Search Results for: Climate change

BY CHRISTOPHER JONES, in Brussels
THE EUROPEAN Commission could be making the cost of producing greener energy more expensive and artificially distorting Europe’s energy mix into the bargain, according to the new secretary general of Eurelectric, the group that represents the electricity industry at the European level.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

RESEARCHERS developing innovative renewable energy technology and solutions to deal with climate change should benefit from a decision by the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers to move ahead with controversial proposals to create a European Institute of Technology (EIT).…

BY CHRISTOPHER JONES, in Brussels

THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) headline-grabbing proposals to reduce EU carbon emissions by 20% by 2020 could prove overly ambitious, according to the new secretary general of Eurelectric, the industry association representing the electricity industry at the EU level.…

BY MARK ROWE, in Stockholm
Interview with Anna Laestadius, Director Global Brand, Absolut Vodka.

*How would you describe the market for Absolut at the moment?

Absolut grew by seven per cent worldwide in 2006, from what we viewed as an already strong position, to a total volume of 89 million litres (2005, 83 million litres).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A COMPREHENSIVE genetic research project aimed at reducing obesity is examining the DNA of more than 13,000 individuals to devise a long-term dietary anti-obesity plan. The European Union (EU)-funded DiOGenes (Diet, Obesity and Genes) is devising a method of predicting weight change in response to different dietary nutrients and is examining how carbohydrate and high dietary protein enhances fullness feelings.…

BY MARK ROWE, in Stockholm

Interview with Anna Laestadius, Director Global Brand, Absolut Vodka.

*How would you describe the market for Absolut at the moment?

Absolut grew by seven per cent worldwide in 2006, from what we viewed as an already strong position, to a total volume of 89 million litres (2005, 83 million litres).…

BY ALAN OSBORN

ALTHOUGH the European Union’s (EU) ambitious REACH policy to control the safety and use of tens of thousands of chemical substances does not directly apply to food or to food additives, manufacturers should not think they will escape its clutches scot-free.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
ALTHOUGH the European Union’s (EU) ambitious REACH policy to control the safety and use of tens of thousands of chemical substances does not directly apply to food or to food additives, manufacturers should not think they will escape its clutches scot-free.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, in New Delhi
BACKED by a sense of achievement from the successful trip to Egmont Group’s 15th Plenary Session in Bermuda in May, where India finally got admitted into this key international anti-money laundering group, Arun Goyal, director of the country’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-IND), has claimed in an exclusive interview with the Money Laundering Bulletin that after one year in business his agency is now fully operational.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A COMPREHENSIVE genetic research project aimed at reducing obesity launched by the European Union (EU) is examining the DNA of more than 13,000 individuals to devise a long-term dietary anti-obesity plan in eight European countries. The EU-funded DiOGenes (Diet, Obesity and Genes) project is studying the dietary, genetic, physiological and psychological factors behind obesity, so that more sophisticated food control policies can be developed.…