Global Electricity Review 2025
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European Union (EU)
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Saying no to taxes
INFLICTING eco-taxes may not be the right way to curb pollution, the European Commission has declared. In its policy paper on trade and environment released in the last week of February, it says
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Cod crisis
The European Union imposes strict restrictions on cod farming. But it could be too late<br> <br>
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Modified situations
The Philippines introduces stringent laws for GM products; six European countries in the dock for lax GMO laws
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Drugged by chicken
Antibiotics in meat make disease causing bacteria resistant to cures
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Electronic tag for sheep, goats
The EU council of ministers has agreed to introduce electronic tags for millions of sheep and goats across Europe by the end of 2009. The move is part of a strategy to prevent epidemics of contagious
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Pesticide peril
An Austrian report calls for a ban on the pesticide lindane
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At a standstill
The outcome of the fourth and final mini-ministerial before the Cancun conference in September was on predictable lines. No breakthrough was made on contentious issues regarding agricultural and
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No lesser evil
Mild cigarettes are drawing strong reactions in the European Union (eu). In tune with its campaign against smoking, the eu has ordered manufacturers not to brand their products as "mild' or
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An appeasement for French farmers
French peasants fearing withdrawal of subsidies under the European Community's agricultural policy must be relieved to find the just concluded GATT did not ask for any radical changes.
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Germans in a sulk
THE EUROPEAN Community has refused to fully compensate German farmers for rises in the D-Mark. Germany wants a restoration of the "switchover" system whereby each realignment of EC currencies pushes