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Government Comsultation on Water Companies Plans for Managing Water Resources
The Government has launched a new consultation this week based on the ways in which water companies prepare and publish their plans for managing resources, in a bid to ensure the long-term sustainability of the water sup...
Morley Calls for Water Rationing in SE England
Environment and Climate Change Minister Elliot Morley is urging consumers, businesses and water companies to stop wasting the precious resource, as a serious shortage could soon wreak havoc to communities and businesses ...
UNEP Report Shows Investments to Curb Air Pollution Pay Off Economically
Governments that invest in air pollution control measures can save billions of dollars as health care costs are slashed, worker productivity soars and ecosystems flourish, according to a report released today in Dubai by...
UN unveils plan to release untapped wealth of...$7 trillion
UN unveils plan to release untapped wealth of...$7 trillion (and solve the world's problems at a stroke) The most potent threats to life on earth - global warming, health pandemics, poverty and armed conflict - could be ...
UN–Backed Project Helps Cut Carbon Emissions in Eastern Europe
Eastern European countries, which disproportionately produce greenhouse gas emissions , have taken a small but very significant step in tackling the problem thanks to a United Nations-backed project, a new report release...
Investment for sustainable transport
Major employers throughout Scotland, including local authorities, health boards and the private sector, will be challenged to provide staff and visitors with real alternatives to using the car.
Investment to move lorries off Scotland's roads
A train specially adapted to transport timber from the forests of Galloway is one of two projects to receive funding from the Executive today. Nearly �5.8 million has been allocated from the Freight Facilities Grant (FFG...
Muzzled Experts of Russia's Pipeline
Greenpeace activists protested at the headquarters of a Russian government agency today, accusing it of trying to silence its own environmental experts who are opposed to plans for the world's biggest oil pipeline, sched...
Pew Center Releases First Comprehensive Approach to Climate Change
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change released the first comprehensive plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. The Agenda for Climate Action identifies both broad and specific policies, combining...
NASA Climate Scientist Blocked by Bush
NASA's top climate scientist has accused the Bush administration of trying to stop him from speaking out after he called in a lecture for swift cuts in emissions of the greenhouse gases linked to global warming.