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Total Recall: When Goods Turn Bad
Toyota’s massive recall has placed the issue of product recalls and their impact on a company's fortunes squarely in the spotlight. Sarah Pursey reports on some of the costs incurred when a company recalls its goods, and why, when it comes to the bottom line, it's better to be safe than sorry.
China’s Rare Earth Stranglehold
Rare earth metals, also be called ‘Dragon Elements’ due to the almost complete production monopoly currently enjoyed by China are an indispensable part of many new technologies but export restrictions imposed by China could lead to a crisis unless other sources are found and rapidly developed. Simon Davies examines the issues.
Who needs sunshine?
Harnessing the power of ancient civilisations and pre-historic man, Euroasia sheds some light on natural energy resources and their adaptability in an increasingly green-conscious world.
Climate Migration: Far from the Familiar
Global warming is uprooting a multitude of native people from their homelands, prompting fears that environmental migration could become an unprecedented global phenomenon in the future.
Who Watches the Watchmen?
Cyber-security and the threat of the ‘surveillance society’ are two increasingly pressing issues. Eric Payne questions whether the power centres in this equation offer a route we really want to go down.
Balancing the Cost of Food Miles
Across the European Union, many well-meaning consumers making an effort to only buy locally-produced food are having an impact on small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Gemma Carter examines one of the most populous countries in Africa.
The Gift of the Nile
Algae are the focus of attempts to achieve commercially-viable systems for harnessing photosynthesis for atmospheric CO2 fixation and biosynthesis of fuels.
A Green Solution
In the aftermath of the failed Copenhagen environmental summit last December, the question of finding a secure, environmentally sustainable and economically viable source of energy to power the future remains unanswered. As a result, nuclear power has been thrust back into the limelight, could a nuclear future be the safest, cleanest and most cost-effective option? Laurie Cuthbert investigates