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Welcome to the Forum for the Future of Agriculture 2010

January 28, 2010

Tuesday March 16th 2010 will be the third time the Forum for the Future of Agriculture is being held in Brussels. As in previous years, it opens the floor to thinkers from around the world to debate, discuss and offer new points of view. This year’s focus is on The Economics and Politics of Food… » read more

Agriculture, Climate change, English, environment, FFA2010, Food and Agriculture, Food security

Developing countries’ interests lie with the EU in achieving a solution to the threat of climate change

By Roland Rudd, Chairman, Business for New Europe As world leaders gathered in Copenhagen last December for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, President Sarkozy of France delivered a rallying call urging those gathered – including over 120 leaders – to put aside their differences and agree upon the instruments necessary to tackle climate change.… » read more

Cancun, Climate change, Copenhagen Climate Conference, English, environment

Reflecting on enzymes and climate change

January 27, 2010

Sir, Regarding ‘Greens embrace enzymes in climate change fight‘: This is a serious issue and is much like that of genetically-modified organisms. Using enzymes to disrupt biomass is tantamount to opening up the proverbial ‘Pandora’s box”. You do not know the consequences and you do not know where it will end. It is all very… » read more

33532, Climate change, English, environment, enzymes

Negative compensatory Energy Prices

January 26, 2010

Due to the recently amended German law on renewables (the EEG – Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz), energy producers are forced to feed in all energy capacities at the European Energy Exchange. Consequently, a high oversupply can result in off-peak times, if for instance there is a big load of wind energy. Thus, the demand side, which is the… » read more

energy efficiency, Energy Supply, English, environment, Germany

Haiti: action before photo-ops

January 25, 2010

Criticism of Catherine Ashton not going to Haiti shows why a Commission not directly answerable to the electorate has its advantages. Most national politicians fly to disaster areas for domestic political reasons. The last thing Haiti wants is herds of VIPs using valuable airport space and requiring attention, but with nothing to offer solely because… » read more

English, environment, EU Priorities and Opinion, External Relations, Haiti

Legal Complaint Filed Against Germany Over New Coal Plant

January 23, 2010

Brussels – WWF has sent the European Commission a formal complaint against Germany for its failure to fulfil a legal obligation introduced by the 2008 EU climate and energy legislative package. The complaint concerns the apparent faulty approval procedure for a new coal-fired power plant at Mannheim (Baden-Württemberg), which was given the go-ahead on 27… » read more

33336, Climate change, energy efficiency, Energy Supply, English, environment

Humanity must not again become Hostage to the USA in Climate Policy

January 22, 2010

For those fighting to preserve the earth’s climate, the second decade of the 21st century has begun with two bad news: · UN member countries will not honour the deadline of February 1st, by which to submit their climate targets for 2020, as “agreed” in the “Copenhagen Accord”. That might be the beginning of […]

Climate change, Copenhagen, English, environment, EU Priorities and Opinion, US

Electrification of public transport

January 21, 2010

Sir, Regarding ‘Hedegaard eyes tougher emission cuts from transport‘: We need urgent and clear goals for the electrification of public transport, because combustion cars and buses destroy the climate, pollute the air and damage human health. The conversion of combustion buses (diesel buses) to electric would be finished in a year. Meanwhile, protests against combustion… » read more

Climate change, energy efficiency, English, environment

ULTRADRILL ‘s component no.1: GADigger

Geothermal Anywhere‘s ULTRADRILL robotic platform is composed of seven components, we wrote on Tuesday. The one that stands in the core is called GADigger. GADigger is responsible for the rock disintegration. Despite the classical drilling methods, this one uses PLASMABIT technology. It is not the method based on physical contact between the rock and the… » read more

energy efficiency, Energy Supply, English, environment, geothermal

Stanley Crossick Speaks To EurActiv

January 20, 2010

To celebrate his 400th blog post on Blogactiv, EurActiv’s Managing Editor, Daniela Vincenti Mitchener, interviewed Stanley Crossick. She asked him about the outcome of Copenhagen, the EU’s strategy and the ‘new world order’ that is emerging.

