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Bulgarian Elections (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Ronnie Falconer, Senior Consultant at Jacobs Engineering explains some of the background information about flooding and floods policy at EU level. Mr Falconer was speaking at the 5th Annual European Water Association Conference in Brussels.
Kemptown Ben's Green Blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Sometimes something unexpected happens in politics which re-affirms your belief in the political bedfellows you keep - I came across a small but heartening example of this yesterday, while musing over the Government's latest draconian attack on Internet freedom and discovering that the Green Party has been resisting it at EU level. Last week, Busimness Secretary Peter Mandelson, fresh from holidaying...
The Daily Swarm - Headlines (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... individuals resent restrictions on personal, non-commercial uses of material, and advocates an EU-level distinction between commercial and non-commercial copying… —That could include legalising more outright copying, the creation of sound/image mashups, format-shifting and sharing material with family and friends, the report says. But: “(This) could impact on revenues...
Global Security (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Poland urges EU to assist Ukraine in fighting swine flu pandemic03:34 03/11/2009 WARSAW, November 3 (RIA Novosti) - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has appealed to the European Commission to provide urgent assistance to Ukraine in the fight against the swine flu pandemic, a government spokesman said.According to latest data, the outbreak of swine flu, which hit Ukraine last week, has claimed the...
taw's blog (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
... now. While world economy will keep growing , average GDP per capita will be more or less where EU levels are now, and energy use past this level doesn't increase that much. In all likelihood, sources of energy other than fossil fuels will be far better developed than now, so responding to any new energy needs by more renewable energy instead of by more coal power plants, will...
Freedom To Choose (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Here is a chilling quote via the Telegraph : 'Lisbon Treaty should mean single EU seat on IMF board' Simon Johnson, a former IMF chief economist, said that the passing of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty, should accelerate moves towards a common European position in international economic institutions. He said: “People say that the EU is not a country and only countries can have IMF seats, but that...
taw's blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... people, or 4.34 ton/person. World population is still growing and is estimated to stabilize at levels around 9.5 billion for 2050-2100, which is the time in question. Now let's see what would happen if everyone got to current European standards of living, and European CO2 emissions, which are 7.84 tons/person. This would result in CO2 emissions of 74.5 billion tons, or 2.6x times current...
Chris and Eddie London NW1 (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
So, after all this fuss, what is the Treaty of Lisbon all about? Read on… More democratic accountability With a few exceptions, it would place the European Parliament (EP) on an equal footing as lawmaker with the Council, representing EU Member States, in areas where this has not been the case so far, notably in setting the [...]
Daily Tech (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... it's not very surprising that NVIDIA would choose to take a jab at Intel's recent from the EU and the leveled against it in New York. NVIDIA has launched a called Intel's Insides, which it hosts and is using as a artistic to accuse Intel of alleged illegal activity.The site is especially critical of CEO Paul Otellini. A recent post features a cartoon with a cross-eyed Otellini denying using "bribery,...
