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The Bursting of Europes Biofuels Bubble

2015-05-09 10:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Inter Press Service: Last week, the European Union reached a momentous decision to finally agree a reform to its disastrous biofuels legislation, signalling Europe's U-turn on the burning of crops for biofuels. In so doing, the European body has recognised what NGOs and scientists have long been warning - that using food and agricultural crops for transport fuel causes major side effects, including food price hikes and volatility, hunger, forest destruction, expanded land consumption, and climate change."Using food...

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Europe's Manufacturers Lift Prices in Sign Deflation Scare Is Over

2015-05-04 11:28:12| Semiconductors - Topix.net

An employee stands by cables inside a ASML Twinscan XT1000 lithography machine, during manufacture at the ASML Holding NV factory in Veldhoven. Photographer: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg Euro-area manufacturers raised prices for the first time in eight months, adding to signs that the region's economy is overcoming deflation fears.

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Google offers cash to Europe's media

2015-04-27 22:49:09| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Google pledges 150m to support news organisations' efforts to earn money from their online coverage.

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Weekly Overview: New Ruling Set to Improve Welfare for Europe's Pigs

2015-04-27 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

GLOBAL - EU welfare rules should apply even when the animals are transported out of the region, a court in Luxembourg said last week, as Germany announced it would prioritise animal welfare and the Danes are set to hold an international conference on the topic this week. There are also updates on African swine fever in eastern European wild boar and porcine epidemic diarrhoea in the US.

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