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Dear Mr Barroso, have you ever heard of practicing what you preach? Obviously not.
Someone get Europe a proper marketing department or, better still, actions that speak for themselves and don’t necessitate one.
You don’t want GM foods? Too bad, the EU and Monsanto say you’re getting them anyway.
Rice contaminated by GM has been on sale in Europe for months. The US government has known about this since January but has kept silent.
Interesting view on how lobbyists in Brussels shape European decisions.
Potential whistleblowers at the European commission will want to think twice before acting. I don’t know all the details of this story but it certainly doesn’t bode well.
When I saw this on TV, I thought I’d misheard something, but this really is the logo for the EU’s 50th anniversary.
Europe got a taste of rolling blackouts yesterday. They were due to increased demand on the grid when temperatures suddenly dropped. update : it actually started with a line being turned off in order to let a cruise ship past.
Belgium is as corrupt as the USA and Chile and ranks lower than most of its European neighbours.
Cá Bhfuil Na Gaeilg eoirí?
The European commission has caved in to the auto industry on new emission standards opting instead to push the use of biofuels and the placement of indicators that “tell drivers when they need to inflate their tyres or change gear”. Seriously.
An open letter calling on the EU to abandon targets for biofuel use throughout Europe. Without commitment to reduce consumption, the consequences risk being deforestation, land conflicts and more. (thanks Fergus)
Don’t overdo it today, we’re in the middle of a pollution peak. Coincidentally, coach drivers will be protesting a new European law by driving en masse through Brussels. Great timing…
Tell the EU to make cars more fuel-efficient.
A Europe-wide wind-powered electricity grid could be in our future.
From the look of things, Mobistar may be the operator that brings the iPhone to the Belgian market. Locking phones to operators is illegal here though so I’m curious to see how that one will play out.
Europe’s coolest cities are the medium-sized ones, not the mega-cities, and certainly not boring old Brussels either.
Warning: this vehicle may seriously damage your health.
Short-term vision for the planet is still abundant: European utilities are shipping US coal across the Atlantic.
Potential future energy sources for Europe: a string of giant solar power stations along the Mediterranean desert shores and a a 5,000-mile wind-powered electricity supergrid, stretching from Siberia to Morocco and Egypt to Iceland.
Supermarket fights EU to get ugly fruit and vegetables back on the shelves.
Europe’s first electricity grid dedicated to renewable power will become a political reality this month, as nine countries formally draw up plans to link their clean energy projects around the North Sea.
The European Commission’s proposed copyright directive includes a mandatory “censorship machine” to filter all uploads from every user in the EU. It never ends…
The EU is proposing copyright law that’s so ridiculous it even outlaws Creative Commons.
“Facebook gives people the appearance of choice and then carefully directs users to making the right ones”.
Joseph Schulz’s photographs of abandoned checkpoints and border crossings.
The Irish Data Protection Commission just validated Facebook's "unusual" reading of the GDPR. Facebook having its European HQ in Ireland doesn't inspire faith in their impartiality, of course.
Max Schrems:
The DPC developed the 'GDPR bypass' with Facebook, that it is now greenlighting as a regulator. Instead of a regulator, it acts as a ‘big tech’ advisor.
It's probable the other European DPCs won't let this pass but it's more proof the system needs an overhaul.
