Search Results for: Climate change

BY MARK ROWE

WHICHEVER way you look, the oil and gas sector is investing in biofuels. The larger energy companies – driven by an eye for a new and potentially lucrative market as well as shareholder concern and governmental and international political pressure – are investigating both first and second generation biofuels.…

BY CHRISTOPHER JONES, in Paris

ROAD haulage companies and fleet operators can be convinced of the benefits of eco-driving, but often find it hard to maintain momentum after the initial flurry of interest. This was one of the key findings from a two-day conference on eco-driving organised by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris, attended by delegates from across the globe.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

LETS Hope Galileo really makes a difference to European Union (EU) global positioning and navigation telecommunication services. Because, now the additional spending to guarantee its deployment has got the formal go ahead from the EU Council of Ministers, it is going to cost EU taxpayers dear.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, in New Delhi

THE INDIA-USA nuclear power technology transfer agreement has received a new lease of life after the Congress Party-led Indian minority government’s communist allies (on whom they rely for votes) relented partially during a crucial coordination committee meeting on November 17.…

BY DEIRDRE MASON, in London

NEW European Commission plans to free up the market for hydrogen-powered cars and pump money into development are gaining friends. Car makers and research bodies alike are hoping that the proposals, announced in Brussels in October, survive their passage through the European Parliament and the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers – the EU’s legislative bodies.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

VIRTUAL worlds such as the popular ‘Second Life’ force established businesses to change the way they operate. But they offer commercial criminals new opportunities too. Keith Nuthall reports.

CELEBRATED hi tech guru Mitch Kapor, who founded Lotus 1-2-3, said in a recent speech that virtual worlds such as Second Life, Whyville and ActiveWorlds are "disruptive technologies" bringing commercial changes similar to those wrought by the personal computer or the Internet.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A PROPOSED liberalisation of European Union (EU) design rights legislation, allowing lorry parts makers to copy and sell spares already made by vehicle manufacturers across the EU has been accepted by the European Parliament’s legal affairs committee. A committee communiqué said: "The directive will allow suppliers to produce motor vehicle components which are identical to the original parts without infringing design protection."…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A NEW standardised statistical analysis system is now available for public policy makers that help track the impact of environmental change on the health and well-being of children and young people.

Developed by the World Health Organisation (WHO), it mirrors a similar system it has long offered governments for assessing the health of adults.…

BY DAVID HAWORTH, in Brussels

SOME five hundred scientists and other experts held a two-day meeting in Brussels this week at a Food Safety Summit to mark the fifth anniversary of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which organised the conference.…

BY MARK ROWE, in London, JULIAN RYALL, in Tokyo, and RACHEL JONES, in Caracas

PERSONAL care products – soaps, cosmetics, lotions and hair products – have always been important consumers of vegetable and animal-based oils and fats. Yet, this is a complex sub-sector of the global oils and fats industry.…