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Airlines Seek Swift End to EU CO2 Row

Source country thisdayonline Saturday, February 11, 2012 4:08:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyEnvironment] (EUEnvironment)emissions[3]; environment[2]; Emissions[1]; CO2[2]; global warming[1]; (EU)EU[9];

Other categories: EU Russia; Climate Action - general; Air Transport - Aviation Safety; EU-USA; Environment (general); EU-Asia; Competition; External Relations; Taxation;

BA Aircraft British Airways, Qantas and other airlines are calling on governments to find a swift resolution to a political dispute over the European Union's carbon scheme, because the deadlock may create competitive distortions. Since the start of 2012, EU law obliges all airlines using EU airports.......

Articles published more than 2 hours ago

Chua Tiam Wee answers your 10 questions

Source country thestar-my Saturday, February 11, 2012 2:09:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyEnvironment] (EUEnvironment)environment[2]; (EU)European Union[2]; EU[3];

Entities: Peter Lim[1]; Johor Baru[1]; Dinesh Kumar[1];

Other categories: European Enterprise News; European Training Foundation; Small and Medium Size Businesses; Monetary Issues EU; Consumers; European economy; Market; EU-Asia; Competition; Consumers; Development; External Relations; Taxation;

What are your most memorable moments as SMI president? Darren Tan, Penang There are many memorable moments that I cherish. Some of the most memorable moments are during each of our annual SME Recognition Award Presentation Nite as it is a tremendous joy to get the chance to see and share the success.......

Cold down the river Danube

Source country independent Saturday, February 11, 2012 2:06:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyEnvironment] (EUEnvironment)climate change[1]; environmental[1]; (EU)EU[1];

Entities: Mini Cooper[1];

Other categories: Food Security & Aid; Croatia-EU; Serbia - EU; Environment (general); Market;

It has been dubbed Europe's Amazon – but yesterday any comparison with the tropical South American river seemed ridiculous. Instead, the "Blue Danube", commemorated by Johann Strauss with a waltz of the same name, resembled the arctic, covered in a dense carpet of ice stretching for hundreds of miles....

Articles published more than 3 hours ago

Euro rift over scientists' £6m rumination on bovine burping

Source country express Saturday, February 11, 2012 1:25:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyEnvironment] (EUEnvironment)emissions[4]; CO2[1]; greenhouse gas[1]; greenhouse gases[1]; (EU)EU[1];

Entities: Struan Stevenson[1];

Other categories: Members of the European Parliament; Climate Change; EC News; Environment (general); Agriculture;

EUROCRATS are spending £6million to stop cows belching and breaking wind, it was revealed yesterday....

Articles published more than 4 hours ago

Top News from the European Commission 11 February - 9 March 2012

Source country nieuwsbank Friday, February 10, 2012 11:53:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyEnvironment] (EUEnvironment)Sustainable[1]; sustainable[9]; environmental protection[1]; life-cycle[1]; environmental[1]; (EU)European Union[2]; EU[11];

Entities: null[2]; Máire Geoghegan-Quinn[1]; Aung San Suu Kyi[10]; Amadeu Altafaj[1]; Dirk Niebel[1];

Other categories: European Enterprise News; European Training Foundation; Social situation; Laszlo Andor; Development; Science; European Council; Ecology; Innovation; Environmental protection; Alternative Energy; Máire Geoghegan-Quinn; EC News; Environment (general); Europe 2020; Institutional Affairs; Reform; Europe 2020; Market; Agriculture; Competition; Development; Employment and Social Affairs; Energy; Food Safety; Humanitarian aid; Institutional affairs; Research and Innovation;

[ Vrijdag 10 februari 2012 | European Union ] Sunday 12 to Tuesday 14 February: Commissioner Piebalgs in Burma/Myanmar 2...

