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BY KEITH NUTHALL

A KEY source of biofuels within the European Union (EU) – sugar beet – looks likely to meet EU sustainability criteria after new research concluded the fuel had fewer CO2 emissions than previously thought.

Earlier assessments from the European Commission had concluded that greenhouse gas savings compared to fossil fuels of sugar beet biofuels was just 35%.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has signalled it is prepared to allow privately-run park-and-ride systems to get public subsidies, because of the environmental benefits they being. It announced it would allow Euro 6.5 million of grants to be paid by the Czech government to such a scheme in the region of St?ední…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

WITHOUT uranium mining we would not have nuclear energy, and with the industry experiencing a renaissance because of global warming, demand and prices for uranium is only likely to increase in the medium term. But of course uranium is not the most stable of substances, and digging it out of the ground is never going to be overwhelming popular amongst communities near mine sites.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission’s senior nanotechnology regulation official claims Brussels has sufficient authority to block the use of nanoparticles in certain substances and products, and is prepared to use it. Cornelis Brekelmans told a Brussels conference: "We may decide not to authorise a product", dismissing some suggestions that EU environmental health rules need completely rewriting to deal with nanotechnology.…

BY MARK ROWE

THE PSYCHOLOGY of colour has fascinated philosophers and scientists down the ages, so it is perhaps unsurprising that the world’s paint companies devote much of their time to working out why consumers prefer certain colours for certain everyday items – and why these tastes vary so much across the world.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Parliament has called for a five year plan to be drafted by the European Commission that promotes environmental health standards within the European Union (EU) from 2008 to 2013. In a comprehensive report, MEPs said "disease prevention efforts and vaccination campaigns…should be stepped up significantly", across Europe.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE DIPLOMATIC fallout over Russia’s attack on Georgia has continued to impact on European Union (EU) energy policies, although signs of an early thaw in relations are evident. At an EU-Ukraine summit in Paris, the EU promised to sign an Association Agreement with Ukraine mid-2009, bringing Kiev closer to becoming a member state, although no timetable for membership negotiations was set.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) scientists have warned that children nibbling their pencil erasers while at school could be exposing themselves to potentially harmful levels of phthalates plasticisers.

The EU’s scientific committee on health and environmental risks has concluded "biting off pieces from an eraser and swallowing these particles" could cause children to exceed the TDI (tolerable daily intake) for the phthalate to di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) "by a factor of 4".…

BY CLEMENCE MANYUKWE

"DO not shake hands with anyone," Ropafadzo Hunduru, a city health worker bellowed into his loud hailer early last month in Chitungwiza town in Zimbabwe. Hunduru was warning residents in the face of a cholera outbreak that claimed the lives of four people with city authorities saying they were verifying the death of eight others.…

By Gavin Blair

Though the number of academic specialists in commercial crime in the Asia-Pacific region may be fewer than in the US or Europe, many of the leading figures are both willing to work with corporate clients and have a great deal of experience outside the ivory towers.…