The draft bill on Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH) is scheduled for a vote in the European Parliament on Thursday after years of haggling and debate. REACH is designed to protect people from the adverse effects of chemicals found in a wide range of products such as paint, detergents, cars and computers. In [...]
France is the world’s largest winemaker, producing 5.8 billion litres (1.276 billion Imp gallons) in 2004, according to Onivins, the country’s state-run wine body. Grape-based alcohol would have to be distilled before being dehydrated and turned into pure alcohol ready to be added to conventional fuel. "We are now starting to look into it, but [...]
Companies resumed drilling in the Norwegian sector of the Barents Sea in early 2005 for the first time since 2001, after the previous government ended a moratorium on petroleum activity in the Arctic against protests by environmental groups. A left-of-centre coalition took power in October after ousting a centre-right government in September elections. "I am [...]
The referendum, if approved, would impose a five-year moratorium on the cultivation of any plant or import of any animal whose genes have been altered in the laboratory. The measure would tighten controls already put in place in 2004 and give independent Switzerland one of the most rigid regimes governing the use of GMOs in [...]
BWE said that the unhindered expansion of wind power which accounts for the bulk of alternative energy also derived from solar, biomass, hydro and geothermical sources may attract investments of 110 billion euros by 2020-2030. "The ongoing expansion of renewable energy has been secured," a spokesman for the Berlin-based group told Reuters. "The big energy [...]
The FAO defines a forest as an area larger than 0.5 hectares where 10 percent of the ground is covered by tree canopy. The Rainforest Foundation said this definition was far too loose. "Ten percent is just land with a few trees dotted around. They are exaggerating the area of forest," Counsell said. The canopy [...]
Migratory birds spreading avian flu from Asia today could also carry the plague bacteria westward from their source in Central Asia, Nils Stenseth, head of a three-day conference on the plague and how it spreads, told Reuters on Monday. "Wetter, warmer weather conditions mean there are likely to be more of the bacteria around than [...]
Four hens found dead in a small village of Caraorman had tested positive for the H5 type of bird flu, the authority said, adding that the samples would be sent to Britain to determine if it was the virulent H5N1 strain. "We have discovered four hens tested positive for the H5 virus in the village [...]
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Bui Ba Bong, Vice Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, said in an interview that backyard farming and live poultry markets in rural areas posed the greatest risk as they were most difficult to control. He was speaking during a conference in Geneva held among 400 veterinary and health officials from more than 100 countries [...]
