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Chemistry World May 23, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
UK Government Reveals Energy Plans Scientists have cautiously welcomed the UK government's drive towards renewable energy and nuclear power. |
Chemistry World April 22, 2009 Matt Wilkinson |
Darling budgets for high tech growth Alistair Darling, the UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, gave a speech which focused heavily on how he wants to produce a 'hi tech Britain that will lead our economic recovery' |
Chemistry World April 24, 2009 Nina Notman |
UK carbon capture and storage gets government boost The UK will lead the way in the development and use of carbon capture and storage technology for coal-fired power stations, the country's minister for energy and climate change has declared. |
Chemistry World January 24, 2008 Arthur Rogers |
EU Extends Emissions Trading Scheme to Petrochemicals Proposals for reform of the EU emissions trading system (ETS) will impact the chemicals sector by extending the system to nitrous oxide (N 2O) emissions. |
Chemistry World July 8, 2008 Manisha Lalloo |
UK Slows Introduction of Biofuels The UK has scaled back its plans to introduce biofuels after a government-commissioned report warned that too little is known about their wider social and environmental impacts. |
Chemistry World November 30, 2011 Patrick Walter |
Autumn windfall for UK science and industry The UK government has announced a raft of measures in its autumn statement to try to boost the flagging economy. There is some good news for the research community, as well as the chemical and life science industries. |
Chemistry World November 11, 2010 Mike Brown |
Europe to plough billions into green energy The world's largest program of investment in projects that demonstrate low carbon and renewable energy technology on a commercial scale has been launched by the European Commission, with a call for proposals from companies. |
Chemistry World March 25, 2010 Sarah Houlton |
Budget boon for science and industry Science and industry were offered a few nuggets of cheer during a political pre-election budget from Alistair Darling, the UK's chancellor of the exchequer. |
Chemistry World May 24, 2011 Andrew Turley |
Chemical industry fears over UK emissions plans Government plans to cut UK greenhouse gas emissions risk crippling the chemical sector and thereby harming chances of moving to a low emissions future |
Chemistry World January 14, 2008 Richard Van Noorden |
Flawed Policies Encourage Damaging Biofuels, Says Royal Society Simplistic policies are encouraging biofuels that don't cut greenhouse gases. |
Chemistry World August 8, 2008 |
Funding Carbon Capture As the UK inches towards a 2014 large-scale demonstration of carbon capture and storage, scientists and MPs are urging for more incentives to get the costly technology commercial by 2020. |
Chemistry World November 23, 2012 Nuala Moran |
Can the UK fund CCS? After several false dawns, two recent announcements suggest commercial-scale carbon capture and storage could finally be getting the go-ahead in the UK. |
Chemistry World October 5, 2007 Ananyo Bhattacharya |
UK Government Expected to Strengthen Science The UK government is to launch a 'major campaign' to strengthen school science and overhaul its own science and technology investment. |
Chemistry World May 19, 2009 Karen Harries-Rees |
Major increase in Australian science spending The Australian government has surprised the science community with a major increase in spending on science and innovation in its 2009 budget, despite tough economic conditions. |
Chemistry World July 14, 2006 Katharine Sanderson |
UK Government Unveils Energy Plans The UK government's long-awaited Energy Review contains great opportunities for chemists, but fails to pledge the research funding needed to meet the country's commitment to renewable energy. |
Chemistry World October 12, 2009 Sarah Houlton |
EC pushes renewables research The European Commission has called for a dramatic increase in investment in low carbon technologies to address climate change and secure the future energy supply. |
Chemistry World February 9, 2006 Katharine Sanderson |
Calls for UK Investment in Carbon Capture The UK government must invest immediately in carbon capture and storage technologies to meet carbon emissions targets, a parliamentary committee has urged. |
Chemistry World October 20, 2010 Turley & Lewcock |
Science budget frozen in spending review The UK's science budget will suffer a 10 per cent cut in real terms over the next four years and higher education has been hit hard in the government's public spending review announced today. |
Chemistry World December 2009 Chris Reynolds |
Regulatory Burden A new carbon emissions scheme will unwittingly hit the chemical industry. The UK risks being at a disadvantage if industry is overburdened with regulation. |
Chemistry World March 2008 Janez Potocnik |
Small is Beautiful The launch of the Enterprise Europe Network should help small and medium enterprises to boost innovation throughout Europe. |
Chemistry World August 18, 2010 Andy Extance |
French plough money into green chemistry Green chemistry is one of five technologies set to benefit from a 1.35 billion ( 1.11 billion) cash injection over the next 4 years in France. |
Chemistry World August 2006 Mark Peplow |
Editorial: Action Please, Not Reviews of Reviews Whether developing new materials for fuel cells, or contributing to the Council for Science and Technology's nano-review, chemists' voices in the UK must be heard by policy-makers. Given the current pause for further thought, now is the perfect time to chip in. |
Chemistry World June 20, 2008 Richard Van Noorden |
Global industries call for carbon cuts Business leaders from more than 90 of the world's largest companies, including major chemical companies, have endorsed a policy framework for tackling climate change ahead of July's G8 summit in Japan. |
Chemistry World November 9, 2015 Emma Stoye |
UK science's 'superpower' status at risk The UK government must commit to spend more on science R&D in the long-term if the UK is to remain a 'scientific superpower', according to a report published by the House of Commons |
Chemistry World February 2007 Helen Pilcher |
