Business & SD News - 21 September 2006

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- Business must 'reduce, re-use, recycle'
- Study Says Renewables Becoming Cost-Competitive in U.S.
- World Bank policy chiefs urge caution on anti-graft campaign
- Industry says EU policies too green to foster innovation
- EU pollution inventory draws in diffuse sources
- Russia cancels permit for Shell's giant Sakhalin-2 fields
- WHO Urges DDT for Malaria Control Strategies
- Ethanol - boon or bust?
- Companies cash in on environment awareness
- Energy firms commit to L1 bn low-carbon research institute
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Business must 'reduce, re-use, recycle'
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Financial Times, 20 September 2006 - Many of us have a nasty problem
lurking in our attics, spare rooms or garden sheds. CPUs, monitors and
dial-up modems that once promised an amazing new multimedia experience
moulder in boxes, gradually becoming too old to be sold or even given
away.
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Study Says Renewables Becoming Cost-Competitive in U.S.
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GreenBiz.com, 18 September 2006 - Renewable resources currently
provide just over 6 percent of total U.S. energy, but that figure could
increase rapidly in the years ahead, according to a new report by the
Worldwatch Institute and the Center for American Progress, "American
Energy: The Renewable Path to Energy Security."
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World Bank policy chiefs urge caution on anti-graft campaign
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AFP, 18 September 2006 - World Bank policymakers called Monday for a
cautious approach to combatting corruption and promoting good
governance to ensure that the Bank stays focused on fighting poverty in
developing countries.
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Industry says EU policies too green to foster innovation
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EurActiv.com, 18 September 2006 - EU rules are failing to promote
innovation and entrepreneurship because law-makers have been ignoring
industry's 'unpopular' interests, said participants in a workshop
organised by the Alliance for a Competitive European Industry.
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EU pollution inventory draws in diffuse sources
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ENDS Europe Daily, 18 September 2006 - A first official EU inventory
of pollution from diffuse sources such as road transport has confirmed
the large scale of the problem. The European commission called the
inventory an important step towards launching a full EU pollutant
release and transfer register (PRTR) in 2009.
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Russia cancels permit for Shell's giant Sakhalin-2 fields
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AFP, 18 September 2006 - Russia cancelled an essential permit Monday
for a Shell-led consortium to develop the huge Sakhalin-2 oil and gas
fields, as a top official warned foreign energy companies may lose
their licenses.
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WHO Urges DDT for Malaria Control Strategies
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IPS, 15 September 2006 - In an important policy shift, the World
Health Organisation (WHO) Friday announced that it is urging the use of
the pesticide DDT to control the spread of malaria, a mosquito-borne
disease that kills about one million people a year, most of whom are
infants and young children in Africa.
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Ethanol - boon or bust?
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IRIN, 15 September 2006 - South African farmer Hannes Haasbroek flew
home from an agriculture conference in the United States six years ago,
inspired by the novel and potentially lucrative idea of distilling
maize into bioethanol fuel for vehicles.
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Companies cash in on environment awareness
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Financial Times, 14 September 2006 - It is now a decade since Unilever
stopped providing refill pouches for its washing liquid in the UK owing
to lack of demand. But it seems that consumers' forgotten environmental
conscience is reawakening.
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Energy firms commit to L1 bn low-carbon research institute
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Environmental Finance, 14 September 2006 - The UK government is
seeking L500 million ($945 million) from the private sector towards a
planned L1 billion Energy Technologies Institute.
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