Getting tough

EU decides to crack down on Japanese automakers

Sharing the losses

Is it safe?

Today every European and some Asians are asking themselves: How safe is the food we eat?

Twice shy?

The EU tries hard to avoid a second trade clash with the US over beef exports

Cleansing act

Ecuador

On the right track

Automotive manufacturers to put their heads together to survive EU recycling directive

The BIS saga: Real intrigue

Nuclear EU

Ignores decommissioning, radioactive waste disposal

Mind the waste

South Asia

EU's tragic flaw

Europe may not meet Kyoto targets due to love for coal

Scrappy progress

Ready to renege

Ban proposed

New Delhi to Milan

Will this year's climate change conference be different?

Ban lifted

EAST AFRICA

Friendly demand

Under a spotlight

PVCs come under scrutiny as the European Commission launches a debate on its use

Sweet hostage

Dutch minister Jan Pronk pays obeisance to the choleric demands of the US Senate

The Kyoto Compromise

Reprieved at last!

Who's in and out?

Getting tough

The European Union comes down on seven governments for being lax on industrial pollution