Global Electricity Review 2025
<p>In a world of higher electricity demand growth, clean electricity is stepping up to the challenge. Spearheaded by exponential solar expansion, clean power is set to grow faster than demand, marking
European Union (EU)
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EU 'ignoring safety risks' in financing of nuclear expansion in Ukraine
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Controversial claims
To conserve wild species, the Con vention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (cites) of 1975 has adopted the strategy of imposing bans and regulations on wildlife
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United emission norms
Eight countries decide that it is time to have uniform standards for vehicular emissions
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The pig headed species
Overzealous conservationists block progress at CITES meet <br> <font size="1" color="navy"> Read full article </font>
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The shifting smoke of tobacco
With falling sales, lawsuits and stringent measures in developed countries, tobacco companies have shifted their focus to developing countries. In 1998, tobacco firms spent US $10 billion in
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Can green mean free?
Developing countries also fear the huge costs associated with greener technologies, which will be unbearable by their domestic industries. It could make their goods uncompetitive in western markets.
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Public health over profits
However, the Doha declaration does not take a decision on whether countries with insufficient or no manufacturing capacities in the pharmaceutical sector will be allowed to import generic drugs to
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In the snakepit
How negotiations on issues moved, or didn’t
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Plasticky!
Europe is debating a ban on PVC due to environmental and health concerns. Industry is fighting back with a high profile campaign
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Branding from origin
The French system of orgin labelling can be adopted for Indian medicine