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HYDROGEN FUEL CELL FUNDING PROGRAMME LAUNCHED AMIDST CRITICISM
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) may have finally launched its long-planned ‘Euro 1 billion’ budget joint technology initiative on fuel cells and hydrogen but it has received criticism from this growing auto industry niche in the process.
This project is designed to coordinate Europe’s auto makers, parts manufacturers, energy firms, EU institutions and governments in commercialising hydrogen fuel cell technologies between 2010 and 2020.…
NEW EU AIRPORT CHARGING DIRECTIVE APPROVED BY EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has approved a revised set of rules saying how European Union (EU) airports can charge airlines. MEPs agreed a series of amendments, some of which will need further approval from the EU Council of Ministers to be come into effect.…
FAIR VALUE, IFRS, AND LITIGATION CAPS HANG IN THE BALANCE AS A NEW ADMINISTRATION LOOMS FOR AMERICA
BY JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN
THE ACCOUNTANCY profession in the United States might think its day of reckoning came and went in 2002. But those who thought that the Sarbanes Oxley Act was the final word in regulation for the accounting profession may be in for a rude surprise.…
SUGAR BEET BIOFUELS LIKELY TO MEET EU SUSTAINABILITY GUIDELINES, AFTER NEW RESEARCH
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A KEY source of biofuels within the European Union (EU) – sugar beet – looks likely to meet EU sustainability criteria after new research concluded the fuel had fewer CO2 emissions than previously thought.
Earlier assessments from the European Commission had concluded that greenhouse gas savings compared to fossil fuels of sugar beet biofuels was just 35%.…
OBAMA FAVOURS BALANCE; MCCAIN DEREGULATION - THE BIG US IFRS/FAIR VALUE DEBATE
BY ROEL CAMPOS
ONE can expect that the next United States administration, whether McCain or Obama, will address as a high priority the overall US financial regulatory structure. Two specific issues that will require immediate attention are fair value accounting and whether to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).…
EU MULLING FINANCIAL PACKAGE TO SUPPORT CAR MAKERS
BY CHRIS JONES
FOLLOWING US government action to assist the American auto industry, European leaders are now considering measures to support their continent’s automobile manufacturers amid the ever-worsening global economy.
French president Nicolas Sarkozy, whose government is the current holder of the European Union’s (EU) six-month rotating presidency, has told journalists that the European Commission has been asked to develop a plan by December 11 about how national governments and EU institutions could support their heavy industry, including the automobile sector.…
SEQUENCING OF COCOA GENOME COULD IMPROVE RELIABILITY AND QUALITY OF THIS KEY INGREDIENT
BY MARK ROWE
THE CHOCOLATE giant Mars has begun work on sequencing the cocoa genome, a move that it says could dramatically improve the health and yields of cocoa growers around the world, guaranteeing food manufacturers with more reliable and high quality supplies.…
CANADIAN URANIUM MINERS STRUGGLE TO SECURE REGULATORY APPROVAL FOR EXTRACTION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE GLOBAL market for uranium is booming as climate change gives the nuclear power sector a new lease of life, but given this element’s intrinsic environmental health difficulties, regulatory obstacles for mining companies can be tough.
Maybe nowhere is this more apparent than in the world’s largest uranium producer, Canada: uranium miners’ safety measures have to be doubly secure, lest public opinion prevents work starting in the first place.…
SRI LANKA VOX POP - ELEPHANTS HARMED BY CIVIL WAR
By Keith Nuthall
Should society worry about the impacts of a civil war on wildlife when people are dying? This June, Sri Lanka wildlife officials treated elephants for gunshot injuries. Of the 74 recorded elephant deaths in north and northwestern Sri Lanka in 2007, 44 were killed by gunfire.…
IEA SAYS BOOST RENEWABLES BY 50% TO AVOID CLIMATE CHANGE CALAMITY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD must generate half its electricity supplies from renewable energy sources by 2050 to avoid the most serious climate change, claims a new International Energy Agency report. It praises renewable programmes in Spain, Germany, Denmark and Portugal (wind-power) and China (solar heating).…