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New Project is Good For Shrimps, Better for Environment?
A pioneering project is reducing the environmental damage from shrimp trawling, cutting the unwanted catch of young fish, turtles and other "by-catch" by as much as 70 per cent in some countries, the UN Environment Progr...
Lib Dem leader admits he uses wasteful lightbulbs
Sir Menzies Campbell, the Liberal Democrat leader, dropped another gaffe yesterday when he warned that everyone had a personal responsibility to contribute to the fight against global warming, and then had to own up that...
Lebanon Sees Environmental Devastation
Endangered turtles die shortly after hatching from their eggs. Fish float dead off the coast. Flaming oil sends waves of black smoke toward the city. In this country of Mediterranean beaches and snowcapped mountains, Isr...
Greens support calls for greater tax on aviation
EAC label Department of Transport's 'failure of purpose' and call for a rise in air travel taxGreen Party Principal Speaker Keith Taylor commented: "The government insists that tackling climate change is a priority, but ...
Carbon Trust Investments Clean Energy Fund (UK)
The Carbon Trust is establishing a new venture capital fund, to be listed on AIM, investing in small and mid-sized companies in the low carbon and clean energy technology sectors. The new fund will invest in sectors whic...
Environmental Technologies launch impressive new website
The University of Hull's Environmental Technologies Centre of Industrial Collaboration (ETCIC) launched their impressive new website earlier this week.
Bury's Commitment to Wind
Bury Council has met with national wind turbine manufacturer, Windsave, to discuss the feasibility of installing micro wind turbines onto the town hall in a bid to become more ecologically friendly. Ian Smith Principal E...
World Leaders Urged to Invest in Technologies to Beat Global Warming
World leaders have been urged to put more money into developing new energy technologies to tackle global warming. Royal Society president Martin Rees wants a publicly funded international research programme, he says in t...
California heat kills 25,000 cattle: official
Central California between Bakersfield and Redding is home to approximately 2.5 million cattle. Roughly 25,000 died because of the triple-digit temperatures since July 14, according to Andy Zylstra, president of the Cali...
Gas–guzzling cars should pay £1,800 road tax, say MPs
Road tax should be dramatically increased to £1,800 a year for the most polluting cars, a cross-party committee of MPs say in a report published today. The Labour-dominated committee criticised the Chancellor, Gordon Bro...