Education report warns of growing teacher shortages

Source country nieuwsbank Friday, February 10, 2012 11:53:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyEnvironment] (EUEnvironment)sustainable[2]; (EU)European Union[1]; Union European[1]; EU[4];

Entities: Androulla Vasiliou[3];

Other categories: European Training Foundation; Eurostat; Social situation; Turkey-EU; Erasmus Programme; Croatia-EU; Multilingualism; Androulla Vassiliou; EC News; Institutional Affairs; Market; Audiovisual and Media; Development; Education, Training, Youth; Institutional affairs;

[ Vrijdag 10 februari 2012 | European Union ] Brussels, 10 February 2012 - Several Member States, including Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria and Belgium, may face serious teacher shortages in the future, according to a new report...

Blue economy needed to protect Mediterranean Sea and world's oceans - UN official

Source country un-org Friday, February 10, 2012 11:46:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyEnvironment] (EUEnvironment)Environment[1]; Sustainable Development[1]; environment[2]; aquatic[1]; ecological[1]; Sustainable[1]; environments[1]; ecology[1]; environmental[1]; (EU)European Union[1];

Entities: Achim Steiner[1];

Other categories: European Enterprise News; UN Bodies; Environment (general); EU - Latin America; Development; External Relations; Food Safety;

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Achim Steiner said: “The time has come for us to rethink how we manage our oceans,”

The Mediterranean Sea is a "key pillar" for the development of the countries in the region, a senior United Nations official said today, warning that continued degradation of the aquatic environment could put its entire ecology at risk....

Govt urged to release funds for leather sector’s uplift

Source country dailytimesPK Friday, February 10, 2012 11:34:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyEnvironment] (EUEnvironment)water treatment[1]; (EU)European Union[1];

Other categories: WTO; Financial Crisis; Imports Exports; EU-Asia; Development; External Relations;

* Government had said to provide Rs 200 million on instalments but failed to do so By Razi Syed KARACHI: The government should release Rs 200 million funds for National Institute of Leather Technology (NILT) to run its affairs besides to extend support for the Combined Effluent Treatment Plant.......

Wyzwania dla Polski. Co musimy zrobić dla gospodarki?

Source country gb Friday, February 10, 2012 11:12:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyEnvironment] (EUEnvironment)CO2[2]; (EU)UE[1];

Entities: Jan Krzysztof Bielecki[1]; Skarbu Państwa[1]; Mikołaj Budzanowski[1]; Jerzy Buzek[1];

Other categories: Jerzy Buzek; Climate Action - general; European Parliament;

O tym, jakie zadania stoją przed polską gospodarką debatowali najważniejsi przedstawiciele krajowej i europejskiej sceny gospodarczej....

Articles published more than 6 hours ago

GameStop, JDS Uniphase, Leapfrog, NYSE Euronext, RPX: U.S. Equity Movers

Source country bloomberg Friday, February 10, 2012 9:36:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyEnvironment] (EUEnvironment)environmental protection[1]; environmental[1]; (EU)European Union[1];

Entities: Collins Stewart[1];

Other categories: Telecommunications; Ecology; Environmental protection; Environment (general); Energy; Taxation;

Shares of the following companies are having unusual moves in U.S. trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and prices are as of 1:45 p.m. in Video-game companies declined after NPD Group Inc. reported retail sales of game hardware, software and accessories tumbled 34 percent in January. (EA US), the second-largest U....

Pollution aux particules fines à Rouen et dans plusieurs villes françaises en raison de la météo

Source country normandie Friday, February 10, 2012 9:35:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyEnvironment] (EUEnvironment)pollution[3]; Pollution[1]; (ECnews)Commission européenne[1];

Other categories: EC News; Science;

ROUEN (Seine-Maritime). Les conditions météorologiques actuelles, avec un anticyclone et des températures basses, favorisent une pollution aux particules dans une grande partie de la France, avec des seuils d'alerte dépassés notamment dans le Nord, en Alsace et dans l'ouest....

