All European union articles – Page 3
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NewsEurope sets its sights on non-stick and stain-resistant perfluorinated chemicals
EU plans to regulate these compounds as a single class, as action on them stalls in the US
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NewsBrexit uncertainty leaves science under threat as general election looms
The winding path to the UK leaving the EU has already taken a toll on the nation’s science
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NewsUK considers what life would look like outside Europe’s huge research programme
If the UK left Horizon Europe an extra £1.5 billion per year would be needed to make up the shortfall
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NewsDenmark becomes first nation to outlaw fluorinated chemicals in food packaging
Danish government acts on controversial chemicals saying it can no longer wait for the EU
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NewsEuropean commission to scrap €1 billion research flagships
Three existing projects will continue but no funding will be available for new flagships
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NewsUK and EU agree contract that buys more time for Jet nuclear fusion lab
Future of the fusion experiment is secured until the end of 2020
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NewsEU sets goal of tackling pharmaceutical pollution in the environment
Commission identifies six areas to take action on
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NewsEU creates €10 billion fund for climate friendly technology
Investment programme aims to boost low-carbon technologies in Europe
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News‘No deal’ Brexit would leave UK without environmental watchdog for two years
Environment, energy and health among areas where nation could be caught short, thinktank warns
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NewsEU-wide ban on microplastics added to goods proposed
Regulation could prevent 36,000 tonnes of microplastics entering the environment in Europe every year
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NewsMore than half of EU scientists are thinking of leaving Brexit UK
UK science and engineering trade union survey finds 66% of its European members have considered leaving the country
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NewsUK science minister resigns in protest at Brexit deal
Sam Gyimah cites exclusion of the UK from the Galileo satellite navigation system as a ‘foretaste’ of the problems Brexit will bring the country
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NewsEU sets target for its economy to be climate neutral by 2050
European commission looking to new technologies and policy changes to make the EU the first major economy to be net zero emissions
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NewsEurope to invest €100 million to boost bioeconomy
New strategy aims to improves sustainability and add 1 million jobs over 20 years
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NewsEuropean commission to invest €1 billion in supercomputers
Fears that Europe is falling behind its competitors on investment in high-power computing
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Business‘No deal’ Brexit guidance fails to reassure UK chemical industry
UK government issues guidance on chemical regulation and patent law if the UK leaves the EU without agreement
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News‘No deal’ Brexit would leave UK science staring down the barrel
Government guidance on impact of leaving EU unprepared paints a worrying picture for research and medicines
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NewsCrispr-edited crop research could be crippled by European court ruling
Warnings that European court’s decision will setback crop biotechnology for a decade