EU wine lakes set to be drained
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Europe's top wine-producing countries could be forced to dig up many vineyards under proposed EU reforms.
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Bordeaux wine-makers in France face crisis distillation to reduce Europe's "wine lake", writes Caroline Wyatt.
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Science & environment: UK's leading food and drink manufacturers join forces in new initiative to cut down on water usage
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By Bob Downing, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Sep. 23--CLEVELAND -- Problems on the Great Lakes are approaching the tipping point and environmentalists need to intensify their push for Congress to fund restoration efforts on the lakes.
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BRUSSELS - European Union governments gave a mixed blessing on Monday to plans for developing Europe&#39;s countryside that aim to weed out years of crippling red tape and give more prominence to the environment in farming and forestry.
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European finance ministers are meeting Tuesday, with talks focusing on the thorny issue of alcohol taxes.Comment
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European finance ministers are meeting Tuesday, with talks focusing on the thorny issue of alcohol taxes.
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By Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Feb. 19--FOR A QUARTER OF A CENTURY, government officials, farmers and environmentalists have been trying to find a way of prevent dangerous agricultural runoff from polluting the Delta and other state waterways.
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Business & money: Site to make 420m litres of ethanol a year from 2009  but crops may cause harm to environment.
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Lake levels reached record lows last year, and the region worries that fast-growing states and communities will try to grab its water.
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A new approach to managing floods could result in some areas being flooded in Wales.
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South Africa&#39;s wine industry, long synonymous with the lush pastures of the Cape and wealthy white clientele, will undergo an image makeover this weekend in the most famous black township.
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By Sean Rose, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  May 27--A dam is in need of repair and there's less water for boating, but for Kentucky geologists, a 40-foot drop in the water level at Lake Cumberland is just fine.
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California is to get hotter and drier by the end of the century, threatening its valuable wine industry.
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The bucolic valleys that produce South Africa's best wines are also producing tension, with white farmers accused of forcing black workers from their homes.
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The southernmost winemaking region of the Carpathian basin, the slopes of the Villany hills in southern Hungary, are covered with approximately 2,500 acres of vineyards.
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An international scientific report warns of floods, famine and global water scarcity. Sound familiar? But the government has yet to edit before it's presented in April in Brussels. By the Associated Press.