España se muestra satisfecha con las conclusiones del Convenio de Barcelona y reafirma su compromiso con el foro

Source country es-noticias Friday, February 10, 2012 9:17:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyEnvironment] (EUEnvironment)contaminación[3]; (EU)Unión Europea[1]; UE[1];

Other categories:

El secretario de Estado de Medio Ambiente, Federico Ramos, ha mostrado este viernes su "satisfacción" por las decisiones y conclusiones adoptadas en el marco de la XXVII reunión del Convenio de Barcelona que se ha celebrado en París....

Lotnisko Świdnik: Tor do lotniska będzie gotowy latem

Source country kurierlubelski Friday, February 10, 2012 8:42:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyEnvironment] (EUEnvironment)CO2[1]; (EU)Unii Europejskiej[1];

Other categories:

Szynobusy dowożące pasażerów z dworca PKP w Lublinie, przez Świdnik, wprost do terminalu, to jeden z elementów, który ma wyróżniać lubelskie lotnisko. Rozwiązania, jakie projektanci przewidzieli dla Świdnika, nie ma żaden inny port w Polsce. Żeby jednak wcielić ten plan w życie PKP Polskie Linie.......

Dutch allow Wilders' anti-Pole website, EU critical

Source country reuters-af Friday, February 10, 2012 8:40:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyEnvironment] (EUEnvironment)pollution[1]; (EU)EU[3];

Entities: Geert Wilders[1]; Viviane Reding[1];

Other categories: Viviane Reding; EC News; FRA-EU; Employment and Social Affairs; Justice, freedom and security;

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government refused to ban a key parliamentary ally's website inviting the public to post complaints about Poles and other east Europeans despite widespread criticism at home and abroad, including from the European Commission....

Hungary under Victor Orban: From Hero to Zero?

Source country novinite Friday, February 10, 2012 8:22:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyEnvironment] (EUEnvironment)sustainable[1]; environmental[1]; (EU)European Union[2]; EU[11];

Entities: György Matolcsy[1]; Viktor Orban[2];

Other categories: World Economy; Structural Funds; Banking - Financial Services; Economic Crisis - Internal Market; Alternative Energy; EC News; Market; Budget; Development; Energy; Enlargement; Regional Policy; Taxation;

Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) and Novinite.bg are publishing an opinion article on Hungary's economic situation by Hungarian economist Dr.......

Press release 3144th EDUCATION, YOUTH, CULTURE and SPORT Council meeting (provisional version) -Brussels, 10 February 2012

Source country dg-comm-fr Friday, February 10, 2012 7:26:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyEnvironment] (EUEnvironment)environment[1]; eutrophication[1]; sustainable[2]; (EU)EU[14];

Entities: Markus Wallner[1]; Chris Said[1]; Jan Olsson[1]; Krystyna Szumilas[1]; José Ignacio Wert[1]; Jukka Gustafsson[1]; Christine Antorini[1]; Ruairi Quinn[2]; Androulla Vasiliou[1]; Costa Pereira[1]; Josè Ignacio[1]; Pedro Costa[1];

Other categories: EuropeAid Co-operation Office; External Affairs; Structural Funds; DG Taxation & Customs Union; Science; European Council; Monetary Issues EU; Turkey-EU; Air Transport - Aviation Safety; Financial Crisis; VAT; European Parliament; Androulla Vassiliou; EC News; Environment (general); Europe 2020; Education and Training; Committee of the Regions; Institutional Affairs; Europe 2020; Market; FRA-EU; Agriculture; Budget; Competition; Employment and Social Affairs; Foreign and Security Policy; Human rights; Institutional affairs; Internal Market; Justice, freedom and security; Taxation; Transport;

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Will Austerity Derail Europe's Clean-Energy Movement?

Source country time Friday, February 10, 2012 7:05:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyEnvironment] (EUEnvironment)photovoltaic[1]; emissions[2]; environmentalists[1]; carbon dioxide[2]; environmental[2]; (EU)European Union[1];

Entities: Markus Ederer[1]; David Cameron[1]; David Cunningham[1];

Other categories: Consumers; Air Transport - Aviation Safety; Alternative Energy; Financial Crisis; Imports Exports; Environment (general); Competition; Consumers; Energy; External Relations; Transport;

Quotes in this article

David Cunningham says: "It's a victim of its own success,"

David Cunningham says: "In a perverse way, China isn't destroying jobs in the West," "It's creating more jobs in installation and maintenance"

In Europe, budget tightening has forced governments to cut back on green-energy projects. Can the solar and wind industries survive without hefty subsidies?...

