Brussels, 15/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the Environment Council prepared the EU's position for the forthcoming Conference of the Parties to the United Nations framework convention on climate change (COP 10, Buenos Aires, 6-10 December). The announcement that the Russians are soon to ratify the Kyoto Protocol has made the ministers' job considerably easier, much to the satisfaction of the session's president, Pieter Van Geel. "Let us not forget that the long-term objective of the...