Parched amid plenty

No smooth passage

Trawlers hit a trough

On the backburner

Clean diet

The US and the EU clash again

Tangible action: now!

The commitment to curb global warming must resurface

Iceland's hydrogen society

Recycling row

Weak safeguard

New norms for water in soft drinks

Trans-Atlantic GM tangle

Dispute between US and EU set to hot up in WTO

The new recruits

Mixed forecast for agriculture for the ten entrants into the EU

EU ministers clash on GMOs Again

Carbon trade begins

But the EU may still fall short of its Kyoto Protocol target

Bhopal stirs far away EU

Hungry to give

US makes good business from food aid

New guidelines to help scientists communicate effectively

"We see ourselves as a bridge between the EU and the US"

From climate change to genetically modified organisms (GMOs), the UK is at the centre of intense global debate on these issues. Clifford Polycarp …

Landing on the red planet

The world's powers celebrated Christmas 2003 in style: they sent robotic geologists to the red planet Mars, Earth's uninviting and hostile …

Wheeling dealing

Sweeping changes are in the offing for the European system

Toying with danger?

No Europe-wide ban on potentially dangerous chemicals used in plastic toys

Depleting cover

Forest cover in Europe is decreasing at an alarming rate, says a new study

Taxing reforms

Germany's new ecological tax reforms are ridden with flaws

Bad drugs

The Europian Union votes to ban four widely-used antibiotics in animal feed

A drought of foresight