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Mott MacDonald to lead on Russian sustainability project
Mott MacDonald is leading a river basin management scoping study in Russia as part of its support for Partners for Environmental Cooperation (PECE).
Environment chief scraps 8,000 logging permits
Phillipines Environment Secretary Michael Defensor yesterday cancelled more than 8,000 forest management agreements covering 2.2 million hectares of the country's forest reserves as many of them had become effective cove...
Kettle Is a Danger to climate change
The fast-boil and illuminated models now on the market are likely to use more energy than the previous generation, according to research commissioned by the government.
UNEP starts project on Environment and E–waste in India
"Environment and E-waste India", a two-year UNEP project, has started in September 2005. The project aims at reducing the environmental and health impacts due to improper e-waste recycling in India in general and industr...
Scientists warn that weaker Gulf Stream will cool Europe
The transatlantic current which brings mild weather to Western Europe has slowed down by 30%, according to the UK's National Oceanography Centre, raising fears of rapid climate change "within a decade".
European Union to Accelerate Biomass Energy in 2006
Amid industry reports projecting growth, size, and momentum of wood biomass in the renewable energy industry, Green Energy Resources says it expects to benefit from the 2006 forecasts. Twenty new European Union actions t...
EU states want swift review of CO2 trading scheme
Energy ministers have called on the Commission to table proposals "as soon as possible" to make the EU-ETS more cost-efficient and in line with economic growth and competitiveness objectives.
Clean–up brings endangered species to city
An endangered species of crayfish has been found breeding in a Leeds stream that until recently was the source of complaints about floating raw sewage. Conservationists claimed today that the discovery of the white clawe...
Condo Complex Hits Sustainability Standard
A North Vancouver condo complex has become the first residential building in Canada to receive special status for sustainability.
Chinese prefer better environment to fast economic growth
People in China now rate environmental protection higher than economic growth, according to a survey report released here Thursday. The survey, issued by the China Environmental Culture Promotion Association, found 79.4 ...