Press release 3144th EDUCATION, YOUTH, CULTURE and SPORT Council meeting (provisional version) -Brussels, 10 February 2012

Source country consilium-europa Friday, February 10, 2012 6:22:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyEnvironment] (EUEnvironment)environment[1]; eutrophication[1]; sustainable[2]; (EU)EU[14];

Entities: Markus Wallner[1]; Chris Said[1]; José Ignacio Wert[1]; Krystyna Szumilas[1]; Jan Olsson[1]; Christine Antorini[1]; Jukka Gustafsson[1]; Ruairi Quinn[2]; Androulla Vasiliou[1]; Josè Ignacio[1]; Costa Pereira[1]; Pedro Costa[1];

Primera reunión de los 16 países de la UE que apuestan por la energía nuclear

Source country lostiempos Friday, February 10, 2012 6:17:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyEnvironment] (EUEnvironment)CO2[1]; residuos radiactivos[1]; (EU)UE[2];

Entities: Éric Besson[1];

Other categories: Energy;

Ministros y responsables de energía de los 16 países europeos que apuestan por la generación nuclear se reunieron hoy por primera vez en París para intercambiar experiencias y eventualmente coordinarse en un ejercicio que va a continuar, aunque sin darle un carácter estructurado....

Japan Adds to Supply of Kyoto CO2 Offsets Faster Than AAUs

Source country bloomberg Friday, February 10, 2012 5:58:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyEnvironment] (EUEnvironment)environment[1]; Climate Change[1]; emission[1]; Emission Reduction[2]; Emissions[1]; CO2[1]; Emission[2]; Kyoto Protocol[1]; (EU)European Union[1]; EU[2];

Other categories: Environment (general); UN Bodies;

last year added to its stockpile of United Nations emission offsets at a faster pace than Assigned Amount Units, suggesting the nation or its emitters have not started swapping the credits for cheaper AAUs. Japan had 120.1 million metric tons of UN Certified Emission Reduction credits at the end of.......

Maldives former president given boost by thousands taking to streets in Malé

Source country guardian Friday, February 10, 2012 5:49:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyEnvironment] (EUEnvironment)environmental[1]; global warming[1]; (EU)EU[1];

Entities: Akbar Khan[1]; Óscar Fernández Taranco[1]; Mohamed Nasheed[1]; Maumoon Abdul Gayoom[1];

Other categories: UN Bodies; EU-Asia; External Relations; Justice, freedom and security;

Mohamed Nasheed, ousted in suspected military-back coup, calls for elections as diplomats arrive to try and broker deal Thousands of people have taken to the streets in the capital of the Maldives in a major show of support for the former president Mohammed Nasheed, who was ousted in what appears to.......

FACTBOX-Key political risks to watch in Guinea

Source country trust Friday, February 10, 2012 5:37:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyEnvironment] (EUEnvironment)environment[1]; pollution[1]; (EU)European Union[2]; EU[1];

Entities: Andris Piebalgs[1]; Sekouba Konaté[1]; Cellou Dallein Diallo[1]; Dalein Diallo[1]; Bate Felix[1]; Richard Valdmanis[1]; Alpha Conde[1];

Other categories: Political Unrest; Imports Exports; Andris Piebalgs; Development; Development; External Relations;

10 Feb 2012 14:07 Source: reuters // Reuters By Saliou Samb CONAKRY, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Guinea's President Alpha Conde plans to review mining contracts and cut the size of the army in 2012, risking the wrath of international investors and the country's notoriously unruly soldiers....

