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Canada Hit by Soaring Temperatures
The North may not be sweltering like other parts of Canada, but the region is still sharing in the country's record-setting temperature run, a senior climatologist with Environment Canada says. Nationally, average temper...
Biofuels May Not Be Sustainability Panacea, According to Bank Sarasin Report
Biofuels (such as bioethanol and biodiesel) are touted as eco-friendly alternative energies helping to solve a host of problems clouding the oil industry, including greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions contributing to climate ...
Badly–built offices 'costing companies millions'
Badly built offices are costing British business millions of pounds each year in wasted energy costs, according to research released today by international architects, Gensler.
Soho So Hot in London
Power cuts at the heart of London's West End have left thousands of people without electricity on one of the hottest days of the year. Businesses have been urged to switch off air conditioning, Oxford Circus Tube statio...
Flood defence works under pressure as environment agency faces cuts
Flood defences throughout Yorkshire could be put under increasing pressure as the Environment Agency faces another wave of multi-million-pound cuts. In a highly unusual move, the Government is considering imposing the la...
UK set to miss EU waste targets
The UK faces fines of up to �180m a year from the European Union, because it is likely to miss targets for reducing the amount of waste that is tipped into landfill sites, the National Audit Office warned today. The spen...
Regional Chairs Meeting – July 2006
St. Nicholas House hosted the Regional Chairs Meeting on Wednesday 19th July. The Regional Chairs spent the day discussing their regions, sharing ideas to improve events and tackle any problems, with the overall aim of d...
Tackling climate change
A new work programme to better understand how climate change will affect the British-Irish Council administrations has been agreed today. At a British-Irish Council (BIC) Environment Group meeting held today, it was agre...
R&D funding for renewable energies in the balance
The Commission is about to drop a Parliament decision to ring fence two thirds of the EU's energy research budget for renewables, European renewable energy industry associations have warned.
Newhaven Energy Recovery Plant Cleared for Action
A waste incinerator for Newhaven has moved closer this morning (July 25). The Environment Agency has said it is 'readyto issue' a permit for the burner. Individuals or organisations now have 20 days from July 25 to make ...