Positive news from Belgium
EU seeks to crack down on shark finningThe European Union endorsed tighter shark fishing rules on Monday to ensure fishermen respect a ban on slicing off the fins of their catches and throwing the live body overboard to drown. |
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More positive news from Belgium
EU seeks to crack down on shark finningThe European Union endorsed tighter shark fishing rules on Monday to ensure fishermen respect a ban on slicing off the fins of their catches and throwing the live body overboard to drown. |
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Belgian Company Leads the Way In Landfill MiningLandfill mining is a rapidly growing area of waste management that is proving to be extremely profitable. |
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EU eyes fish quota shake-up to replenish stocksThe European Commission wants to replenish EU fish stocks within four years by introducing national quota trading in moves already upsetting key fishing states in France and Spain. |
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EU proposes ban on detergent phosphatesA European-wide ban on phosphates in laundry detergents would bring holistic improvements to water quality in the European Union, the EU government said. |
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No cloned steaks on EU platesThe European Union on Tuesday announced plans for a five-year ban on animal cloning for food production as well as a traceability system for imports of semen and embryos of clones. |
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Wind power can prevent climate change: studyBelgium, Brussels - Wind power could produce 12 per cent of the world's energy needs and prevent 10 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions within 12 years, according to a report. |
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Architects’ Home and Office is Less Than Eight Feet WideAntwerp, Belgium - So often the space between buildings is just wasted, a source of heat loss and little else. |
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Airline flies slower to cut costsBrussels, Belgium - Belgium's Brussels Airlines has announced it is slowing speeds and reducing weight on some of its aircraft in order to reduce fuel costs. |
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Portugal finds a power niche in the sunAmareleja, Portugal - Broad fields of giant solar panels as big as houses tilt toward the sun in this torrid patch of the Iberian peninsula. |
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Volvo takes success with carbon-dioxide-neutral trucks to Washington, DCWashington, D.C., USA - After the Volvo Group’s notable showcasing of carbon-dioxide-neutral trucks in Stockholm and Brussels last year, it is now Washington, DC’s turn. |
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News from Europe
- Six million turn out for global garbage clean-up
- Swiss Parliament Passes Plastic Bag Ban
- French move boosts shark sanctuaries
- First liver cancer ‘chemo-bath’ in the UK
- Scientists uncover gene behind skin disease
- Europe Now Creates Enough Solar Power to Fuel Austria
- London’s Eco-Friendly Olympic Games
- Portugal commissions world’s first Nissan Leaf electric car police fleet
- Long hunt detects possible ‘God particle’
- After damning research, France proposes banning pesticide linked to bee collapse