Mike Pringle MSP today sent a message on the need for a strong, fair global deal ahead of crucial climate talks in Copenhagen in December by signing up to WWF Scotland's Vote Earth campaign.

Healthy aquatic ecosystems, conservation and education are priorities in the renewed Water for Life action plan. The strategy and action plan together set the direction for water management in Alberta over the next 10 years.

The Alberta government signed a Letter of Intent with Enhance Energy and North West Upgrading to construct a 240-km carbon dioxide (CO2) pipeline system that will greatly increase the capacity for future carbon capture and storage projects in the province.

Energy issues and the composition of the new Commission were among issues raised by EP political group leaders when they quizzed José Manuel Barroso during the second Question Hour with the Commission President this Tuesday. Mr Barroso told the House

The EBRD-EIB Multilateral Carbon Credit Fund (MCCF) and Enguri hydropower plant (HPP), the largest hydropower plant in Georgia, are collaborating to promote clean power generation.

The European Commission has authorised, under EC Treaty state aid rules, a measure adopted by Sweden to limit the adverse impact of the current financial crisis on exporting firms.

The Eastern Europe Energy Efficiency and Environment Partnership will be launched during a donor conference, jointly organised by the European Commission and the Swedish Presidency of the EU, on 26 November in Stockholm.

Despite a general improvement in education and training performance in the EU, progress is too slow, which means that the majority of the reform targets set for 2010 will not be reached.

Women represent only 30% of European researchers and only 18% of full professors, according to the latest edition of the "She Figures", a survey on Statistics and Indicators on Gender Equality in Science published today by the European Commission .

Following the election of the President of the Commission, José Manuel Barroso, in September, and the naming of the High Representative / Vice President of the Commission, Catherine Ashton, last week, all Member States have now nominated Commissioners designate.

Parliament today granted the Council's discharge for its 2007 budget, following a marked change in the attitude of the Council, which for years had refused either to meet or present annual activity reports to the EP's Budgetary Control Committee.

Parliament on Wednesday approved the payment of €14.8 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to Ireland's Mid-West region, where 2,840 workers lost their jobs when Dell closed its factory in Limerick.

Passengers who have booked flights with airlines that go bankrupt should be guaranteed compensation and assistance, MEPs told the European Commission today.

The British economy shrank by slightly less than first thought in the third quarter but remained in recession, official figures showed on Wednesday .

Ed Balls, the Schools Secretary, is creating a thick screen of purest smoke after David Cameron's statement that the Government has paid money to schools run by leading members or activists of the anti-Western, extremist group Hizb ut Tahrir (HT).

Every household under a Tory government will be entitled to claim at least £6,500 in energy home improvements that will mean lower power bills, the Conservatives will say today.

Trudie Styler, the wife of the rock star Sting, has donated money to David Cameron's Conservatives.

British policing has "lost its way" amid Government targets, initiatives and new laws, the chief of inspector of police has said.

While most actors like to give the appearance, at least, of an independent spirit, Patrick Stewart is to star in a play which he hopes will provide Gordon Brown with a boost in the run-up to the election.