Fertilizers industry

Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, a Dutch Liberal MEP who is drafting a resolution on resource-efficiency for the European Parliament, proposes a ‘Schengen area’ for waste that would allow all sorts of second-hand resources to be traded more freely between member states.

Emissions trading, the European Union hoped, would limit the release of harmful greenhouse gases. But it isn't working.

Government in Sofia makes a U-turn after nationwide protests...

The Gas Coordination Group is established on the basis of Regulation (EU) 994/2010 by Commission Decision of 11 August 2011. The Group is composed of senior officials of Member States' Competent Authorities for security of supply, ACER, ENTSOG, the Energy Community Secretariat, and representatives of industry and consumer associations, under the chairmanship of the Commission.

Ukrainian farmers will increase the use of mineral fertilizers by 50% in the next five to seven years, Director General of the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club Association Volodymyr Lapa has predicted.

Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik said yesterday (7 February) that the EU would push for firm international commitments on sustainable growth at an upcoming UN conference in Rio de Janeiro, saying “a day will not pass by” without the EU pressing for action.

European Commission and national officials raided the offices of two electricity exchanges on Tuesday (7 February) following concerns their planned tie-up may thwart competition in the power exchange market.

Increased investment in agricultural research together with greater use of biotechnology and environmental taxation could contribute to doubling world food production while preserving natural resources, a UN report has claimed.

British Prime Minister David Cameron and leaders of 11 other EU countries have called on the Union's institutions to stick to a liberal agenda for growth, bolder economic integration with the USA and deepening trade and investment relations with Russia, China and other strategic partners.

The EU agency charged with reviewing the safety of biotech crops, food and fertilisers has “frequent conflicts of interest” with the industries it is supposed to evaluate, says a report that adds renewed doubts about its scientific assessments.

Europe's record-low carbon prices are making carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology more of "an annoyance" in the absence of additional incentives, a delegate told a Brussels conference where policymakers and energy experts assessed the EU's energy strategies in the light of the economic downturn.

Petrochemicals manufacturers in Saudi Arabia have set up a 15-member organisation to liaise with the government in representing Saudi anti-dumping cases abroad.

European Commission - Press release Environment: Commission calls for a stronger response to soil degradation Brussels, 13 February 2012. Soil degradation is a worrying phenomenon in the EU.

EU and Indian leaders say they have made "substantial progress" towards a free trade agreement at a key Delhi summit.

Experimental technology to capture, store and bury carbon emissions in geological formations is in line to receive a payout of as much as €1.37 billion from the EU’s energy infrastructure package, EurActiv has learned.

Developing the green economy presents the EU with an ideal opportunity to plot a route out of the economic crisis while at the same time taking measures to avert climate catastrophe, Danish Minister for Climate, Energy and Building Martin Lidegaard...