Pollution aux particules fines : le seuil d’alerte est dépassé dans le Nord - Pas-de-Calais

Source country lavoixdunord Friday, February 10, 2012 5:25:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyEnvironment] (EUEnvironment)pollution[2]; Pollution[1]; (ECnews)Commission européenne[1];

Other categories: EC News; Science;

Les conditions météorologiques actuelles, avec un anticyclone et des températures particulièrement froides, favorisent une pollution aux particules dans une grande partie de la France, avec des seuils d'alerte dépassés notamment dans le Nord - Pas-de-Calais ....

L`assistenza finanziaria dell`UE per la disattivazione di centrali nucleari in Bulgaria, Lituania e

Source country ecodisicilia Friday, February 10, 2012 5:18:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyEnvironment] (EUEnvironment)rifiuti radioattivi[1]; (EU)UE[4]; Unione europea[1];

Other categories: Market; European Court of Auditors; Structural Funds; Regional Policy;

Relazione speciale n. 16/2011 della Corte dei conti europea Al fine di accrescere la sicurezza nucleare, la Bulgaria, la Lituania e la Slovacchia si erano impegnate, in sede di negoziati di adesione all’UE, a procedere alla chiusura anticipata e alla successiva disattivazione di otto reattori nucleari non ammodernabili....

Proroga multe sulle «quote latte» Indagine della Ue sugli aiuti di Stato

Source country corriere Friday, February 10, 2012 5:01:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyEnvironment] (EUEnvironment)CO2[1]; (ECnews)Commissione europea[1];

Entities: Umberto Bossi[1]; Mario Monti[1];

Other categories: EC News;

Invito a fornire informazioni sulla proroga di 6 mesial 30 giugno 2011, del pagamento della rata delle multesul latte in scadenza al 31 dicembre 2010...

EU, India hope for a trade deal by year-end (News)

Source country euractiv-en Friday, February 10, 2012 4:56:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyEnvironment] (EUEnvironment)emissions[1]; climate change[1]; (EU)EU[3];

Entities: Rahul Khullar[1]; José Manuel Durão Barroso[2]; Manmohan Singh[2];

Other categories: Environment (general); EC News; Council President; José Manuel Barroso; EU-Asia; Energy; External Relations;

Quotes in this article

Manmohan Singh said: "There are complex issues involved, but we have both agreed to expedite discussions,"

Manmohan Singh said: "There are problems with Iran nuclear programme. We sincerely believe that this issue can be and should be resolved by giving maximum scope to diplomacy,"

Meeting in New Delhi today (10 February), EU and Indian leaders have said they took a “significant step forward” to speed up negotiations to reach a free-trade pact by the end of the year, which would double trade between the 27-country bloc and the Asian partner. More »...

Forum ZPP: Kraje rozwijające się niechętne redukcji CO2

Source country wnp Friday, February 10, 2012 4:34:00 PM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyEnvironment] (EUEnvironment)CO2[3]; (EU)Unii Europejskiej[1];

Other categories: Climate Action - general;

- Indyjskie ministerstwo energii wydało oświadczenie mówiące o tym, że w Niemczech, czy w innych państwach Europy jest produkowane 5 do 20 ton CO2 na osobę, a w Indiach jest to tylko 1 tona, więc jak można czegoś od nas oczekiwać, najpierw musimy nadgonić to co nas dzieli - mówił Matthias Jochem,.......

[dehai-news] The Horn of Africa Imperatives

Source country dehai Friday, February 10, 2012 4:33:00 PM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [PolicyEnvironment] (EUEnvironment)sustainable development[1]; sustainable[1]; (EU)EU[1];

Entities: Meles Zenawi[2]; Isaias Afewerki[1];

Other categories: Environment (general); UN Bodies; European Enterprise News; Security Council; EU Russia; Alternative Energy; EU-Asia; Development; Energy; External Relations;

The Horn of Africa ImperativesAmanuel Biedemariam The key question regarding the Horn of Africa is what the desired outcome for the region is. The answer for that are peace, stability and direction towards sustainable development. The question then becomes, who has the interest for peace in the region....

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