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Insurers braced to weather climate change
Get ready to pay more on your insurance premiums. And you can thank poor weather for that as well.
Blair wants 'climate revolution'
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has called for a "global environment revolution" to tackle climate change.
Scientists devise list of potential threats to UK
Scientists have drawn up a list of 25 technological advances and environmental changes which pose a potential threat to the UK.
$1m prize for climate change professorJames Randerson
A British scientist has won a $1m (�500,000) international award for his work on using chemical fossils to understand past climatic change. Prof Geoffrey Eglinton of Bristol University will be awarded the Dan David prize...
UAE Hotels Produce Double the CO2 Emissions of European Hotels
Five-star hotels in the UAE are producing twice as much CO2 compared to similar hotels in Europe, according to an award-winning study on hotel carbon emissions.
The environmentalist - Call for Research Papers
From May 2008, 'the environmentalist' will be published 20 times per year. Twenty issues mean that there will be space to publish peer-reviewed papers in a new journal-styled section of the magazine. If you would like to...
Local Environment Skills website launched
New DEFRA Local Environment Skills website launched Following the publication of this year's Local Environment Quality Survey of England (LEQSE), DEFRA has launched a new Local Environment Skills website.
Negative impact of biodiesel greater than gains?
A new study suggests that it may not be worth investing in biodiesel. Using Italy as a case- study, the author argues that in terms of cutting CO2 emissions, energy dependency and urban pollution, the gains would be sma...
How environmentally friendly are biofuels?
The idea of using biofuels from renewable sources is attractive as biofuels could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and our dependency on fossil fuels.
HIPS Working for Home Buyers Looking at Energy
Consumers were satisfied with the Home Information Pack (HIP) and are starting to use energy ratings to make their homes greener, according to early testing of HIPs.