Environmental News from United Kingdom

EarthWire UK provides a daily overview of the environment in the UK as reported in the media. The web site is updated every day by a team of editors that reviews media sources for environmental news stories.

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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.

South Africa offers energy efficiency incentives
Environment Data Interactive Exchange | 17 Feb 2009
Plagued by frequent power outages and unreliable generation, South Africa has a pressing need to cut energy consumption that goes beyond the global concerns over carbon emissions.

Energy | Energy Conservation | Energy Consumption

Ed Miliband seeks more power for State in UK energy industry
The Times | 09 Dec 2008
Ed Miliband, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, appeared to be on a collision course with Britain's big power companies last night as he called for sweeping reforms to the industry, including greater state control and a retreat from the free market orthodoxy of the past two decades.

Energy | Energy Conservation | Energy Consumption | Energy Efficiency

Rwandan researchers highlight mini hydropower
SCIDEV.NET | 24 Oct 2007
Rwandan scientists have called for the government to prioritise mini hydropower plants to solve the country's energy crisis.

Energy | Hydropower

Intel demonstrates faster, more efficient chip
International Herald Tribune | 20 Sep 2007
The Penryn processors will provide up to a 20 percent performance increase and improve energy efficiency, an Intel executive said.

Icelandic firm to invest $1 billion in geothermal
Environmental Finance | 11 Jan 2007
London, 11 January: An Icelandic investor, a bank and an engineering firm have set up a company with the intention of raising $1 billion to invest in geothermal energy around the world.

Energy from farm waste conference
BBC | 21 Nov 2006
Farmers in the East are invited to a conference to look at meeting future energy needs.

Grangemouth to produce biofuels
Friends of the Earth- Scotland | 20 Oct 2006
It's good to see Ineos beginning to plan for the end of oil. But bio-fuels have only a limited role to play in tackling climate change in the transport sector. Better public transport, more efficient vehicles and reductions in use of cars and planes are the key policy tools.

Scotland pulled up for flouting EU energy efficiency laws
Friends of the Earth- Scotland | 20 Oct 2006
The European Commission has announced that the UK has been formally warnedover its failure to implement a vital law to deliver energy efficient homes and offices.

Greens home energy efficiency targets bill welcomed
Friends of the Earth- Scotland | 28 Sep 2006
Friends of the Earth Scotland and the Association for the Conservation of Energy welcomed the formal introduction, in the Scottish Parliament, of a Member's Bill aimed at improving energy efficiency levels in Scottish homes.

Miliband announces 10 million GBP for renewables partenership
DEFRA - Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 28 Sep 2006
An innovative scheme to boost the use of renewable energy will receive a £10 million investment from the Government, Environment Secretary David Miliband announced.

Energy | Energy Conservation | Energy Consumption | Energy Efficiency | Energy Production

Bangladesh faces energy dilemma
BBC | 20 Sep 2006
This year has seen large-scale and often violent demonstrations in different parts of Bangladesh over the thorny issue of power and energy supply.

Energy | Energy Conservation | Energy Consumption | Energy Efficiency | Energy Production

Friends of the Earth Scotland - Press Releases
Friends of the Earth- Scotland | 20 Sep 2006
Edinburgh will play host to a major conference aiming to revolutionize the way homes and businesses generate and use energy.

Energy | Energy Conservation | Energy Consumption | Energy Efficiency | Energy Production

Co-op makes green energy switch
Green Consumer Guide | 25 Aug 2006
The Co-operative Group has announced that all of its outlets will be switched to green electricity, in the first such move by a major UK retailer.

Energy | Energy Conservation | Energy Consumption | Energy Efficiency

Marine energy 'hub' gets funding
Green Consumer Guide | 21 Aug 2006
The DTIs Marine Renewables Deployment Fund has announced funding of £4.5m for a unique marine energy project designed to further the progress of wave power technology.

British Energy - profits rise, reliability falls
Friends of the Earth- Scotland | 17 Aug 2006
Friends of the Earth warned that behind a huge rise in quarterly profits for British Energy were signs of increasing unreliability of their nuclear power stations, especially those in Scotland.

Energy | Energy Conservation | Energy Consumption | Energy Efficiency

Millions face another big rise in energy bills
Guardian Unlimited | 28 Jul 2006
British Gas has inflicted the second steep rise in energy prices this year on its millions of customers, raising fears that thousands more families will be forced into fuel poverty.

Miliband backs idea of carbon rationing for all
Telegraph | 20 Jul 2006
David Miliband, the Environment Secretary, yesterday backed the idea of carbon rationing for all, based on smart credit cards that record an individual's energy use.

EU plans revision of intricate waste laws
EurActiv | 20 Jul 2006
The Commission estimates that each European citizen currently generates between 17 and 20 kg of waste electric and electronic equipment per year. This consists of virtually anything from light bulbs to computers, TV sets, mobile phones, kettles and refrigerators.

Plans launched to mitigate African brain drain
SCIDEV.NET | 20 Jul 2006
Two initiatives launched this month aim to mitigate the 'brain drain' caused when scientists and others emigrate from African countries to work elsewhere.

Climate Change | Encroachment on Ecosystems | Energy

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