Climate change, Copenhagen, English, environment, EU Priorities and Opinion, stanley crossick, Video Interviews

Monizza to promote Electra at Renewable Energy Conference on 28 January in Vienna

Mr. Giuliano Monizza (ABB) will speak on behalf of T&D Europe and Orgalime at the Renewable Energy Finance & Infrastructure Summit to be held on 28 and 29 January in Vienna, Austria. Following his presentation at the Electra conference in Ljubljana on 15/10/2009, Mr. Monizza will elaborate on how to deliver energy efficiency in […]

10528, Climate change, energy efficiency, Energy Supply, English, environment, European Commission, European Engineering, European Parliament, Industrial Policy, Trade

How to pass from Copenhagen to Mexico

At the Commission Hearings by the EP, January 15, the new Climate Commissioner, Connie Hedegaard, has pleaded in favour of continuing to rely on the UN machinery as the way to reach an international agreement on climate change. After two years of unsuccessful preparations, in the UN framework, for the Copenhagen Climate Conference, this is… » read more

Climate change, energy efficiency, Energy Supply, English, environment

EU’S Hybrid Farm Policy Failing Wild Life Protection?

The European Union’s radical post- 2003 farm income support system was designed to have a twofold purpose: the protection of farm incomes and protection of the natural environment. What many expert analysts have long suspected, that it is failing in this second objective, is now becoming abundantly clear. Put simply, it was intended that if… » read more

CAP Reform, English, environment, Sustainable Dev.

Ukraine: Choosing a New Way

January 17, 2010

“When we get Russian gas, the problem is not the supplier, but the fact that 80 percent of the pipeline is located in the Ukraine. We should look for independence not from Russia, but from such transit schemes,” (Gerhard Schroeder) Just after 2004 Orange Revolution Ukraine took course towards Nato and EU, the new leadership… » read more

Black Sea region, energy efficiency, Energy Supply, English, Enlargement and Neighbours, environment, Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy

We present ULTRADRILL – future’s robotic platform for ultra deep drilling

January 15, 2010

To this time, we wrote just about geothermal energy in general and we also introduced ourselves. The time has come to start talking about Geothermal Anywhere‘s innovative drilling concept that could find the huge sense when it comes to geothermal energy, but at the same time, ULTRADRILL (as we call it) could become the useful… » read more

energy efficiency, Energy Supply, English, environment, geothermal

Copenhagen: A shambles that can yet lead to success

Sir, After 10 days of almost painfully tiresome diplomacy, the Copenhagen Climate Conference resulted in a rather fruitless accord. The text is merely three pages long and was submitted in the early hours of 19 December by the US, China, India, Brazil and South Africa. European Commission President José Manuel Barroso declared that he could… » read more

Climate change, energy efficiency, Energy Supply, English, environment

Oettinger defends European vision on energy

This story about EU energy policy was first published on EurActiv on 15th January 2010. Germany’s Günther Oettinger, who has been nominated for the European Commission’s energy portfolio, sought to prove his European credentials at his confirmation hearing by outlining plans to enforce energy solidarity and spelling an end to bilateral energy deals with suppliers… » read more

energy efficiency, Energy Supply, English, environment

Europe is bracing for off-shore wind power

January 12, 2010

In December 2008 the EU has decided onto providing at least 20 percent of its energy needs – the equivalent of 30 percent of its electricity consumption – supply from renewable sources by 2020 latest. To that end, it will need to generate about one third of its electricity from renewables. This is anything but… » read more

BioTech, Climate change, energy efficiency, Energy Supply, English, environment, Wind power

Renewable energies in Spain: The spoilsport for gas and coal?

January 11, 2010

Sir, Regarding ‘Spain’s renewables boom seen driving gas capacity‘: The various statements heard during recent weeks by the Spanish transmission system operators for electricity (REE) and gas respectively (Enagas) that Spain would still need to further increase its combined cycle power plants as back-up power for the safe integration of large amounts of wind power… » read more

Climate change, energy efficiency, Energy Supply, English, environment, renewable energies, Spain

Brazil engages in the fight against climate change

January 8, 2010

As of January 1st, the new Brazilian climate legislation (“National Policy on Climate Change Act”) has entered into force. It fixes ambitious targets. By 2020 green house gas emissions should be 39 percent lower than “business as usual”, which should bring back Brazil‘s emissions back to 1994 levels. To reach this objective, Brazil must first… » read more

Climate change, energy efficiency, Energy Supply, English, environment