Rolling with London's bin men
Guardian Unlimited | 29 Mar 2011
How will spending cuts affect recycling targets and staff? Heydon Prowse meets bin men working in Westminster Heydon Prowse.
 England | Governance | Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Service Sector and Environment | Waste Management

Firms 'to waste £500m of energy'
BBC | 16 Jun 2006
UK businesses will waste more than £500m worth of energy over the summer months, a report has said.
 Construction and Environment | Corporate Social Responsibility | Manufacturing and Environment | Mining and Environment | Service Sector and Environment | Energy Production | Cleaner Technologies | Energy Conservation | Energy Consumption

Carbon market to treble in value in 2006 – World Bank
Environmental Finance | 12 May 2006
The global carbon market could be worth $25-30 billion in 2006, based on volumes in the first four months of the year, according to the World Bank. Some $7.5 billion worth of carbon contracts changed hands up to the end of April, compared with almost $11 billion in the whole of 2005, the Bank's sixth annual market survey found*.
 Transport | Aviation | Economics and the Environment | Greenhouse Gas Emissions | International Environmental Conventions | National Policies and Environmental Laws | Environmental Awareness | Education | and Public Participation

Technology boost for millions of Chinese farmers
SCIDEV.NET | 25 Apr 2006
Millions of Chinese farmers are to gain access to new technologies and be taught how to use them under a US$8 million project launched last week (20 April).
 Economics and the Environment | International Environmental Conventions | National Policies and Environmental Laws | Environmental Awareness | Education | and Public Participation | Science and Environment | Corporate Social Responsibility | Construction and Environment

Shedding light on call to ban bulb
BBC | 21 Apr 2006
In February, Dr Matt Prescott used the Green Room to call for the traditional light bulb to be banned. This week, he responds to some of the comments and questions raised by readers.
 Urban Environment | Urban Pollution | Economics and the Environment | Environmental Awareness | Education | and Public Participation | Encroachment on Ecosystems | Urban Planning | Science and Environment

Panama Canal set for $7.5bn revamp
BBC | 05 Apr 2006
For nearly 100 years the Panama Canal has been a key link in international shipping routes, handling an estimated 5% of world trade each year.
 Fisheries | Access to Freshwater | International Environmental Conventions | National Policies and Environmental Laws | Science and Environment | Corporate Social Responsibility | Construction and Environment | Manufacturing and Environment | Service Sector and Environment

Nuclear clean-up bill may hit £70 billion
Green Consumer Guide | 03 Apr 2006
The cost of cleaning up Britain's nuclear sites could have soared to £70 billion, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority revealed.
 Waste Management | Hazardous Waste | Transport | Urban Environment | Aviation | Urban Pollution | Economics and the Environment | Nuclear Waste | PCB

Record ethanol output will meet US needs: backers
Reuters | 29 Mar 2006
U.S. ethanol fuel makers "will be able to adequately supply ethanol to the markets that need it," an industry trade group said on Tuesday, trumpeting another monthly record in output.
 Nuclear Power | Energy Consumption | Renewable Energy | Gas-Fired Power Plants | Fossil Fuels | Hydropower | Transport | Aviation | Greenhouse Gas Emissions

'Without changing our mindset, I don't see how the environmental issue can be tackled'
The Independent | 28 Mar 2006
The concerns for society today are predicated on our consumer culture. It seems we have to buy all this different crap to keep going. If that continues to be the norm, I can't see much changing.
 Urban Environment | Urban Pollution | Economics and the Environment | International Environmental Conventions | National Policies and Environmental Laws | Environmental Awareness | Education | and Public Participation | Encroachment on Ecosystems

Soap star on board to tackle waste crime
Environment Agency | 23 Mar 2006
More commonly known for being on the wrong side of the law in his role as Grant Mitchell in EastEnders, Ross Kemp is warning businesses to stay on the right side of the law.
 Waste Management | Hazardous Waste | Urban Environment | Urban Pollution | Nuclear Waste | PCB | Biotechnology | Recycling | Plastics