Soft Drinks Industry pledges to do better
We are what we drink – will soft drinks fade out at schools across the EU? by Martin Banks The European soft drinks…
Environment
Fallout from Grenfell – disaster
Finally, Parliament acknowleges fire fighter’s commitment by Martin Banks MEPs have thrown their weight behind calls for EU action to help tackle the “toxic…
Fossil Fuel: one step too far
Governments are overstepping themselves once more subsidizing fossil fuel by Marta Devon The Health and Environment Alliance has launched the first-ever comparison of fossil…
The G20-Spot
German chancellor Angela Merkel celebrates a blackhole as success A Comment by Ralph T. Niemeyer In Germany these days publicists of mainstream media…
Year 2016 in Review
Planet Earth in 2016: too rich to be poor A Comment by Ralph T. Niemeyer, retired editor-in-chief Let’s skip the 2015-Review. All that could…
Benefisheries
by Ralph T. Niemeyer Draft rules for allocating European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) aid to help fishermen comply with the new Common Fisheries…
New frontiers for the “war on drugs”
By Richard Stahl The European Union is failing to respond effectively to the problem of illegal drug use and the spread of ‘new psychoactive…
Tobacco Directive: Public Health Committee backs agreement with EU Ministers
by Richard Stahl Draft legislation agreed with the Council of Ministers to make tobacco products less attractive to young people was endorsed by Public…
Nippon’s lost unity
Nuclear Capitalism seeks a revival despite Tenno’s warning It is still kind of a taboo that is not to be discussed in public and…
Shale gas: new fracking projects must pass environmental test
The European Parliament has proposed that exploration and hydraulic fracturing extraction activities for non-conventional hydrocarbons should be subject to environmental impact studies, in…
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