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University of East Anglia Wins Sustainability Award
The Zuckerman Institute for Connective Environmental Research, designed by RMJM for the Univeristy of East Anglia won the title of 'Low Energy Building of the Year' at the 2005 Sustainability Awards organised by Building...
Scientists: Planting trees bad for environment
OK, so maybe they aren't quite that black-and-white about it, but scientists whose work is described in today's issue of Nature suggest that trying to plant our way out of global warming is going to have some so-far-unde...
Scottish Sustainable Development Strategy Published
The Scottish Executive released its first sustainable development strategy last week.
Defra Sustainable Development Action Plan launched
One of the commitments in the UK Government sustainable development strategy, Securing the Future, was for all government departments and their executive agencies to produce a Sustainable Development (SD) Action Plan by ...
It's the right time for national action! EEB calls for Green Procurement Action
By the 31st January 2006, national governments have to transpose two Directives on public procurement into national law. Public procurement stands for public expenditure/ consumption to the amount of, in average, of 16% ...
Israel's 500 Polluted SItes Identified
An internal report of the Environment Ministry revealed on Monday that they knew of over 500 polluted sites in Israel. The ministry believed that the actual number of sites was much higher.
Commission gives up on EU recycling society?
The European Commission adopted the latest two Thematic Strategies for the environment: a Communication on the Thematic Strategy on Waste Prevention and Recycling and a Communication on the Thematic Strategy on Natural R...
Urgent action needed after US record for greenhouse gases
Urgent action needed after US record for greenhouse gases Lord Rees of Ludlow, the President of the Royal Society has emphasised the need to act with "even greater urgency and resolve now" following the publication of fi...
Defra Sustainable Consumption and Production Evidence Base Research Programme.
Defra has updated its webpages to include details of research projects recently let under the Sustainable Consumption and Production Evidence Base Research Programme. Please follow the following links to find out more ab...
European Commission Review of EU Sustainable Development Strategy.
The European Commission last week released its review of the EU's Sustainable Development Strategy, in which it called on all governments, businesses, NGOs and citizens to come up with new and better ways to move towards...