EU sets sights on bold plan for draining wine lakes
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Europe's farm chief unveiled an ambitious five-year plan on Wednesday that offers generous cash rewards to winemakers to encourage them to dig up some of their grape vines, hoping to drain the EU's substantial "wine lakes".
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Wine producers from new European Union members in central and eastern Europe say that EU&#39;s plans to reform the wine sector will come at their expense and could have &quot;dramatic&quot; implications.
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By John Myers, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn.  May 24--The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources must start work on statewide regulations for new construction along Minnesota lakes and rivers under orders from the Minnesota Legislature.
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HOSKOY, Turkey  - As harvest arrives, Cem Cetintas tends lovingly to his vines, hoping they yield wine popular with foreign palates to boost his exports in the face of a harsh climate in the Turkish market.
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BRUSSELS The European Commission proposed on Wednesday to water down the rules that govern maximum working hours for employees, bowing to pressure from business and from Eastern European members of the EU seeking to catch up with their richer western
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The EU Commission has put forward proposals for next year&#39;s fishing quotas, setting the stage for tough talks among member states later this month.
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French energy groups Gaz de France and Suez said they have proposed five measures including asset transfers in reply to the EU Commission about anti-trust concerns raised by their controversial tie-up.
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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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Science & environment: UK's leading food and drink manufacturers join forces in new initiative to cut down on water usage
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A comprehensive plan to tackle the Great Lakes' most pressing environmental problems &#151; from invasive species to sewage overflows &#151; is on track despite complaints about inadequate federal funding, an Environmental Protection Agency official said.
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PARIS, Feb. 9 -- The executive arm of the European Union proposed legislation Friday that would make companies and individuals subject to criminal penalties for environmental disasters anywhere within the 27-nation bloc. If enacted, the proposal would create some of the most comprehensive...
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Wine is less a beverage than an elixir of life in France, but the country's vintners say they're vexed by a problem that threatens their livelihood &#151; too much of a good thing and not enough people drinking it.
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Science & environment: European commission to tell member states what they have to do to meet its plan to cut emissions
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By Elizabeth Nash  The morning is cold and damp and the mist has barely risen from the Doana marshes. But, at Vicente Gonzalez's strawberry farm in a pine forest bordering Europe's most important protected wetlands, they've been picking strawberries since daybreak.
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Science & environment: UK's leading food and drink manufacturers join forces in new initiative to reduce water usage
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EU ministers reopened old divisions on Monday over how to overhaul Europe's vast wine sector, clashing over plans to dig up centuries-old vineyards and rekindling a north-south rift on using sugar in winemaking.
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By P.J. Lassek, Tulsa World, Okla.  Sep. 23--An expeditious yet rigid technical review of The Channels, a $788 million proposal to create a 12-mile lake and three linked islands in the Arkansas River, will begin next week.