Environmental News from United Kingdom

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Impacts on Ecosystems

Milk jugs - glass, plastic and paperboard - have different environmental impacts
Washington Post | 01 Mar 2011
Milk comes in different types of containers, each of which has varying environmental and health effects.

The real war on motorists: record petrol prices
Guardian Unlimited | 05 Jan 2011
To be the real motorists' friend, the government needs to forget fiddling with parking rules and truly get behind electric vehicles. The price of a litre of unleaded petrol in the UK has reached a record high of 124.85p, according the government's national statistics, and that's without the VAT...

EPUK Urges Defra to Integrate Local Environmental Quality into the Nature of England
Environmental Protection UK | 02 Nov 2010
EPUK responds to Defra's discussion paper on the natural environment. Responding to Defra's discussion paper on the natural environment, EPUK stress the need for integrated policies, calling on the Government to introduce the overarching theme of protecting Local Environmental Quality.

United Kingdom | Biodiversity Conservation | Environmental Awareness | Education | and Public Participation

Population growth demographics spur climate change
Reuters | 11 Oct 2010
The world is probably going to be a more crowded place by 2100 and demographic changes in this growing population -- how many more people there are, how old they are and where they live -- will affect climate-warming emissions, researchers reported on Monday.

Globalisation | Environment | and Sustainable Development

Worse than pollution: crazy ants, bird-eating mice and murdering mink | George Monbiot
Guardian Unlimited | 04 Oct 2010
They read like creatures in a gothic novel, but the species we've introduced round the world are real and cause untold harm. On a dark night last week a group of animal rights activists in Donegal made their own special contribution to the International Year of Biodiversity. They cut their way into a fur farm and released 5,000 mink. This, within their circles, was considered a clever thing to do.

United Kingdom | Biodiversity and Trade | Biodiversity Conservation | Impacts on Ecosystems

BP to give collected oil proceeds for wildlife
Reuters | 08 Jun 2010
HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc on Tuesday said it will donate net revenues from oil recovered from its stricken Gulf of Mexico oil well to restore wildlife habitats on the coastlines of four affected Gulf Coast states.

Accidents and Spills | Impacts on Ecosystems

BP oil spill: death and devastation - and it's just the start
Guardian Unlimited | 31 May 2010
It could take months or years for the true impact of the spill on surrounding ecosystems to emergeThe White House says the BP oil spill is probably the greatest environmental disaster the US has faced, but the true impact on surrounding ecosystems could take months or even years to emerge. Experts...

England | Accidents and Spills | Biodiversity | Impacts on Ecosystems

Young coral 'threatened by noise pollution'
The Independent | 24 May 2010
As if it's not bad enough for them with pollution, fishing by dynamiting, global warming and ocean acidification, the world's coral reefs face a new threat - from noise.Sometimes referred to as "the rainforests of the sea", coral reefs are among the world's richest ecosystems, holding a quarter...

United Kingdom | Impacts on Ecosystems | Noise Pollution

The big issue: Only a minority of 4x4 users damage our national parks
Guardian Unlimited | 28 Mar 2010
Off-road drivers are taking a disproportionate amount of blameI object to the article "How off-roaders are wrecking the beauty of my beloved Peak District", (In Focus).

United Kingdom | Impacts on Ecosystems | Protected Areas | Transport

Tomorrow may be Britain's hottest day ever
The Times | 18 Jul 2006
Roads have begun to melt and fans and air conditioning are placing massive demands on electricity suppliers as forecasters predict an all-time record high temperature for Britain tomorrow, when the mercury could nudge 38C.

Admiralty Arch update: Government fails to prove claims of illegal timber
Greenpeace UK | 13 Jul 2006
The Cabinet Office claims to have paperwork proving the legality of the plywood surrounding Admiralty Arch, but they can't get the fax machine working.

Forest Plantation and Afforestation | Forest Quality | Forests and Woodlands | Impacts on Ecosystems | Indigenous Knowledge

EU's Barroso Says G8 to Renew Climate Commitments
Planet Ark | 11 Jul 2006
The Group of Eight leaders of the world's big industrial nations will reaffirm commitments to fight climate change this weekend after agreeing them last year, the head of the European Union's executive arm said on Tuesday.

The village that refused to die
Guardian Unlimited | 03 Jul 2006
Mountain communities fight plans for giant dam at Tiger Leaping Gorge.

'Warm' species invading Antarctic
BBC | 23 Jun 2006
Invasive species threaten the Antarctic's unique ecosystems, scientists tell a major meeting in Edinburgh.

Biodiversity | Biodiversity Conservation | Ice Cap and Glacial Melting | Impacts on Ecosystems

US scientists back manmade warming claim
Guardian Unlimited | 23 Jun 2006
US scientists endorse contentious findings of global warming study that shows humans are drastically altering the climate.

Carbon pricing to encourage new nuclear power stations
politics.guardian.co.uk | 15 Jun 2006
The British nuclear industry will build new nuclear power stations without direct state subsidies so long as the government sets a high price on carbon-polluting electricity, Malcolm Wicks, the energy minister, said yesterday.

'Breast cancer rates higher near nuclear plant'
Daily Mail | 14 Jun 2006
Cancer levels in women living close to a former nuclear power station are more than 15 times higher than the national average, a TV documentary will claim today.

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.

Solar Power Competes with Diesel, Dung in Himalayas
planetark.com | 14 Jun 2006
The Tibetan monk fingers his beads as he climbs up the stone steps of a 1,000-year-old monastery perched on a hilltop spur overlooking the Himalayas.

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.

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