Out of REACH?
No-one ever said the implementation of the Registration, Evaluation & Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH) would be easy, least of all the European chemical industry, but only four months into the first...
A familiar story
For more years than I can remember, it has been said about the UK that while it is excellent at basic research, when it comes to turning that research into real products it loses out, with UK inventio...
Saving the bridge
It was to be expected that the US Environmental Protection Agency’s denial of a waiver of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) would provoke vocal reactions from both sides of the biofuel debate
Water, water everywhere?
Hard on the heels of one new environmental term comes yet another. While many are still struggling to understand just what ‘carbon footprint’ actually means, just like proverbial London buses another ...
Action better than words
Neil Eisberg I’m from the government, and I am here to help you – words that fill most businesses with dread. But are there signs that perhaps these words might be true? Certainly the Sainsbury repo...
Science has lost its voice
Neil Eisberg - Editor UK plc won a record 1431 investment projects from overseas companies during the past 12 months, according to UK Trade & Investment (UK TI), the UK government’s international bu...