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BY KEITH NUTHALL
ENERGY consumption is still rising in the European Union, says a new European Environment Agency report, which blames transport growth for the problem; it says energy efficiency is improving only slowly and renewable energies need to expand by at least double the current rate if targets for boosting their market shares by 2010 are to be reached.…

BY MATTHEW BRACE, in Sydney
AUSTRALIAN marine scientists have discovered that oils in southern hemisphere fish tend to have a higher percentage of highly polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acids than those carried by their northern cousins. The high levels have been found in canned tuna as well as fresh fish and the good news for fish farmers is that this applies equally to both wild stocks and farmed species.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union research project is about to be launched, which will create a new sophisticated model for reducing tyre noise. This ‘microscopic road traffic noise-modelling project,’ (ROTRANOMO), will consider the type of vehicle, tyre-road interaction, traffic management, driver behaviour, environmental planning and vehicle structure changes to develop a more effective noise calculation model.…

BY MARK ROWE
ANOTHER leader in the ASU30 and lights segments, the American blended Pall Mall remains BAT’s leading global mid-price brand, sold in 60 countries. Launched in 1900, it today sells particularly well in eastern and central Europe as well as Italy and last year saw volumes up by 21 per cent.…

BTY MARK ROWE
THERE is a clear moral argument that individuals and companies should nurture the Earth’s precious resources. But such a stance also makes profound economic sense since it reduces a company’s waste and improves efficiency. This is particularly the case for a tobacco company where every stage of the production, distribution and consumption of tobacco products has environmental implications.…

KEITH NUTHALL
WATER companies may be able to help the European Union and its Member States improve standards in the sector within developing countries, as part of an initiative to be launched by Brussels at the oncoming World Summit on Sustainable Development, in Johannesburg, this August and September.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
A RESEARCH team at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, the USA, has warned that the risk of extinction of natural species from the introduction of genetically modified organisms is “greater than believed before.” One surprising finding is that while GM species might be healthier they could also be less fertile and thus lead to a faster reduction in populations.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union funded research project has concluded that the water consumption of the tanning and leather industry could be reduced by as much as 90 per cent. The European Commission is now advising the industry to further reduce their water consumption through internal recycling.…

KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Health Organisation has launched a comprehensive research programme to unmask mysteries surrounding the contraction of venous thrombosis by air passengers, including epidemiological, pathophysiological and clinical studies.

Scientists will aim to determine the frequency and causes of travellers’ thrombosis, to identify who is at greatest risk and what may be done to prevent the condition.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FUTURE Harvest Centres, a network of global food and environmental research organisations, has launched a new online search tool in Rome allowing users to search the rich reserves of online material about harvest performance worldwide. *More information: http://infofinder.cgiar.org…