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BY GERARD O’DWYER

DENMARK’S ambition to expand what it regards as sovereign territorial rights over mineral deposits in the Arctic regions around its Greenland and Faroe Islands dependent territories is certain to interest other northern countries, including Canada, the United States and Russia.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A CONSULTANTS report for the European Commission on the impact of biofuel expansion has warned that a reliance on bioethanol could damage the European Union’s (EU) fossil fuels security of supply.

Written by experts from Wood Mackenzie, Ricardo and Celeres, the paper – just released by Brussels – says that with bioethanol sources focused on Brazil and a few other countries, "there is a risk of a high degree of reliance on few sources of ethanol supply."…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

ENERGY companies and non-government organisations (NGOs) participating in the development of a European Union (EU) long-term energy plan to 2050, have identified fossil fuel costs as the main motor of change in future public policy. In consultation staged by the European Commission for developing an ‘Energy Roadmap to 2050’, about half of all respondents believed "global fossil fuel prices in relation to costs of domestic energy resources and long term security of supply will be the most likely key drivers…" This conclusion comes in a summary of responses released by Brussels.…

BY KARRYN MILLER

WITH the heightened threat of terrorism post-9/11, America has undertaken a number of measures to tighten its current airport security operations. However, these increasingly strict measures have often come at the expense of passengers’ time and patience, with lengthy queues and – what some believe to be – invasion of privacy turning people off air travel.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

European Union (EU) member states have been asked to approve extending import duties on US-made biodiesel after hearing evidence that US exporters had been evading special EU import tariffs imposed in 2009 by shipping via Canada or mixing it with weaker blends.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has delayed the planned April 29 end to European Union (EU) airport bans on carrying duty-free liquids bought outside the EU onto connecting flights. International airports in all 27 member states were supposed by then to have sufficient screening technology and procedures to ensure such liquids were safe.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has indefinitely delayed a planned April 29 end to European Union (EU) airport bans on carrying duty-free liquids, such as perfume, bought outside the EU onto connecting flights. International airports in all 27 member states were supposed by then to have sufficient screening to ensure such liquids were safe.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A CANADIAN environmental group claims to have discovered heavy metal toxins in 10 cosmetics products commonly used in Canada. Environmental Defence sent powders, blushes, foundations, concealers, bronzers, mascaras, eyeliners, eyeshadows, lipsticks and lipglosses to an accredited laboratory. It claimed nickel was found in all products, lead in 96%, beryllium 90%, thallium 61%, cadmium 51%, arsenic 20% and selenium 14%.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A SERIES of bilateral civil aviation agreements negotiated by the European Union (EU) have remained unenforced because some EU member states have failed to ratify their terms. The European Commission has issued a report branding this "unfortunate", noting this "has the consequence of delaying their entry into force".…

BY MARK GODFREY

China’s nuclear story began in Daya Bay, where two 944MW reactors designed and built by Framatone (now Areva) came online in 1993. By 2010, China had 9GW of installed nuclear power generating capacity. The government still wants this figure to grow, but departments differ about how much is achievable and when.…