Attempt to cut EU waste mountain
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MEPs are to expected to vote in favour of binding targets to reduce volumes of waste produced in the EU.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged the European Union to lead the way in the fight against climate change.Comment
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European Union leaders open a two-day meeting later Thursday deeply divided over calls for tougher measures to fight global change.Comment
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Divisions over how to fight global warming threatened Thursday to overshadow a summit meeting aimed at making the European Union the world leader in the battle against climate change.Comment
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BBC Europe editor Mark Mardell on efforts to avoid more referendums on the European constitution or any treaty that replaces it.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown will be advised to try and water down an EU target for all the bloc's countries to procure a fifth of their energy from renewable sources, The Guardian reported in an early edition of its Tuesday paper.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 26 (IPS) - Financial support has been requested from the  European Union for a controversial energy project in Ethiopia  that could drive thousands of farmers from their land.
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TEHRAN (MNA) -- The proposal by the European Union big three states of France, Germany and Britain, which would require Iran to give up its program to develop the complete nuclear fuel cycle, is quite illegal and runs counter to the nuclear Non
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European Union heads of government meeting in Brussels have agreed to slash carbon dioxide emissions by 20% from 1990 levels by the year 2020.Comment
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The European Commission proposes closure of dangerously depleted cod grounds in the North Sea, Irish Sea and off the west of Scotland.
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Millions of pounds are on offer for the best way of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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The EU is to set carbon limits under the next phase of the European Trading Scheme, a  tool to tackle global warming.
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The European Parliament is to vote on legislation to control the use of toxic chemicals in industry.
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A coalition of conservation and angling groups urges the UK government to sort out water waste and pollution.
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Forging a common EU foreign policy is an ambitious project, the BBC's Paul Reynolds reports.
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The European Union unveils plans to allow farming on land left fallow, in a bid to tackle soaring crop prices.
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Councils across the UK consider drastic measures to tackle increasing amounts of waste, such as fitting chips in bins.