Blocking the pipedreams

After wielding the stick in Georgia, Russia may find Azerbaijan more willing to bite a dangling carrot – a long-term oil deal that would shut out the West.

Thursday, 4 September 2008

IEA urges EU to liberalise energy markets

Energy agency says European Commission should make “bolder” use of the market.

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Efficiency

Thursday, 4 September 2008

Oil industry could face tougher emissions standards

Industry says emissions trading scheme meets reduction needs.

Thursday, 4 September 2008

Let the market decide future of biofuels

Targets for renewable energy should be kept; the idea of quotas for specific types of energy should be discarded.

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Nuclear power

A Big Bang in the backyard

On 10 September, researchers will embark on a journey under the Franco-Swiss border to get a glimpse of what the universe was like moments after the Big Bang.

Thursday, 4 September 2008

Wednesday, 30 July 2008

Fire at Finnish nuclear site

Summer of problems at EU nuclear power plants continues.

Tuesday, 15 July 2008

Lithuania to hold referendum on nuclear plant

Decision to hold non-binding referendum reflects widespread anxiety about dependence on Russia and risks clash with the European Commission.

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Energy

French mull suspension of EU-Russia partnership talks

The French presidency of the EU is considering a suspension of negotiations on the partnership agreement with Russia, in response to Russia's recognition of the breakaway Georgian enclaves of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Friday, 29 August 2008

Radioactive leak prompts vegetables, milk withdrawal

Belgian authorities today (29 August) banned the sale of fresh vegetables and milk produced within a five-kilometre radius of the Institut National de Radio-éléments in Fleurus, following a leak of radioactive gas.

Thursday, 28 August 2008

Summer is no real break for Europe

Regardless of how the world around it changes, the European Union maintains its traditional summer close-down period with an almost religious determination. Even as this issue of European Voice goes to press, the EU institutions are still largely deserted – and in one case quite literally in a state of collapse.

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