Europe Pushes to Get Fuel From Fields
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Europeâs farmers are beginning to grow crops that can be turned into fuels meant to produce fewer emissions than gas or oil.
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Germany taxes, rather than subsidizes, biodiesel. That's killing the industry.
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Countries need to be producing their own biofuels such as ethanol because importing green energy can damage the environment, UK lobby groups say.
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By NO BYLINE  A TASKFORCE is to be set up to find ways of increasing the supply of wood to make biomass energy. Mike Russell, the environment minister, announced the move yesterday on a visit to E.ON's soon-to- open GBP 90 million plant in Lockerbie.  (c) 2007 Scotsman, The.
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When the fossil fuels run out, leaders of Britain's far right hope to survive on a farm in the Balkans.
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Europe embarked on a bold path to fight climate change Friday, agreeing that one-fifth of the energy used by the 27-nation bloc by 2020 will come from renewable sources such as the sun and the wind, and ...Comment
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European nations battled Thursday over whether urgent government intervention is needed to combat a surge in oil prices that France has warned presents a dangerous new threat to economic growth.
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European Union leaders gathered on  Thursday for a summit aimed at setting ambitious goals to fight  climate change in a move the bloc hopes will spur the United  States and other big polluters to follow suit.
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The United Nations is asking Europe to send more troops and military support to the world&#39;s hot spots, particularly in Africa.
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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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The European Commission has adopted draft legislation that would separate power generation from distribution networks. The aim is to restrict the influence of big utility companies. In part, the initiative is aimed at Russia, which provides around a quarter of Europe's gas, since the proposals would ban foreign firms from owning transmission networks -- unless agreements are reached between the EU and the companies' home countries.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium -- EU leaders agreed Friday on a bold set of measures to fight global warming, pledging that a fifth of the bloc's energy will come from green power sources such as wind turbines and solar panels by 2020 and 10 percent of European cars will run on biofuels.
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In cutting across-the-board subsidies for biofuels, governments in Europe are discovering how difficult it can be to figure out whether a particular fuel has been produced in an environmentally friendly manner.
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NEW YORK -- America is drunk on ethanol. Farmers in the Midwest are sending billions of bushels of corn to refineries that turn it into billions of gallons of fuel.
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England's BioTruck team aims to promote greener alternatives to fuels like ethanol.
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Farmers and lorry drivers are set to take part in protests across the UK against the rising cost of fuel.
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The European Commission plans to set up an EU force to deal with fires, floods and other emergencies.