4 August 2010

COGEN Europe highlighted the hugely positive role for energy efficiency for Europe’s economic recovery plan in an open letter to the European Presidency on August 03, and encouraged the Presidency to champion energy efficiency during its term.

Brazilian sugarcane ethanol industry calls for transparency and solid scientific consensus in discussion on ILUC   

Brussels, 2 August 2010 – When responding to the Commission consultation on the Green Paper on Creative & Cultural Industries presented by DG Education and Culture earlier this year, the Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT – www.acte.be) welcomed the recognition of the creative sector as a central part of the Digital Agenda and the wider EU economy as laid down in the EU 2020 Strategy.

The EuroTAP 2010 results of inspections conducted this spring in 26 major tunnels in 13 European countries indicate that an alarming number of operational tunnels across Europe will not be ready to comply with EU tunnel safety rules when they come into effect in 2014. The EU Tunnel Directive setting the minimum safety requirements for tunnels in the trans-European road networks was adopted in 2004. Despite significant progress made by many tunnel operators, practically 40% of tunnels tested in EuroTAP 2010 did not score top marks.