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/20110523-Morgunbladid-100.jpg" length="6552" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 16:44:40 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Nuclear energy | Stress-free stress test</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/660901-stress-free-stress-test</link><description><![CDATA[The verdict of the commission of experts  tasked with a detailed analysis of the safety of Germany&rsquo;s 17 nuclear  power plants in the [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/taz-18052011-100.jpg" length="40861" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 14:27:55 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Gibraltar | The oil slick floating off the Rock (El País, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/648661-oil-slick-floating-rock</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/gibraltar-pollution.jpg" length="66219" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 18:48:39 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Gas | Russia and Germany meet at sea</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/638481-russia-and-germany-meet-sea</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Great friendship, great pipe&rdquo;, headlines Rzeczpospolita the day after completion of Nord Stream, a 1,224-kliometre undersea pipeline which runs from Russia through the Baltic to [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110506rzeczpospolita.jpg" length="6804" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 12:56:09 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Environment | Green energy - but not in my back yard! (Il Post, Milan)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/639811-green-energy-not-my-back-yard</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/france-wind.jpg" length="29922" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 10:42:49 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Biodiversity | Brussels wants to save the animals</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/634101-brussels-wants-save-animals</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;A quarter of European animal species are threatened with extinction,&rdquo; reports Spanish daily&nbsp;El Peri&oacute;dico. The evaluation was provided on May 3 by the EU Environment [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 15:06:47 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Portrait | Power, not nuclear (VoxPublica.ro, Bucharest)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/629331-power-not-nuclear</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Ursula-Sladeck.jpg" length="67054" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 18:36:23 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Lithuania | Rubbish champions (Veidas, Vilnius)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/626491-rubbish-champions</link><description><![CDATA[Each year, every Lithuanian throws out 500 kilos of household waste and “forgets” to sort the recyclables. Slowly, though, attitudes are starting to change. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/lithuania-rubbish.jpg" length="51289" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:43:32 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Tuekey | A 'mad project' for Istanbul</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/622661-mad-project-istanbul</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;A European island.&rdquo; That&rsquo;s how H&uuml;rriyet describes the project to dig a canal 150 metres wide between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Hurriyet-28042011-100.jpg" length="11451" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:55:33 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Lithuania | Demonstrating against the nuclear spectre</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/619391-demonstrating-against-nuclear-spectre</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;No to atomic.&rdquo; On 26 April, 25 years after the Chernobyl catastrophe, close to 300 people gathered outside the Lithuanian parliament to protest against the [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Lietuvos-Rytas-27042011-100.jpg" length="46206" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:43:38 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Cyprus-Turkey | Tensions bubbling over oil</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/611801-tensions-bubbling-over-oil</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Ankara is preparing a territorial crisis,&rdquo; writes Politis. TPAO, the Turkish national oil company, is seeking to obtain licenses to explore and drill for oil [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Politis-21042011-100.jpg" length="43155" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:52:29 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Geopolitics | Bucharest gets foothold in Caucasus</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/604051-bucharest-gets-foothold-caucasus</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Why Russia and Turkey fear Romania&rdquo; headlines Rom&acirc;nia liberă, setting out the energy and military strategy that Bucharest has worked out for the Caucasus. The [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/romania-libera-18042011-100.jpg" length="41095" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:48:09 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Health | Europe drowning in nitrogen</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/597231-europe-drowning-nitrogen</link><description><![CDATA[Launched in Edinburgh on April 11 as part of an international conference, the first European Nitrogen Assessment (ENA) concludes that &ldquo;Europe is being smothered in [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:18:33 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>United Kingdom | Sitting on a plutonium mountain</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/592551-sitting-plutonium-mountain</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Britain&rsquo;s nuclear timebomb,&rdquo; headlines the Independent,  revealing that the world&rsquo;s largest &ldquo;mountain of plutonium waste&rdquo; is  stored in Sellafield, in the north-west of [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/The-independent-11042011-100.jpg" length="38418" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:56:53 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Gas | Poland to become another Qatar?</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/589821-poland-become-another-qatar</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Poland lies on gas&rdquo;, boasts Gazeta Wyborcza after the US Energy Information Agency (EIA) published its report on shale gas reserves in 32 countries of [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110408gazetawyborcza.jpg" length="6265" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:05:59 +0100</pubDate></item>
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