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Wave farm wins £21.5m grant
The world's largest wave farm planned off the UK coast has secured sufficient funding for the project to go ahead as early as next year, subject to planning permission.
Miliband calls for worldwide 'ecological conversion'
Climate change must be tackled through a coalition grounded in morality and ethics, the environment secretary, David Miliband, told a Vatican conference today.
Water and Climate Change
Re-thinking how we supply and use water in the UK in the light of climate change is an urgent priority.
Norway aims for zero–carbon status
Norway plans to be the first country in the world to become "carbon neutral" and cut its net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050.
UN Welcomes New York's Green Initiative
Plans unveiled by New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Earth Day to reduce the strain on natural resources such as water, air and land were warmly embraced by officials with the United Nations department that prom...
Bioenergy to Support Rural Economy
Top international experts met in Rome to consider the environmental and food security impact of the rapidly-expanding bioenergy industry and agreed that governments could use bioenergy as a positive force for rural devel...
Map of Greenland Needs Redrawing
The map of Greenland will have to be redrawn. A new island has appeared off its coast, suddenly separated from the mainland by the melting of Greenland's enormous ice sheet, a development that is being seen as the most a...
WRATE Launched to Help Waste Strategy
The Environment Agency launched on 2 April Waste & Resources Assessment Tool for the Environment (WRATE), a software package that local authorities can use to perform a life cycle analysis on various household waste ...
Barrot eyes congestion–charging as urban–mobility solution
The transport commissioner may propose a European legal framework that would give cities the possibility of introducing congestion charging schemes similar to London's � a move previously forbidden in some member states.
Clean car seeks green (wealthy) driver
Rules forcing carmakers to build greener vehicles will be of no use unless measures are taken to convince consumers to buy them, experts have agreed in a debate on the Commission's vehicle-emissions strategy.