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BY MONICA DOBIE

CANADA’S 1,197-kilometre Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline has taken a major step towards being built, with a Canadian government joint review panel concluding it would be economically beneficial and "avoid significant adverse environmental impacts". Its recommendations make it more likely Canada’s National Energy Board will approve the Northwest Territories to Alberta link.…

BY DAVID HAWORTH, EMMA JACKSON and KEITH NUTHALL

THE NEW team of European Union (EU) Commissioners due to assume office for the next five years on February 1 are expected to revamp the EU’s nanotechnology legislation, an issue of critical importance to innovative coatings companies.…

BY DEIRDRE MASON, PACIFICA GODDARD, GAVIN BLAIR and KEITH NUTHALL

NEW technologies devour new resources and the move towards hybrid and electric vehicles could make some currently impoverished countries rich. As the world moves away from fossil fuels, the soft metal lithium will become increasingly in demand as a critical component of auto batteries for green cars.…

BY MARK GODFREY

CHINA has been nothing but ambitious on its biofuels targets, and although its long term goals are impressive, short term food shortages will probably stunt growth. A lengthy drought last year in the country’s central provinces has hurt grain output, while more recently the return of inflation in December 2009 is likely to convince Beijing to keep in place a ban on new capacity for processing grain or corn for biofuels.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA

INDIA’S largest ever financial fraud, the US$1 billion-plus Satyam computer company scam, where top management inflated revenues and laundered money for their personal gains, has shocked the Indian government into reassessing the efficacy of laws and regulations concerning corporate governance and anti money laundering (AML).…

BY ALAN OSBORN

While many had hoped December’s Copenhagen Conference would be the necessary first step in the global fight against climate change, in the wake of the signed partial accord, we are left with many more questions than answers. Now, 2010 is the new deadline for whether the world can agree a practical response to the dangers of global warming.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

India’s regulatory and legal framework is converging fast with the international system, however there are many unique political, social and historical influences that make it imperative for the overseas business to take a cautious approach while entering the country.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

MARIA Damanaki, the Greek leftist nominated to become the next European Union (EU) fishing Commissioner from February 1, has promised a tough line on conserving fishing stocks. A senior member of Greece’s current socialist PASOK governing party, she has a far left background, having been a Greek communist MP in the past.…

BY EMMA JACKSON

MUCH like the rest of the world, the cosmetics industry has been swept up in the push to provide green packaging, and the global recession does not appear to have stopped this market segment from performing healthily. In 2009 alone, environmentally responsible packaging sales were worth more than US$88 billion dollars globally, 20% of the total packaging market, according to US-based clean technology analyst Pike Research.…

BY PHILIPPA JONES

WITH so much competition in design and price within the apparel and textile sector, manufacturers are always looking for an edge. One way in which they can steal a march on competitors is with fibre innovation. And with new technology allowing the incorporation of increasingly complex arrays of chemicals and particles, even on the nano-scale, the opportunities to develop a revolutionary new fibre or mix of fibres are maybe greater today than ever before.…