European Union - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/european_union/?source=rss&aim=european_union en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT I'm a restless European -- should I come to America? By Cary Tennis Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/10/29/the_european/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/10/29/the_european/index.html?source=rss I'm full of ideas, and my company headquarters is there. How to create micro-hybrid magic By Andrew Leonard Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/01/15/micro_hybrid_magic/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/01/15/micro_hybrid_magic/index.html?source=rss The European Union mandates a cut in carbon dioxide emissions for new cars, and innovation flourishes. When California tried to play the same game, Bush said no Blackwater vs. Blackbeard off the coast of Africa By Spiegel staff Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/11/25/pirates/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/11/25/pirates/index.html?source=rss Europe sends warships to stop pirates off of Somalia while Blackwater offers private security for hire to shipping companies. The dangerous hostility game with Iran By Joe Conason Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/07/11/iran/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/07/11/iran/index.html?source=rss With negotiation starting to work, Bush administration hawks promote an atmosphere of crisis -- and the risk of actual conflict grows. Obama's European problem By Joe Conason Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/12/29/obama_europe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/12/29/obama_europe/index.html?source=rss The senator may have traveled widely, but the critically important subcommittee on Europe has languished under his leadership. Europe, the vampire mode slayer By Andrew Leonard Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/07/09/vampire_mode/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/07/09/vampire_mode/index.html?source=rss The EU takes steps to regulate standby power consumption by appliances. So what's the U.S. doing? Rich country, poor country, hot planet By Andrew Leonard Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/07/07/g8_and_climate_change/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/07/07/g8_and_climate_change/index.html?source=rss Europe's head start on fighting climate change might offer some useful hints for the masters of the global economy currently meeting in Japan. Exodus of the Polish plumber By Andrew Leonard Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/04/polish_plumbers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/06/04/polish_plumbers/index.html?source=rss In a borderless Europe, cheap workers come -- and then they go The brighter side of $115 a barrel crude By Andrew Leonard Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/16/the_price_of_carbon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/16/the_price_of_carbon/index.html?source=rss How can high oil prices, which encourage more burning of a coal, be a good thing? The answer lies in the European Union's Emissions Trading System U.S. to merge with Mexico and Canada? By Alex Koppelman Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/07/16/jerome_corsi/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/07/16/jerome_corsi/index.html?source=rss In his new bestseller, Jerome "Swift boat" Corsi explains how immigration will destroy American sovereignty and the "amero" will replace the dollar. How many bottles of Chianti does it take to fill up a BMW? By Andrew Leonard Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/06/26/wine_ethanol/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/06/26/wine_ethanol/index.html?source=rss Europe has too much wine. But does converting the excess into biofuel make even drunken sense? Reason 943 to love Sweden By Andrew Leonard Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/02/06/sweden_immigration/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/02/06/sweden_immigration/index.html?source=rss "Give me your bombed, your devastated, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free..." Ethnic cleansing in Slovenia By Tracy Clark-Flory Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/01/29/slovenia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/01/29/slovenia/index.html?source=rss More than 18,000 Slovenians suddenly found there was no record they even existed. Dawning of the age of Frankenfuels By Andrew Leonard Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/11/27/frankenfuels/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/11/27/frankenfuels/index.html?source=rss Will consumers turn up their noses at genetically modified energy crops? Trade secrets By Carol Lloyd Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/11/16/trade/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/11/16/trade/index.html?source=rss The U.S. provides trade incentives for countries with fair labor practices. Will it offer incentives for guaranteeing women's rights, too? Look for that E.U. label By Andrew Leonard Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/11/15/eup/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/11/15/eup/index.html?source=rss Are you down with the EuP? A mandate for ecodesign, from the European Union. E.U.: Prove your product isn't poison By Andrew Leonard Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/08/03/reach/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/08/03/reach/index.html?source=rss The European Union's fiendish plan to strangle the industrial revolution A Marshall Plan for Mexico By Andrew Leonard Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/05/08/mexico_marshall/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/05/08/mexico_marshall/index.html?source=rss A lesson from Europe's big spenders on how to stop immigration. The Bulgarian bookkeeper By Andrew Leonard Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/05/03/bulgaria/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/05/03/bulgaria/index.html?source=rss The return of the Polish plumber, from Romania. Carbon traders on the ledge By Andrew Leonard Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/05/01/carbon_trading/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/05/01/carbon_trading/index.html?source=rss When is not enough pollution a catastrophe? Imagine no more borders By Andrew Leonard Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/03/29/open_borders/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/03/29/open_borders/index.html?source=rss A lesson on immigration from the European Union. The enemy is closer than we think By Mark Follman Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/07/19/london_attacks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/07/19/london_attacks/index.html?source=rss A top counterterrorism expert says the London suicide bombers may not have acted alone -- and America may be next. The executioner's swan song By Emily Schmall Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/04/16/death_penalty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/04/16/death_penalty/index.html?source=rss Reflecting growing national unease with the ultimate punishment, New York strikes down its death penalty law. No time for euphoria By Sidney Blumenthal Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2005/02/03/euphoria/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2005/02/03/euphoria/index.html?source=rss If Bush believes what he said Wednesday night -- that we must stand with our allies to prevent tyranny -- he should stop his incoherent saber rattling over Iran's nuclear plans and join Europe in real negotiations. Welcome to the new cold war By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/11/15/europe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/11/15/europe/index.html?source=rss It's Chirac vs. Cheney, SUVs vs. minicars, and pommes frites vs. freedom fries in the new transatlantic culture war. But here's what you don't know: In the global conflict for moral and economic supremacy, Europe is winning.