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12 May
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Britons wasting £10bn worth of food a year, research says
Britons are throwing away £10bn worth of food that could be eaten each year, £2bn more than estimates have previously suggested, a government-funded programme to cut waste has revealed
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Guardian Unlimited |
Labour failing to hit green targets, thinktank claims
The government is set to miss more than half the targets it has set on environmental issues since 1997, according to research
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Guardian Unlimited |
Putin in 2020 pledge on economy
Vladimir Putin promises to rein in inflation and boost social spending in his new job as Russia's prime minister.
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BBC |
Food waste on 'staggering' scale
People are needlessly throwing away 3.6m tonnes of food each year in England and Wales, research suggests.
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BBC |
Meat in a low-carbon world
Does meat-eating pose a threat to the planet?
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BBC |
Go-ahead for £350m snow dome plan
Plans for an indoor winter sports complex in Suffolk are approved subject to conditions.
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BBC |
Power plant pollution unnecessarily high
Existing technology could cut the pollution from power stations to a fraction of its current levels if only it were installed.
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Environment Data Interactive Exchange |
Ukrainian dust cloud hits air quality in Central Europe
Soaring concentrations of hazardous fine particles in Central Europe have been traced back to parched farmland left to gather dust to the east in the Ukraine.
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Environment Data Interactive Exchange |
Oil firms to pay $423 million to settle water lawsuit
In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs, which include 153 public water systems in New York, California and 15 other states, claimed that a chemical called methyl tertiary butyl ether was a defective product that led to the contamination of groundwater.
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International Herald Tribune |
Clean Air Could Kill The Amazon, Researchers Say
LONDON - Cleaner air due to reduced coal burning could help destroy the Amazon this century, according to a finding published on Wednesday that highlights the complex challenges of global climate change.
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Planet Ark |
Scientists want to introduce alien louse to kill Japanese knotweed
A ZOOLOGY expert at a Welsh university has urged caution following a plan by British scientists to manufacture an alien invasion to kill off Japanese knotweed.
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I C Wales |
Go-ahead for £350m snow dome plan
Plans for an indoor winter sports complex in Suffolk are approved subject to conditions.
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BBC |
UN sounds alarm over decline in migratory birds
The United Nations Environment Programme on Thursday voiced concern over declining numbers of migratory birds globally, in what it said was an alarming sign of the state of world biodiversity.
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Yahoo! News |
Labour 'failing on green targets'
The Government is set to miss more than half the targets it has set on environmental issues since 1997, research has claimed.
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Yahoo! News |
Slower Cuts In Greenhouse Gases Cloud Carbon Boom
COLOGNE, Germany - The global carbon market more than doubled in value in 2007 to $64 billion, but that masked slow growth in actual greenhouse gas emissions cuts, the World Bank's carbon finance unit said on Wednesday.
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Planet Ark |
Great tits cope well with warming
Great tits in Britain seem to be adapting to climatic change, scientists report, unlike some other birds.
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BBC |
Meat in a low-carbon world
Does meat-eating pose a threat to the planet?
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BBC |
City proposes climate change plan
People in Cambridge are asked to comment on plans by the city council to deal with climate change.
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BBC |
Indonesia Adopts Stringent "Green" Palm Oil Standard
JAKARTA - Indonesia, the world's biggest palm oil producer, plans to take firm measures aimed at ensuring palm oil firms meet stringent standards before labelling their products as eco-friendly, an industry watchdog said on Wednesday.
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Planet Ark |
Thames publishes 25 year plan
Thames Water has unveiled proposals outlining how it plans to ensure supply to its millions of customers for the next quarter of a century - without having an unacceptable impact on the environment.
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Environment Data Interactive Exchange |
