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Finding the right chemistry

A draft EU directive could make the chemical industry safer and more transparent, but producers say it threatens their global competitivenes.

Once upon a time, people thought that nature had just four basic elements: earth, water, fire and air. But today’s science posits a more complex view, with more than 100 basic elements...









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Films and chemicals
Media have an unhealthy attitude
Contributors
Read letters
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CEE News
European Union update
New EU members need to limit damage from farming
Stormy forecast for Europe
EEA launches kids’ zone
Free-range fiction
Recommendations for consumers
More routes needed
Film focuses on hot topic
Renewable vows
Finding the right chemistry
The good, the bad and the rusty
When recycling’s risky
Did you know?
Turkish trailblazer
The danger of development aid
News bites
Local performance
REC looks at ‘well-being of society’
REC staff changes
Biodiversity
Business solutions
Information technology
Legal matters
Green literature

  

The good, the bad and the rusty

As European mining moves to places like Romania, Serbia and Turkey, it's time to evaluate the best and worst practices.

When recycling’s risky

Reutilisation schemes for industrial waste have environmental drawbacks, a REC study finds.

 
  

Free-range fiction

The market for ‘eco-friendly’ products is rife with exaggerated, unregulated and meaningless claims.

Recommendations for consumers

Signs and labels to look for.

More routes needed

Sparsely populated Estonia needs state help to create viable public transport.

Renewable vows

Renewables 2004 delivered nice promises, but the follow-up remains in question, as does the level of support from the US and Japan.

Film focuses on hot topic

Day After Tomorrow debate on climate change is one of the movie's best special effects.

 

Turkish trailblazer

Encouraging personal responsiblity will be key to sustainable development in Turkey, says the organisation’s newly appointed regional director for Turkey, Sibel Sezer, in an interview with green HORIZON editor Pavel Antonov.

The danger of development aid

EU structural and cohesion funds should be handled with care.

Local performance

Hazardous activities, South Eastern Europe, Sava commission.

REC looks at ‘well-being of society’

The Renaissance Europe think-tank launches Well-Being of Society, an initiative of the REC, the Progressio Foundation and European Partners for the Environment.