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New biodiversity duty on all public bodies
From today, 1st October 2006, all public sector bodies, from the police to the BBC, will have to consider biodiversity in the work they do. The new duty comes under Section 40 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communi...
Environment Agency opts for ethanol
The Environment Agency has added a bioethanol-fuelled Ford Focus FFV to its fleet. The car will be based at its offices in Bridgwater, Somerset - an area with five bioethanol pumps for refuelling.
Hazardous 'non–stick' chemicals found in Thames eels
Hazardous chemicals used to make non-stick and water-repellent coatings on a range of products are contaminating UK eels, a species already under serious threat, according to a Greenpeace report on European eels released...
Illegal Timber at Parliament – Fourth time trashed rainforest timber found in Westminster
Illegally logged timber from the rainforests of Papua New Guinea is being used during renovation work at the Houses of Parliament. Greenpeace investigators have found the timber, in the form of at least two tonnes of ply...
EU Member states behave better on environmental laws
A new Commission report indicates a marked improvement in the implementation of environmental legislation by member states.
The City climate challenge and The Future starts here
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors published on 18 September 'The City climate challenge for 2050', a report commissioned from Brook Lyndhurst, which suggests that London would require the equivalent of 25 nucl...
Government boosts renewables partnership by £10 million
Environment Secretary David Miliband has announced that the Government will provide £10 million of investment to a scheme to increase the use of renewable energy. Partnership for Renewables (PfR) is a new venture whereby...
Commission accused of attacking aid for green electricity
Environmentalists have pointed the finger at the Commission for telling Luxembourg that the guaranteed price it pays in support of renewable energies is creating market distortions.
EU Healthy Soil Strategy
Soil is a resource of common interest to the EU and failure to protect it at EU level will undermine sustainability and long term competitiveness in Europe. The European Commission has therefore proposed a strategy to en...
U.S. Environment Agency Partnering To Reduce Methane Emissions
Program participants from around the world seeking to use methane as clean fuel Seven oil and gas companies are signing on as charter members of the Natural Gas Star International program, an expansion of the U.S. Enviro...