EU Faces New Fights Over the Environment
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By RYAN LUCAS ROSPUDA RIVER VALLEY, Poland - A sharp wind rustles the brittle wetland grasses, and the snow crunches underfoot - the only sounds in the Rospuda River valley, home to one of Europe's best preserved peat bogs.
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Europe, Japan, US, and developing nations are divided over how to handle greenhouse-gas emissions.
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European Union foreign ministers failed to agree on Monday whether to set binding targets for the use of green renewable energy sources, setting up a potential clash when the bloc's leaders meet this week.Comment
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The UK Conservative Party has some challenging environmental policies, though there are several glaring gaps.
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By Michael McCarthy  A European treaty aimed at protecting dolphins and porpoises may be on the brink of collapse, damaging conservation efforts, environmentalists fear.
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A proposal to ban the planting of a genetically modified corn strain  sets up a bitter war within the European Union.
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The European Union will try to cement its leadership role in the fight against climate change at a summit starting Thursday, with plans to set tough targets for cutting carbon dioxide emissions.
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The European Union has taken a step closer to tough new chemicals rules after EU lawmakers and governments hammered out the details of one of Europe's most ambitious and disputed legislative packages in years.
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European Union officials this week will aim to reduce corporate influence and make polluting more expensive.
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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 Union states debated how far  they are willing to go to fight climate change on Tuesday as  the 27-nation bloc forms what could become the world's most  ambitious strategy to curb global warming.
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BANGKOK, Oct 14 (IPS) - The enlarged European Union instead of being a  formidable ally to conservationists  involved in saving the  African elephant, has ironically become a stumbling block to the   survival of the endangered species.
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BRUSSELS, May 17 (IPS) - Corporate lobbyists in Brussels are resisting calls  by European Union legislators to disclose  how much they receive  from firms determined to water down EU rules on the environment   and public health.
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European nations are not doing enough to fight climate change and should show more leadership before they criticize the United States and Asia, the head of the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP) said on Saturday.
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A new round in a bitter fight over French energy privatisation has begun in parliament over a plan for Gaz de France to merge with Suez which also spotlights deep strains in European energy policy.
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EU leaders are set to discuss a new treaty on managing the bloc, amid veto threats by the UK and Poland.
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An environmental action group urged the European Union on Tuesday to boost testing on chemicals and halt pollution in the Baltic Sea because the fish there are so toxic.