EU ROUND-UP

BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE DOMINANCE of fossil fuels in energy production is set to continue for the next 30 years, even growing a little, the European Environment Agency (EEA)'s latest 'environmental signals' report has predicted. Despite the European Union's (EU) efforts to promote renewable energy, it is "not expected to raise its share significantly" of energy production sources, while "nuclear energy is projected to decline", it predicted. Meanwhile, the European Commission has called for more investment in renewable energies after 2001 figures showed oil accounted ...


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