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Wales (Page 2)

Views on nuclear power discussed
BBC | 13 Apr 2010
Parliamentary candidates for the Suffolk Coastal give their views on plans for a new generation of nuclear power stations - one of which could be sited in the constituency.
 England | Wales | Nuclear Power
Eco-centre's UK zero carbon plan
BBC | 10 Apr 2010
A plan by a Welsh environmental centre could see the end of fossil fuel use in the UK in just 20 years.
 Wales | Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Eco-centre sets sights on carbon-free Britain
Reuters | 09 Apr 2010
In a remote, rain-soaked former quarry in Wales, environmentalists are putting the finishing touches to a plan to tackle climate change by weaning Britain off fossil fuels within 20 years.
 Wales | Climate Change | Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Green project to create 150 jobs
BBC World Service | 30 Mar 2010
Research into burning coal underground to generate energy benefits from a scheme to tackle climate change.
 Wales | Climate Change | Energy | Environmental Awareness
Inquiry call into nuclear waste
BBC | 30 Mar 2010
A call for a public inquiry into how to deal with waste from a planned Anglesey nuclear power station is backed by the Welsh Assembly Government.
 Wales | Governance | Nuclear Power | Nuclear Waste
Five-year transport plan revealed
BBC World Service | 29 Mar 2010
Wales' first transport plan is unveiled following an earlier draft which caused fury over the M4 relief road being scrapped.
 Wales | Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Transport
Brian May | My battle for Welsh badgers
Guardian Unlimited | 23 Mar 2010
The planned cull of thousands of Welsh badgers to curb bovine TB is unscientific and inhumane - so Brian May decided to help fight it.
 Wales | Health and Environment | Livestock
E U funding to make Welsh homes greener
Green Building Press | 23 Mar 2010
The Welsh Assembly Government plans to use up to £34 million of European funding to improve energy efficiency in existing homes according to Deputy First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones
 Wales | Energy Efficiency | Energy Conservation
European cash to help fuel poor
BBC | 17 Mar 2010
European funding of £34 million will improve energy efficiency in deprived communities and reduce Wales' carbon footprint
 Wales | Energy Efficiency
Pledge on green energy ambitions
BBC World Service | 15 Mar 2010
The environment minister claims Wales has the potential to produce twice its renewable energy needs.Environmental campaigners have welcomed the proposals but had earlier called the plans "unrealistic".
 Wales | Renewable Energy
Sea trout subject of £1.8m study
BBC World Service | 11 Mar 2010
A project aims to discover more about the life and pressures on the sewin or sea trout in Wales and Ireland.
 Northern Ireland | Wales | Fisheries
Industries hoarding emission permits
Guardian Unlimited | 11 Mar 2010
Saved permits can be used to meet future targets to cut emissions without reducing pollutionCompanies across Europe are hoarding permits to produce greenhouse gas emissions worth hundreds of millions of pounds, the Guardian can reveal.The surplus credits have been amassed from over-allocation of...
 Wales | Climate Change | Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Pollution
Boris Johnson speech to enironment agency
Guardian Unlimited | 26 Nov 2008
This has been Johnson's big environment policy day, with the launch of his Help A London Park programme and a speech to the Environment Agency conference this afternoon. The Labour group has responded sharply, claiming that the mayor has cut half a million pounds from the environment budget. Murad Qureshi: "It appears Boris can only see projects in terms of the cost on a balance sheet. ...
 England | Northern Ireland | Scotland | United Kingdom | Wales | Air Pollution | Water Pollution
Action urged to protect deep seas
BBC | 19 Jun 2006
Urgent action is needed to protect the world's oceans from human exploitation, according to conservationists.
 Biodiversity Conservation | Protected Areas | Threatened Species | Coastal Development and Tourism | Conservation | Fish Farming | Fisheries | Marine Life | Pollution
New homes drive out rare wildlife
Guardian Unlimited | 19 Jun 2006
Government plans to build hundreds of thousands of new houses across Britain are a greater threat to the country's most at-risk species and habitats than climate change.
 Biodiversity Conservation | Protected Areas | Threatened Species | England | Northern Ireland | Scotland | Wales
Humpback whales: Licence to kill
The Independent | 19 Jun 2006
Humpback whales - the best loved and one of the most endangered of all the giant mammals - are to be slaughtered for the first time in more than 30 years, in defiance of an international ban.
 Biodiversity Conservation | Protected Areas | Threatened Species | Coastal Development and Tourism | Conservation | Fish Farming | Fisheries | Marine Life | England
Saved from extinction, the demoiselle damselfly
The Independent | 19 Jun 2006
One of Britain's most striking insects is making a comeback that is as spectacular as its appearance - thanks both to pollution and an environmental clean-up operation.
 Biodiversity Conservation | Protected Areas | Threatened Species | England | Northern Ireland | Scotland | Wales
Greenpeace says M&S is the best
The Independent | 19 Jun 2006
For decades, British supermarkets have fought to provide the cheapest baked beans, knickers and fish fingers. But this year's battle on the high street is for the "green pound", and environmentalists have declared one store the winner: Marks and Sparks.
 England | Northern Ireland | Scotland | Wales | Corporate Social Responsibility | Economics and the Environment | Environmental Awareness | Education | and Public Participation
Hunt for the humpback
The Independent | 19 Jun 2006
Herman Melville described them as 'the most gamesome and lighthearted' of whales. Their leaping and singing have captivated the human race. And Japan wants to kill 50 of them next year
 Biodiversity Conservation | Protected Areas | Threatened Species | Coastal Development and Tourism | Conservation | Fish Farming | Fisheries | Marine Life | Pollution
Hundreds of black bears face slaughter after Army abandons trial of synthetic fur for Guards' ceremo...
The Independent | 19 Jun 2006
As a show of British military finery, the Trooping of the Colour has had no equal for 258 years.
 Biodiversity and Trade | Biodiversity Conservation | Threatened Species | England | Northern Ireland | Scotland | Wales