EU swimming beaches get clean bill of health
The vast majority of some 22,000 swimming beaches in the EU are clean and safe, the European Environment Agency said Tuesday.
May 21, 2013
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May 21, 2013
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Canada must addess real climate-change challenge, report says
To reach Canada's goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 17 per cent below the 2005 level by the year 2020, federal and provincial governments, led by the Prime Minister and provincial premiers, must reach agreement ...
May 15, 2013
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Study on coumarin in cinnamon and cinnamon-based products
Easier to import giraffes under new EU rules
EU backs Apple in Google's Motorola patent move (Update 2)
EU anti-trust officials said on Monday that Google-owned Motorola was abusing its leading position in Germany's mobile phone market by filing a patent injunction against Apple over some core smartphone functions.
May 06, 2013
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Shifting the burden of recycling
Over the past two decades governments around the world have been experimenting with a new strategy for managing waste. By making producers responsible for their products when they become wastes, policy makers seek to significantly ...
Apr 30, 2013
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Europe set to ban bee-killing pesticides (Update)
Google agrees to change search display in Europe (Update 2)
Google has agreed to change how it displays search results in Europe—including a better labeling of its promoted content and displaying links to competitors—to appease concerns it might be abusing its ...
Apr 25, 2013
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German privacy watchdog loses Facebook appeal
A German privacy watchdog has failed in its bid to stop Facebook from forcing users to register with their real names.
Apr 24, 2013
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EU lawmakers reject mining of air passenger data (Update)
EU lawmakers on Wednesday rejected plans to allow European air passenger data to be used to fight against organised crime and terrorism, the European Parliament said.
Apr 24, 2013
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EU launches probe into suspected chipmaker cartel
EU anti-trust authorities announced on Monday a formal cartel probe into smartcard chipmakers—the motors for everything from bank and mobile SIM cards to electronic ID papers, after talks aimed at securing ...
Apr 22, 2013
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UK Supreme Court rules for news-clipping service (Update)
The British Supreme Court has decided partially in favor of news-clipping service Meltwater in its long-running dispute with UK newspaper publishers, who accused Meltwater of distributing excerpts of stories online without ...
Apr 18, 2013
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EU OKs $2.7bn Siemens takeover of UK rail firm
The European Union's antitrust body has cleared a 1.74 billion pound ($2.7 billion) takeover of a British rail technology company by German industrial conglomerate Siemens.
Apr 18, 2013
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Europe's rollercoaster carbon prices set to hit Australia
Australia's key strategy to tackle climate change is looking shaky, after another price drop on the world's biggest carbon market raised fresh doubts about the future of emissions trading schemes.
Apr 17, 2013
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Rotterdam rain radar to facilitate very accurate measurement of city precipitation
The construction of a rain radar has started on the roof of the Nationale Nederlanden building in Rotterdam. This will yield a very accurate picture of precipitation patterns in the city and thus help prevent ...
Apr 17, 2013
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