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Clean up or pay up – Czech Environment Minister gets tough with German neighbours
Clean up or pay up - that was the stark message of Environment Minister Libor Ambrozek to the German state of Saxony-Anhalt on Monday, the latest round in a dispute over German rubbish dumped illegally in the Czech Repub...
What is the importance of cogeneration?
The 2004 Directive on cogeneration urges EU member states to exploit their potential for combined production of heat and electricity (cogeneration). Eckard Schulze (Energie-Fakten) explains the pros and cons of this ener...
Carmakers fail to deliver on CO2 cuts, fuel consumption
EU car manufacturers sold cars that produce on average 160 grams of CO2 per kilometre in 2005, down only 1% on the previous year, according to green NGO Transport and Environment (T&E). Back in 1998, the European Aut...
Dutch Researcher Claims Carbon cycle was already disrupted millions of years ago
Dutch researcher Yvonne van Breugel analysed rocks from seabeds millions of years old. Carbon occurs naturally in two stable forms; atomic mass 12 (99 percent) and atomic mass 13 (1 percent).
Cameron puts environment at heart of poll fight
Cameron puts environment at heart of poll fight says Jean Eaglesham,Chief Political Correspondent of the Financial Times. David Cameron will today put environmental issues at the heart of the Conservative party's battle ...
Bovis Lend Lease wins community contract
Bovis Lend Lease has secured a $330 million contract with GPT Group to design and construct a mixed-use community development in north-west Sydney.
London Looks to the East for Clean City Inspiration
While on tour in Shanghai, China, the Mayor of London announced plans for a new zero carbon development in London. The development, which is likely to be situated in the Thames Gateway, aims to demonstrate that major dev...
Finding the compromise between development and the environment
Development does not always have to be damaging to the environment. Sustainable development is all about planning future construction to fit in with and prevent further damage to local eco-systems. Last week the Director...
UK energy policy - your views
We are interested in your views on UK energy policy. Should we embrace nuclear powe? Should we be making more of our coastal potential for wind energy? What about clean coal?
EU states feel the heat over renewable energy and biofuels
The Commission has launched legal action against several EU countries for failing to transpose directives on electricity generation from renewables and biofuels in transport.