Word: tightenings
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...case, the Commission plans to tighten the criteria to ensure that biofuel production is sustainable, including a stipulation that it represent a 35% carbon saving compared to oil. Fischer Boel sets much store on the shift from first wave of biofuels (made from wheat, maize, colza, sugar beet etc) to second generation (leaves, straw and pond algae). If she's right, it could maintain the initial promise of biofuels. But as the chorus of critics grows louder, Europe's ambitious goals for filling its tanks with the fruits of the fields are looking more and more like pipedreams...
...combination of things happened. We made some mistakes, like I’d forget to tighten the line or we didn’t have a good start,” Wareham said. “Little things that...
...past, elections have primarily served as an opportunity for Mugabe to tighten his grip. Campaigns have been violent, their aftermaths more so. Few would discount the possibility that by allowing open opposition, Mugabe is merely drawing his opponents into the open. But even if the violence fails to materialize this year, Maroleng says the poll is a distraction from talks between the government and opposition, mediated by South Africa, aimed at restoring a more democratic political climate in Zimbabwe and strengthening its institutions. The election, says Maroleng, once again reduces the question of Zimbabwe's political future to the question...
...will be over soon.” In an article published in a December issue of The Wall Street Journal, Steiger described the Web industry as a force that “shredded newspaper business models that had held sway for decades,” causing American newspapers to tighten their budgets. Even with economic pressure building on the newspaper industry’s shoulders, however, Steiger pointed out in his speech last night that the situation is not as bad as it could be. Steiger suggested multiple “pathways” through which investigative journalism could...
...Party MEP Paul van Buitenen broke the rules to put a summary on his website. Van Buitenen, whose whistle-blowing in 1999 helped bring down the entire European Commission, says the Parliament's top brass knew about the fraud for years but decided not to take any action to tighten the rules. "But so far, the Parliament has not been prepared to come forward with concrete proposals to improve the current system," he says. "The Parliament cannot claim to be the conscience of Europe while this is happening...