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Keith Nuthall
SPIRITS companies have pushed the American radio-advertising envelope once again by posting full-length song ads on satellite radio stations. The latest wave of ads, sponsored by Diageo’s Tanqueray Gin, features a 2.5 minute hip-hop song titled “Get Your Ice On,” and are running on Sirius Satellite Radio stations in the US and Canada.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FIRST meeting of an Intergovernmental Forum for Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development has been held, in Geneva, Switzerland, with delegates already issuing practical recommendations. The aim of this UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)-coordinated body is to promote growth through mining in developing and emerging economies, but in a way that does not built up legacy costs through environmental and health problems.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FIRST meeting of an Intergovernmental Forum for Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development has been held, in Geneva, Switzerland, with delegates already issuing practical recommendations. The aim of this UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)-coordinated body is to promote growth through mining in developing and emerging economies, but in a way that does not built up legacy costs through environmental and health problems.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE ORGANISATION for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has claimed rich country governments spend far too little on educating citizens about reducing public health problems, such as on anti-smoking campaigns. It has claimed that OECD countries spend, on average, only 3% of their healthcare budgets on prevention and public awareness programmes of all kinds.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE ORGANISATION for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has claimed rich country governments spend far too little on educating citizens on reducing environmental health problems. It has claimed that OECD countries spend, on average, only 3% of their healthcare budgets on prevention and public awareness programmes.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN ASSESSMENT from the Kyoto Protocol Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded that capturing and storing carbon dioxide (CO2) produced by power plants before it enters the atmosphere could be crucial in minimising climate change. The Geneva-based panel has estimated that capture and storage technologies could lower climate change mitigation costs over the next 100 years by 30%.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
CRITICS of European political institutions have sometimes been unkind about the Council of Europe, which has been accused of being a powerless talking shop. And although the Council lacks the power to fine and cajole member governments enjoyed by the European Union (EU) – from which it is completely independent – it has some important roles.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union and Canada have signed an agreement allowing personal data on airline passengers flying to Canada to be transferred to Canadian authorities, helping identify passengers possibly posing a security threat. This would include names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses and credit card numbers.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
ON July 31 this year the European Union’s (EU) Tobacco Advertising Directive came into effect, making it illegal to advertise tobacco products in the print media, radio and over the Internet within the EU. Also banned was tobacco sponsorship of cross-border cultural and sporting events.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
THE CANADIAN federal government will appeal against the Quebec Court of Appeal’s decision to allow tobacco companies to use their corporate names for sponsoring sports or artistic events, rather than their brands.

“What we find surprising is the fact that the federal government has indicated that they are taking this fight to the (Canadian) Supreme Court because we are allowed a limited amount of print advertising, when this is exactly what they told the courts to begin with,” said Imperial Tobacco Canada spokesperson, Christina Dona.…