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BRITISH MOTORISTS MAYBE BUYING BIGGER CARS - BUT AT LEAST THEY ARE GREENER: EU STATISTICS SAY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
CO2 emissions statistics released by the European Commission show that while British motorists are ignoring government calls to buy smaller cars, their vehicles are at least getting greener. Across the European Union (EU) the CO2 emitted by passenger cars is falling fast: looking at 2008, a report said the average specific CO2 emissions from passenger cars were 153.5g CO2/km.…
EU AUTOMAKERS FACE TWO MAJOR EU POLICY REVIEWS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN automobile industry will face two major policy reviews once a new European Commission (the European Union’s executive) takes office for the next five years on February 1. The key players on this new Commission for the auto sector will be the Commissioners for transport and industry.…
SCHIPHOL AIRPORT GRAPPLES THREE CHALLENGES OF TERRORISM, CARBON EMISSIONS AND THE RECESSION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AD Rutten, chief operating officer (COO) of the Netherlands’ Schiphol Group running Amsterdam airport had a busy Christmas and New Year. With Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the 23-year old Nigerian ‘underpants’ bomber, trying to blow up a A330-300 Airbus en route to Detroit from Schiphol airport on Christmas Day, Rutten has been working hard.…
LITHIUM RECYCLING COULD BE IMPORTANT REVENUE SOURCE FOR RECYCLERS
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.…
China recovers fast from recession to cement its economic dominance
By Wang Fangqing, in Shanghai
China's rapid, aggressive rise as a communist-ruled giant developing country has been a topic in the world in recent years. During US President Barack Obama's first week long trip to Asia in November, he spent three days in China to show its importance as the biggest financial backer of the U.S.
In a speech to Chinese youths in Shanghai, he spoke highly of China’s great achievements, including lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, as “an accomplishment unparalleled in human history.” And he highlighted the growing important role China plays in the international community. …
OIL AND GAS SECTOR STILL LEFT WITH QUESTIONS OVER EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS AFTER COPENHAGEN SUMMIT
BY KEITH NUTHALL, EMMA JACKSON and ERIC LYMAN
THE COPENHAGEN climate change conference ended on December 18 with an accord where key world economies promised to make binding agreements to cut carbon emissions. But detail on exactly how much will be settled at a later date, meaning its long term effects on the oil and gas industry are unclear.…
DAIMLER IS WORLD'S CLEANEST CAR PAINTER, SAYS STUDY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE MOST detailed study into the environmental, energy and social costs generated by auto manufacturers when making cars has dubbed Germany’s Daimler the world’s cleanest and greenest automobile painter regarding volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions. The study coordinated by Queen’s University, Belfast, gave major manufacturers comparable sustainability ratings over VOCs, giving Daimler top score (on 2007 data) of plus 5,905.…
LITHIUM TO BECOME THE NEW OIL IN HYBRID/ELECTRIC AUTO WORLD
BY PACIFICA GODDARD, ANCA GURZU, 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.…
AUTO WORKERS IN SWEDEN, AUSTRIA, TO GET EU RETRAINING FUNDS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
FINAL approval has been given by the European Parliament for the European Union (EU) to spend Euro 15.6 million on helping Swedish and Austria auto industry workers who have lost their jobs through the global recession. The money will come from the EU’s Globalisation Adjustment Fund.…
Middle East faces demographic timebomb
By Paul Cochrane, in Beirut
With the end of the summer holidays, children and young people across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) once again donned uniforms, packed satchels and headed to school, amounting to more than a quarter of the region returning to class.
In Syria, a quarter of the country's population, some 5.3 million people, are enrolled in schools, while 38% of Saudis, 46% of Yemenis, 31% of Jordanians and 31% of Egyptians are below 14 years of age. Altogether, including Iran, half of the MENA's 300 million-plus people are under 24 years old.
While all these kids are in school, there is no pressing socio-economic problem. But over the next decade as students graduate and want to enter the workplace, finding employment for them all will be difficult. Already the Middle East and North Africa have among the highest unemployment rates in the world at 9.4% and 10.3% respectively, according to an International Labour Organisation report.…