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BY KEITH NUTHALL

KEY elements of the European Union (EU) knitwear industry should be exempt from the EU’s plans to auction carbon dioxide emissions permits from 2013. The European Commission has unveiled a draft list of businesses it fears could relocate outside Europe in future to jurisdictions with weaker climate change rules.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

KEY elements of the European Union (EU) paint and coatings industry, its suppliers and clients should be exempt from the EU’s plans to auction carbon dioxide emissions permits from 2013. The European Commission has unveiled a draft list of businesses it fears could relocate outside Europe in future to jurisdictions with weaker climate change rules.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

KEY elements of the European Union (EU) drinks industry should be exempt from the EU’s plans to auction carbon dioxide emissions permits from 2013. The European Commission has unveiled a draft list of businesses it fears could relocate outside Europe to jurisdictions with weaker climate change rules.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

KEY elements of the European Union (EU) plastics industry, its suppliers and clients should be exempt from the EU’s plans to auction carbon dioxide emissions permits from 2013. The European Commission has unveiled a draft list of businesses it fears could relocate outside Europe in future to jurisdictions with weaker climate change rules.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

TURKEY – the lynchpin of European Union (EU) efforts to secure energy independence from Russia – has started negotiations to join the EU’s Energy Community. The organisation currently extends EU energy legislation to non-EU Balkans countries, but there are plans to add Moldova, Ukraine and Turkey to its membership.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE SIZE of the planned international investment in Ukraine’s gas distribution system has been revealed in a European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) memorandum: up to US$3 billion maybe pumped in. Money would start flowing with a US$300 million working capital loan from the EBRD for purchasing gas, repayable after this winter heating season.…

BY SHABTAI GOLD

THE CREW over at Top Gear, the BBC petrol-lovers show, recently declared that the Switzerland part of the Alpine mountain range has some of the best roads in the world for driving. But they were in top sports cars, costing a fortune and hardly designed for bringing farmers’ produce to the supermarkets.…

BY EMMA JACKSON

RESEARCHERS at Australia’s Deakin University have found a way to strengthen plastic nanofibres, using carbon nanotubes to make them up to 400% stronger than ever before and leading to possible new applications.

Already used in technology for optoelectronics, filter systems and as catalysts, polymer nanofibres may now be strong enough for technology in medicine, the environment, energy and security, claimed lead researcher Minoo Naebe (NOTE: SPELLING CORRECT).…

BY PAUL COCHRANE

OVER the past five years steel production has struggled to keep pace with demand in the Gulf, particularly the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as hundreds of billions of dollars worth of construction projects sprung up in the desert.…

BY KARRYN MILLER

AUSTRALIA’S paint and coatings manufacturers have not felt the burden of the economic downturn equally. "Generally speaking, sales are down, but some product lines have experienced growth because they are replacing products that are being phased out," explained Daniel Wurm, managing director of Greenpainters Ltd, a non-profit network promoting sustainable paint and coatings technology in Australia.…