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Activists Cheer Europe's Updated Net Neutrality Rules
2016-09-01 03:02:37| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
In effect, the changes prevent European telecom providers from exempting certain traffic from data caps.
Europe's 'unfair' Apple tax ruling sparks US anger
2016-08-30 20:27:57| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The US Treasury criticises 'unfair' tax rulings by the European Commission, following a demand that Apple hands over 13bn in unpaid tax.
Europe's oil imports 'dependent on unstable countries'
2016-07-12 10:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Europe is dependent on foreign and often geopolitically unstable regions such as Russia, Libya and Iraq for 80% of its imported oil, according to a report. Rosneft and Lukoil are the two companies benefiting most from the EUs current oil imports regime, supplying a third of the continents imported crude in 2015, according to the new study. Statoil and Saudi Aramco provided another 20%, with Chevron and Exxon accounting for 12%. More than 40% of the oil was exported from Middle Eastern countries...
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Droughts put Europes beech forests at risk
2016-06-21 13:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: Sunlight angling its way through the light green leaves of lines of beech trees is one of the most haunting features of the European spring. But new research shows that beech forests across Europe are vulnerable to changes in climate − in particular, to the effects of prolonged dry spells. At most risk of sudden and widespread reduced growth are beech forests in the south of the UK, an area where the species is at its most profuse. Scientists from the University of Stirling in Scotland...
Will France overtake the UK as Europes tidal power leader?
2016-06-02 01:00:00| Power Technology
France is fast keeping up with its biggest competitor in tidal power the UK with one of the worlds first grid-connected tidal turbine arrays expected to happen this summer offshore of North Brittany. Will this be the project that makes France th
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