Living on Credits Carbon rationing isn't just a personal fancy. A growing band of UK politicians and scientists are touting it as the fairest and most practical way to cut emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane. |
Chemistry World October 12, 2012 Laura Howes |
Government adds 200 million to research partnership fund At the Conservative party conference earlier this week, UK chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne pledged 200 million of new money to the Research Partnership Investment Fund which supports university capital projects. |
Chemistry World June 30, 2009 Sarah Houlton |
Climate change roadmaps announced UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has set out a 'Roadmap to Copenhagen' in advance of the climate change conference being held in the Danish capital in December. |
Chemistry World April 4, 2008 Richard Van Noorden |
Dutch Power Ahead with Carbon Capture The first Dutch trial to capture carbon dioxide from a power plant's waste gas emissions has been launched in Rotterdam, Europe's largest port. |
Chemistry World December 4, 2014 Ageli Mehta |
Cash for science in autumn statement given cautious welcome The UK chancellor, George Osborne, has told MPs that science is 'a personal priority' but the commitments in yesterday's autumn statement drew only a cautious welcome from science bodies. |
Chemistry World April 30, 2009 Rebecca Trager |
Obama issues scientific call to arms President Obama has pledged billions of extra dollars towards scientific research and development (R&D) in a bid to maintain the US's position at the forefront of science and technology. |
Chemistry World December 6, 2012 Patrick Walter |
Autumn statement science boost to offset cuts The UK science community has welcomed an additional 600 million pounds of investment in research infrastructure. The money was announced in the autumn statement by George Osborne, chancellor of the exchequer. |
Chemistry World December 3, 2009 Nina Notman |
English university funding squashed again English academics won't be feeling the festive cheer, after yesterday's announcement that a further 135 million pounds has been chopped from the country's higher education funding. |
Chemistry World August 9, 2010 Leila Sattary |
Microfinancing to solve academic poverty? With budget cuts starting to bite and a fresh wave of bad news expected in the Comprehensive Spending Review in October 2010, UK scientists are looking for new ways to finance their research. |
Chemistry World October 21, 2015 Mark Peplow |
The carbon capture challenge Attention is shifting toward carbon capture and utilization, which aims to use CO 2 as a feedstock to make fuels, chemicals and other useful products. |
Chemistry World February 16, 2010 Sean Milmo |
New scheme to boost bio-based chemistry The European Commission has launched an initiative to help chemical companies switch to renewable feedstocks and energy sources. |
Chemistry World October 2007 Stuart Haszeldine |
How to Bury the Problem Carbon capture and storage could allow us to burn fossil fuels without climate consequences - but only with more investment in R&D. |
Chemistry World May 9, 2008 Richard Van Noorden |
Blueprint for 1bn UK technology drive unveiled The UK's Technology Strategy Board (TSB) has outlined how it will invest 1 billion over the next three years to boost innovative R&D and business. |
Chemistry World December 11, 2009 Anna Lewcock |
Hundreds of millions to be slashed from UK science budget Money is being sucked out of the research pot |
Chemistry World March 19, 2015 Emma Stoye |
UK budget science cash given cautious welcome Yesterday's budget announcement, in which UK chancellor George Osborne announced additional funding for research and scientific infrastructure, has been cautiously welcomed by scientists. |
Chemistry World October 24, 2011 Patrick Walter |
UK Government Pulls the Plug on CCS Plant Plans for the UK's first commercial scale carbon capture and storage power plant have been shelved. |
Chemistry World January 10, 2008 Richard Van Noorden |
Green Light for UK Nuclear Power The UK government has formally announced its long-awaited decision to support a new generation of nuclear power stations. Scientists, while welcoming the government's decision, also warned that plenty of detailed decisions remained. |
Chemistry World October 21, 2015 Maria Burke |
Chemists' anxiety mounts as spending review nears The UK government will publish its spending review, setting out funding commitments and priorities for the next five years. This review will include funding levels for scientific research and wider public investment in science and engineering. |
Chemistry World May 7, 2009 Karen Harries-Rees |
Australia delays carbon trading scheme The Australian government has delayed the start of its proposed emissions trading scheme by a year and introduced the possibility of tougher reduction targets, in a bid to ease pressure on companies during the global financial crisis. |
Chemistry World November 10, 2008 James Mitchell Crow |
BP quits carbon capture competition This leaves just three companies still bidding to build a government-backed CCS demonstration plant in the UK. |
Chemistry World October 2007 Jeff Hardy |
Mind the Gap The technology to plug the UK's energy gap is already here. But where is the political will? |
Chemistry World June 2, 2010 Leila Sattary |
Universities face hard years ahead A new report warns that widespread cuts being made to higher education funding across Europe is likely to impact the quality of European teaching and research for years to come. |
Chemistry World October 2011 |
Waste not, want not Will filling your car with biofuel ever be sustainable? Matthew Aylott says that new technology is set to make this dream a reality |
Chemistry World November 13, 2012 Leila Sattary |
Chancellor singles out science to drive economic growth The chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne, has outlined eight technology areas in which he wants the UK to lead the world. |
Chemistry World November 13, 2013 Andy Extance |
Europe's manufacturing edge not leaking away There is no evidence that Europe's emissions trading scheme has driven production of goods reliant on fossil fuels, like chemicals, elsewhere. |
Chemistry World June 2, 2009 Nina Notman |
UK's first CCS pilot plant switched on The first UK pilot of carbon capture technology on a working coal-fired power plant has started in Scotland. |