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BY KEITH NUTHALL
A CONCILIATION committee linking the European Parliament and the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers has struck a final deal on the shape of a EU directive on the environmental control of extractive mine waste. MEPs and ministers agreed a formula on three key contested areas:

*Proposed delays for Romania and Bulgaria to apply the legislation will go.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AS EUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers this month (November) resume their discussions on the medium-term (2007-13) budget for EU institutions, they have a lot of balls to juggle, including farm subsidies, the infamous British rebate, overall economic competitiveness and future EU research spending.…

BY MARK ROWE
WEATHER forecasters have always come in for criticism but the reality is that forecasting has evolved somewhat beyond the reliance of medieval truisms such as rain on St Swithun’s Day means 40 more days of showers. Today’s forecasts are more reliable than ever, and meteorologists can provide long-term predictions of wet weather, heat waves and other extreme events.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FIRST meeting of an Intergovernmental Forum for Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development has been held, in Geneva, Switzerland, with delegates already issuing practical recommendations. The aim of this UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)-coordinated body is to promote growth through mining in developing and emerging economies, but in a way that does not built up legacy costs through environmental and health problems.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
SATELLITE images of the shrinking Aral Sea in central Asia have long horrified environmentalists, but now similar creeping disasters are threatening the many fresh water and brackish lakes of Africa. These are illustrated by disturbing satellite images within an atlas produced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
IT’S tough extracting DNA samples from microscopic organisms, but much easier to harvest such data from the environment where they live, such as soil and seawater. This concept has inspired the European Union (EU) to help launch the METAFUNCTIONS project.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
IT’S tough extracting DNA samples from microscopic organisms, but much easier to harvest such data from the environment where they live, such as soil and seawater. This concept has inspired the European Union (EU) to help launch the METAFUNCTIONS project.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FIRST meeting of an Intergovernmental Forum for Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development has been held, in Geneva, Switzerland, with delegates already issuing practical recommendations. The aim of this UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)-coordinated body is to promote growth through mining in developing and emerging economies, but in a way that does not built up legacy costs through environmental and health problems.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE USE of more and increasingly sophisticated monitoring equipment to detect radioactive steel scrap, that might otherwise be melted and cause health problems for workers and the public, has been urged by a European Commission report. It warns: “The problem of rogue sources shows no sign of diminishing”.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE ORGANISATION for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has claimed rich country governments spend far too little on educating citizens on reducing environmental health problems. It has claimed that OECD countries spend, on average, only 3% of their healthcare budgets on prevention and public awareness programmes.…