Merkel warns eurozone that the EU ‘has the last word’ on national budgets ahead of crunch talks on saving the single currency.

German Chancellor say Eurozone countries must accept EU’s ‘last word’
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European Parliament approves raft of energy saving measures.

From July 2015, the measures will require that member states renovate 3% of the total floor area of buildings owned and occupied by government departments. Meanwhile, energy companies will be required to achieve energy savings of 1.5% of annual energy sales to customers every year up to 2020.
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White House analyst warned saving Solyndra could cost more than letting it fail.

As the Obama administration moved last year to bail out Solyndra, the embattled flagship of the president’s initiative to promote alternative energy, a White House budget analyst calculated that millions of taxpayer dollars might be saved by cutting the government’s losses, shuttering the company immediately and selling its assets, according to a congressional investigation.
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Energy saving light bulbs ‘contain cancer causing chemicals’.

Their report advises that the bulbs should not be left on for extended periods, particularly near someone’s head, as they emit poisonous materials when switched on.
Peter Braun, who carried out the tests at the Berlin’s Alab Laboratory, said: “For such carcinogenic substances it is important they are kept as far away as possible from the human environment.”
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