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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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Gas-Fired Power Plants

'Deeply flawed' Renewables Obligations need revision says Carbon Trust
Environment Data Interactive Exchange | 10 Jul 2006
A drastic overhaul of the existing Renewables Obligation system is needed to redress weighting in favour of onshore wind power and landfill gas, according to climate change quango the Carbon Trust.

Fuel Scientists See Drawbacks to Clean Hydrogen
Planet Ark | 10 Jul 2006
Hydrogen, the ultimate clean fuel, may not be very suitable as a conduit of renewable energy because it is wasteful and there are better alternatives, scientists said on Friday.

Huskies might soon be out of a job as Norway's frozen fjords turn to mush
The Times | 23 Jun 2006
The huskies that transported David Cameron, the Tory party leader, to a melting glacier this year will soon be redundant unless global warming can be slowed.

Gas-Fired Power Plants | Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Ice Cap and Glacial Melting | National Policies and Environmental Laws | Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol

Methane emissions twice official level - study
Guardian Unlimited | 22 Jun 2006
The UK's emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane are nearly double what the government says they are, according to a global audit of methane emissions.

London incinerator plan criticised
Green Consumer Guide | 20 Jun 2006
Plans to build Europes largest incinerator in London, revealed last week, have been slammed by NGO Friends of the Earth, which has called the development a step in the wrong direction on climate change.

Canada Wrests Oil From Sands, But at What Cost?
planetark.com | 14 Jun 2006
Canada's vast oil sands, the biggest source of oil outside Saudi Arabia, don't give up their riches easily.

Shell to Pick a Renewable Energy Source, Not Yet
planetark.com | 14 Jun 2006
Royal Dutch Shell will pick a renewable energy source for commercial production but it is much too early to tell which one, its Chief Executive said on Friday. "We don't know which form of energy will win, and we don't know how quickly we will know," Jeroen van der Veer said at a meeting of Dutch business leaders.

Naked bike ride targets oil industry
Guardian Unlimited | 13 Jun 2006
At 3pm on Saturday afternoon most of London was congregated in pubs and living rooms watching England's opening World Cup match against Paraguay.

UN environment chief calls for 'new era'
Financial Times US | 13 Jun 2006
The new executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme has called for a new era beyond campaigning in which environmental concerns are integrated fully into economic market regulations.

UN scheme to cut greenhouse gases
today.reuters.co.uk | 11 Jun 2006
A U.N. scheme to promote renewable energy use in poor nations is growing sharply and will axe emissions of greenhouse gases by more than a billion metric tonnes by 2012, the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat said on Friday.

Jump seen in clean energy incubators
Environmental Finance | 09 Jun 2006
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of business incubators specialising in developing clean energy companies, according to New Energy Finance (NEF).

Green motor insurance launched
Green Consumer Guide | 06 Jun 2006
Co-operative Insurance (CIS) has launched the UKs first environmentally friendly motor insurance product, with features such as carbon offsetting and discounts for greener cars.

Cost is key for energy efficiency - study
Green Consumer Guide | 06 Jun 2006
More than a third of Europeans rate the cost implications of becoming more energy efficient higher than their environmental concerns, according to the new research on energy consumption attitudes from LogicaCMG.

Lib Dems call for air travel tax and 2p cut in basic rate
politics.guardian.co.uk | 06 Jun 2006
The Liberal Democrats will this week outflank the Tories by proposing a 2p cut in the basic rate of income tax and an increase in personal allowances.

Power groups count cost of climate change
Telegraph | 06 Jun 2006
Electricity companies expect to invest billions of pounds to ensure power stations cope with the impact of global warming in Britain.

EDF, E.ON Will Have More Costs as Globe Warms, Met Office Says
Bloomberg | 06 Jun 2006
Electricite de France, E.ON AG and other power companies will see their costs rise as global warming takes hold, according to a study by the Met Office, the U.K. weather forecaster.

Energy firms plan how to cope as climate alters
today.reuters.co.uk | 06 Jun 2006
Three of Britain's biggest power utilities have joined forces to draw up a strategy to cope with climate change as analysts warn extreme weather poses a growing threat to power stations and grids, the firms said on Monday.

Tycoons urging Blair to curb CO2
BBC | 06 Jun 2006
Thirteen business leaders are set to meet Prime Minister Tony Blair to urge tougher action on climate change.

Can going green put you in the black?
money.guardian.co.uk | 06 Jun 2006
On World Environment Day, Simon Birch asks whether investors can make the most of their money in the green energy sector.

Company Law Key to Tackling Poverty, Groups Tell Blair
foe.co.uk | 06 Jun 2006
The Prime Minister will be urged to follow up on his commitment to tackling global poverty today (Tuesday 6 June 2006) as the Company Law Reform Bill enters the House of Commons.

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