In which we trace where the world stands with fuel cells and some clear signals of the technology to come

Fuel cells are more important to a developing country like India than developed countries. But the corporate sector is slow.

Source: N Mattson 1998, GENIE: An energy systems model with uncertain learning, quoted in Anon 1999, A GENIE for Imperfect Foresight, IEA/OECD ETSAP News, June

It is good to hear Western leaders say the genetic secrets of human life should be used for public good

There is more than meets the eye in Clinton s emphasis on clean energy during his recent visit to India

Rapping the US on the knuckles for banning shrimp imports from developing countries was only a technical exercise by the WTO

A fight over pickerel catch in Ontario turned into a bitter wrangle when the US started stretching every trade rule in the book

The South managed to make its presence felt, but this was due to the US Europe rift

biotechnology and bioresources are two issues that have been in conflict for a while. Biotechnology, proposed as "the technology of the next century', has its proponents in the developed countries

Delegates were particularly unhappy with the secrecy maintained by the host nation USA

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