EUROPE:  Move to Halve Pesticides Use
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BRUSSELS, Oct 23 (IPS) - Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are  seeking that pesticide use be halved within a decade in order to  reduce the amount of hazardous chemicals in the environment.
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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c51923)  has announced the addition of Hazardous Chemicals: Control and  Regulation in the European Market to their offering.
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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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Â· Farmers say soft fruit may be left unharvestedÂ· Fewer EU migrants seeking farm jobs
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By Josh Rabe, The Daily Oklahoman  Dec. 9--ALTUS -- State agriculture officials helped collect more than 62,000 pounds of pesticides this week in an effort to get rid of old, unwanted chemicals.
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BRUSSELS, Mar 9 (IPS) - European heads of state have agreed to cut   greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent from  1990 levels by the  year 2020.
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PARIS, Oct 29 (IPS) - The industrial lobby is putting the brakes on  European  Parliament debate of a bill for regulating and  ultimately eliminating  certain toxic chemicals. The U.S.  government also opposes the initiative.
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The level of dioxins in soil and vegetation has fallen by about 70% over 20 years, a UK-wide survey suggests.
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Europe-wide coordination is needed to tackle cancer more effectively, a group of leading experts say.
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Germany taxes, rather than subsidizes, biodiesel. That's killing the industry.
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The European Parliament approves legislation to control the use of toxic chemicals in industry.
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The European Commission set targets Wednesday for EU member states to slash greenhouse gases, seeking to calm fears about the burden of fighting climate change and warning that the cost of dithering would be much higher.
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MAPHUNGWANE, Swaziland -- Men in blue coveralls and white surgical masks began their annual trek into the countryside here last week. Methodically, they sprayed one home after another with a chemical most Americans probably thought long ago disappeared from use: DDT.
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Tomorrow in Strasbourg the European Parliament will take what is likely to be its final vote on the new European law regulating and controlling the use of chemicals, known as Reach.
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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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Offenses covered by a new European Union draft law on crimes against the environment:
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The UN's food agency urges international help for nations struggling to dispose of stockpiles of unused pesticides.