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Drive for green cars stalls
Car companies in the UK are smarting over the last minute postponement of a government-backed campaign to promote "greener cars". The launch of "Act on CO2" was scheduled for yesterday with an event in the Horse Guards P...
Mandelson wants free trade in 'green' goods
As the global-warming issue heats up, EU policymakers are under increasing pressure to produce measures that can solve the climate-change problem without placing an excessive burden on the businesses that drive Europe's ...
Ford posts sustainability gains in hybrid technology
Gasoline-electric hybrid technology continues to gain momentum and Ford Motor Company researchers are working hard to advance innovative hybrid solutions to address consumer interest. Ford unveiled a hydrogen-fueled, bat...
Imperial College Sets up Climate Change Institute
Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham are donating GBP 12 million to establish the Grantham Institute for Climate Change based at Imperial College London, it is announced today (Monday 26 February 2007).
Stores go to war as fairtrade booms
The British consumer is no stranger to the ultra-competitiveness of the nation's big retailers. Over the past decade we've seen them go to war over selling baked beans for less than it costs to produce them, telling farm...
Parliament votes in favour of waste recycling over incineration
MEPs agreed on setting binding targets for waste reduction and the introduction of a five-step hierarchy that gives priority to prevention, reuse and recycling over landfills.
EU Commits to 20:20 Vision
Environment Ministers have committed to achieve "at least a 20% reduction" in EU greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, but failed to agree on how to share the burden between the 27-nation bloc.The Environment Council has bac...
China to Release National Plan for Climate Change
The Chinese government has prepared an official national plan to improve the country's ability to respond to climate change, according to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China's top economic planni...
Number 10 to host webchat on the theme of Environment and Energy
David Miliband will be online on the 10 Downing Street website on 1 March, to answer questions on the theme of Environment and Energy.
Global leaders reach climate change agreement
Leading world politicians and industrialists have reached a new, non-binding agreement at a meeting in the United States on tackling climate change. Delegates agreed that developing countries would have to face targets f...