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  • Germany opposes non-EU investment block 10 Oct 2008 23:25 GMT
    ... at a meeting of energy ministers in Luxembourg on Friday. An outline agreement was reached ... reciprocity clause to create a fair business environment for European operators and to prevent a ...

  • EU reconsiders green agenda 10 Oct 2008 19:50 GMT
    ... Luxembourg - France, Germany and Austria called on ... an advantage to rivals outside the bloc. Environmentalists countered that moves to reduce Europe's consumption ... and heavy industry pay for permits to pollute in its flagship Emission Trading Scheme (ETS). ...

  • Populists prosper from Europe's turmoil 10 Oct 2008 19:28 GMT
    ... what happened when Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg tried to The Dutch abandoned a tripartite ... are incapable of committing to their mooted renewable energy obligations, and everyone has gone off biofuels ...

  • Ian Traynor: The political fallout from market turmoil in Europe 10 Oct 2008 19:27 GMT
    ... what happened when Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg tried to The Dutch abandoned a tripartite ... are incapable of committing to their mooted renewable energy obligations, and everyone has gone off biofuels ...

  • Financial crisis prompts call for eased EU CO2 target 10 Oct 2008 18:32 GMT
    ... meeting of the 27 energy ministers in Luxembourg, the Green MEP's Claude Turmes said lobbyists ... steel. Jean-Louis Borloo, the French Minister for Ecology and Energy said: “There's a paradox - because while ... in the week, MEPs voted to charge polluting industries for permits to produce CO2 from ...

  • Europe follows Ireland in high-energy light bulb ban 10 Oct 2008 17:51 GMT
    ... start of 2010. During their talks in Luxembourg today, European Energy Ministers agreed on the ... agreed on the ban, proposed by Irish Environment Minister John Gormley as part of a ...

  • BAFTA discussion 10 Oct 2008 16:51 GMT
    ... and protect them in an increasingly online environment. A podcast of the roundtable event is ... Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak ...

  • EU to ban high-energy light bulbs 10 Oct 2008 16:30 GMT
    ... bulbs are currently more expensive to buy, environmental campaigners emphasise they are cheaper in the long ... WWF, even though the ministers meeting in Luxembourg did not formally commit to a pledge ... to saving 30 million tons of CO2 pollution every year. Governments had to stick to ...

  • TFN NEWS BRIEFING: Oil and utilities highlights to 15:45 BST 10 Oct 2008 15:39 GMT
    ... companies to partly reflect the current market environment, but said several names in its coverage ... 14:55:21 EU ministers solve energy liberalisation stand-off LUXEMBOURG, Oct 10 (Reuters) - European energy ministers ...

  • Examine the Political and Environmental Landscape for Biofuels in the EU Transport Sector 10 Oct 2008 15:33 GMT
    ... the addition of the "The Political and Environmental Landscape for Biofuels in the EU Transport ... Germany, Austria, UK, Sweden, Romania, Denmark and Luxembourg. Bulgaria, Italy and Slovakia missed their targets ...

  • MEPs push for efficiency in long-term EU energy strategy 10 Oct 2008 14:50 GMT
    ... cross-party group of five MEPs including Claude Turmes (Luxembourg, Greens) and Anders Wijkman (Sweden, Christian Democrats), ... Democrats), is addressed to the energy and environment ministers of Spain, Belgium and Sweden: the ...

  • Green alarm as EU ministers mull climate opt-outs 10 Oct 2008 13:52 GMT
    ... LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - France, Germany and Austria called ... an advantage to rivals outside the bloc. Environmentalists countered that moves to reduce Europe's consumption ... create millions of jobs in construction of renewable energy sources such as wind turbines. "This is ...

  • Commission experts to help Cyprus reduce traffic accidents 10 Oct 2008 12:50 GMT
    ... ministers responsible for transport who convened in Luxembourg on Thursday under the presidency of Dominique ... a decisive step towards the safe and sustainable development of transport. They also agreed unanimously on ... the impact of air traffic upon the environment. This programme is considered very important for ...

  • Ecofriendly lightbulbs radiation alert 10 Oct 2008 11:31 GMT
    ... the HPA's centre for radiation, chemical and environmental hazards, began tests on the lightbulbs after ... the EU's 27 energy ministers, meeting in Luxembourg on Friday, are expected to confirm a ...

  • Lightbulb radiation warning 10 Oct 2008 10:35 GMT
    ... the HPA's Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards, began tests on the lightbulbs after ... the EU's 27 energy ministers, meeting in Luxembourg today, are expected to confirm a ban ...


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