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BY ALAN OSBORN

IN the world rankings of big polluters, airports occupy a very respectable position near the foot of the table. The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) estimates that aviation’s total CO2 emissions account for 2% of the global total, with airports themselves accounting for only up to 5% of that air industry tranche.…

BY EMMA JACKSON

THIS April, the long-awaited carbon reduction commitment (CRC) scheme will commence in the UK, bringing in the first phase of a carbon emissions trading programme unlike any other in Europe.

The programme covers virtually everything the European Union’s (EU) emissions trading scheme (ETS) does not: any corporation, company or business – including transport and agriculture – which consumes more than 6,000 megawatt hours (MWh) per year.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) RAPEX consumer alert service has reported Germany has banned China-made Kik ‘Homer Simpson’ socks from its shops because they contains 287 mg/kg azo-dyes, well above the permitted 30 mg/kg limit under the EU’s REACH regulation.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) RAPEX consumer alert service has reported Germany has banned China-made Kik ‘Homer Simpson’ socks from its shops because they contains 287 mg/kg azo-dyes, well above the permitted 30 mg/kg limit under the EU’s REACH regulation.…

BY EMMA JACKSON

PAINT companies looking for an edge as they recover from the global financial crisis may find a solution in the form of robotics. Cost effective, efficient and consistent, robots are increasingly pushing out the humans who have traditionally helped manufacture paint and coatings or applied it to products such as cars and machinery.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL, MONICA DOBIE and EMMA JACKSON

IN the age of superbugs such as MRSA and C-difficile, hand washing is an essential part of every nurse’s working life. But careful, even painful, scrubbing and soaping takes many minutes out a day which could be spent caring for patients.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE NEW European Union (EU) energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger has been installed for five years, along with his environment Commissioner Janez Poto?nik and climate action Commissioner Connie Hedegaard. And so utilities executives might be forgiven for thinking that the key political changes in Brussels have now been made regarding the appointment of a new European Commission.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

GERMAN engineering giant Siemens has agreed to spend US$100 million over 15 years helping non-profit organisations worldwide promoting business integrity and fighting corruption, after falling short on ethics. The announcement is part of an agreement with the World Bank that will see Siemens "refrain from bidding" for the bank’s business until this coming December (2010).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE CONSORTIUM operating the Nord Stream project gas pipelines between Russia and Germany has chosen the three companies supplying a second line. Europipe (Germany), OMK (Russia) and Sumitomo (Japan) will share a Euro 1 billion contract: Europipe will supply 65% of the steel pipes; OMK 25 %; and Sumitomo 10%.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

TURKISH-MADE coral-coloured nail polish ‘Marabu’ has been withdrawn from sale in Germany for containing 0.5% by weight of dibutyl phthalate (DBP), banned in cosmetics by the European Union’s cosmetics directive. Meanwhile, India-made ‘Moon Star’ brown herbal henna has also been withdrawn in Germany over health concerns reported European Union consumer alert system RAPEX.…