All Government articles – Page 84
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NewsReport serves up food for thought for European agency
European Food Safety Agency rebuffs accusations of loopholes in rules governing conflicts of interest of its experts
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West Balkans sign up to R&D pact
Agreement will see €200 million go towards improving links between nations and funding networks of excellence
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NewsEnvironment Agency to cut 13% of staff
Warnings that additional job losses will leave UK agency unable to oversee flood defences and nuclear power
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BusinessIneos reprieves Grangemouth petrochemicals
Closure reversed after labour reforms and government backing for ethane terminal agreed
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NewsGlobal treaty on mercury emissions signed
Ratification of the Minamata Convention may still take five years and some green groups are disappointed by its lack of ambition
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BusinessIneos raises axe over Grangemouth petrochemicals
Facility set to close without pension reforms and government help to fund ethane shipping terminal
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NewsCalifornia takes on chemicals in consumer goods
State’s green chemistry initiative aims to swap out chemicals listed as hazardous to the environment or human health
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Spanish science’s sustainability still in doubt, despite increased funding
Budget leaves scientists disappointed as the country’s research programme struggles to right itself
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NewsUS government shutdown hits science, chemical industry
Agency closures caused by political impasse on Capitol Hill sees scientists sent home and industry irritated
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NewsPoland gets serious on plagiarism
Government plans scheme to check all theses submitted since September 2005
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NewsOak Ridge lab plans voluntary layoffs for 10% of workers
Budgetary pressure leads to offer of voluntary separation packages to as many as 475 of its 4500 employees
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NewsGreek universities struggle in face of job cuts
Closures and strikes follow mass lay-offs of administrative staff
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Senate bill aims to soothe helium market
US government looks to continue the sell off its helium stockpile but price rises may cost research dear
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Syria’s decision to join Chemical Weapons Convention welcomed
Tests confirm sarin was used in the conflict, questions remain regarding how stockpiles will be destroyed.
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NewsCanadians rally for science
Cuts to Canada’s S&T programmes and concerns about restrictions on government scientists spark pro-science protests
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NewsDuma to review Russian Academy of Sciences reform
Scientists in Russia have united in efforts to block and revise controversial reforms of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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GSK criticised for trial data secrecy
Italian research institute abandons collaboration over data access
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NewsBattle over carbon tax looms
Australia’s new prime minister plans to abolish the country’s carbon tax, but that won’t be an easy task
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UK objects to pesticide ban in gardens
Government disagrees with EU neonicotinoid moratorium, but will implement it