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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved the acquisition of VDBO, the oil seeds division of Unilever Bestfoods by Archer Daniels Midland International Ltd (UK).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A CLEARER picture of the international funds and cooperation deals required to boost the reliance of the world on renewable energy sources has emerged from the first conference of the Johannesburg Renewable Energy Coalition. The 80-country organisation – established at the city’s world summit on sustainable development last year – forged a consensus on the shape of financial instruments that could promote green energy worldwide.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has been authorised to negotiate a cooperation agreement with China on developing peaceful uses of nuclear energy. With the decision following Beijing’s move to become involved in the international fusion energy project ITER, one of the areas of joint-effort between the European Union (EU) and China will be “controlled thermonuclear fusion.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN countries dominate a list of states most dependent on nuclear power, according to figures released by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Lithuania is the country consuming most nuclear power, with 80 per cent of its energy supplies coming from nuclear reactors, with France second at 78 per cent and Slovakia third at 65.4 per cent.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
INDIA’S Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has seized 45 shahtoosh shawls and two shirts, acting on information from the Wildlife Protection Society of India. The items were discovered in Delhi and included one seven metre length of uncut shahtoosh fabric.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A CLEARER picture of the international funds and cooperation deals required to boost the reliance of the world on renewable energy sources has emerged from the first conference of the Johannesburg Renewable Energy Coalition. The 80-country organisation – established at the city’s world summit on sustainable development last year – forged a consensus on the shape of financial instruments that could promote green energy worldwide.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has been authorised to negotiate a cooperation agreement with China on developing peaceful uses of nuclear energy. With the decision following Beijing’s move to become involved in the international fusion energy project ITER, one of the areas of joint-effort between the European Union (EU) and China will be “controlled thermonuclear fusion.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN countries dominate a list of states most dependent on nuclear power, according to figures released by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Lithuania is the country consuming most nuclear power, with 80 per cent of its energy supplies coming from nuclear reactors, with France second at 78 per cent and Slovakia third at 65.4 per cent.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
FORGET all those stories you used to hear about weak regulation and cosy financial set-ups in Britain’s offshore dependencies such as the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and the crown colony of Gibraltar. They may once have been good places to launder money but not any more they aren’t.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE PARLIAMENTARY Assembly of the Council of Europe is debating a plan to extend the European Convention on Human Rights with an additional protocol, guaranteeing European citizens decent environmental standards. If the proposal is carried forward, it would entail international lawyers drafting a clear definition of “a healthy environment” and the convention extension would “oblige states to protect individuals from environmental nuisances harmful or dangerous to health;” it is being promoted by the council’s committee on environment, agriculture and local and regional affairs.…