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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has declared legal special funding systems in Austria for renewable energy and combined heat and power for public district heating, after the Austrian government changed the operation of these subsidies. The system for renewables had drawn particular criticism from the Commission, because it involved consumers paying a fixed price for green energy consumed in Austria.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is to expand its existing partnership agreement with Greenland beyond fish, to include the exploitation of the Danish autonomous territory’s wealthy mineral reserves. Greenland has proven deposits of gold, diamonds, rubies, molybdenum, nickel and other resources and furthermore, its deep ice cap is thinning through global warming, posing opportunities and dangers for prospectors.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is to expand its existing partnership agreement with Greenland beyond fish, to include the exploitation of the Danish autonomous territory’s wealthy non-ferrous metal reserves. Greenland has proven deposits of gold, molybdenum, nickel and other resources and furthermore, its deep ice cap is thinning through global warming, posing opportunities and dangers for prospectors.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is to expand its existing partnership agreement with Greenland beyond fish, to include the exploitation of the Danish autonomous territory’s wealthy mineral reserves. Greenland has proven deposits of gold, diamonds, rubies, molybdenum, nickel and other resources and furthermore, its deep ice cap is thinning through global warming, posing opportunities and dangers for prospectors.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank has announced plans to lend operators power plant STEAG Aktiengesellschaft, Germany, and ENV AG, Austria, Euro 420 million, to help build a 750 MW coal power station, using the latest emissions control technology. The plant would be at the Ruhr Valley’s Duisburg-Walsum, a region with a long coal mining tradition.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank has announced plans to lend operators power plant STEAG Aktiengesellschaft, Germany, and ENV AG, Austria, Euro 420 million, to help build a 750 MW coal power station, using the latest emissions control technology. The plant would be at the Ruhr Valley’s Duisburg-Walsum, a region with a long coal mining tradition.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

GERMANY’S Ruhr valley has long been a symbol of high polluting coal-based industry, so it is apt that a planned 750 MW power station, using the latest clean-coal technology should be sited here. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced plans to lend operators STEAG Aktiengesellschaft, Germany, and ENV AG, Austria, Euro 420 million: half the development costs of a power station in Duisburg-Walsum.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission is taking legal action against five member states for failing to comply with a range of accounting-related European Union (EU) laws. Acting in its official role as guardian of EU treaties and legislation, these include:

*Taking Austria to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for failing to implement a 2000 directive on financial transparency regarding transactions between member states and other public bodies.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

GERMANY’S Ruhr valley has long been a symbol of industrial decline and high polluting coal-based industry, so it is apt that a planned 750 MW power station, using the latest clean-coal technology should be sited here. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced plans to lend operators STEAG Aktiengesellschaft, Germany, and ENV AG, Austria, Euro 420 million: half the development costs of a power station in Duisburg-Walsum.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

BRITAIN is expected to help lead an increase in gross production of cattle in the European Union (EU), reversing a decline in slaughtered stock and live exports that has continued since 2003, says European Union (EU) statistical agency Eurostat.…