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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Nuclear waste plan put to public
BBC | 15 Nov 2009
People in west Cumbria are given the chance to find out more about government plans to store nuclear waste underground.

Nuclear Waste

Ten new nuclear power stations given goahead
Telegraph | 10 Nov 2009
A total of 10 new nuclear power stations will be built to supply up to 25 per cent of the country's energy needs.

Nuclear Power | Nuclear Waste

Nuclear power plan is latest tug on steering wheel in a massive Labour Uturn
Telegraph | 10 Nov 2009
Ed Miliband's announcement of a huge expansion in nuclear power is the latest tug on the steering wheel in a massive Uturn since Labour came to office on an antinuclear platform says Geoffrey Lean.

Nuclear Power | Nuclear Waste

Reaction to energy proposals
Yahoo! News | 09 Nov 2009
(Reuters) - The government on Monday unveiled its plans for a new energy infrastructure, including 10 possible new nuclear plants and funding for four trials of carbon capture and storage technology.

Carbon Storage | Nuclear Waste | Renewable Energy

Nuclear power station sites named
Yahoo! News | 09 Nov 2009
A huge expansion of nuclear power has been signalled by the Government as it named 10 sites where new power stations could be built.

Fossil Fuels | Nuclear Power | Nuclear Waste

Green groups attack planning reforms to fast track plants
Environment Data Interactive Exchange | 09 Nov 2009
The Government is due today (November 9) to publish six draft national policy statements designed to fast-track the building of 'clean' coal, renewable energy and nuclear power stations.

Nuclear Power | Nuclear Waste | Renewable Energy

Leadership trio's eco-credentials
BBC | 09 Nov 2009
BBC Wales' Iolo ap Dafydd looks at where the Welsh Labour leadership candidates stand on key environmental issues.

Nuclear Power | Nuclear Waste

Ten nuclear stations to be built in bid to prevent energy shortage
The Times | 09 Nov 2009
Ten nuclear power stations are to be built in Britain at a cost of up to £50 billion as the Government tries to prevent the threat of regular power cuts by the middle of the coming decade.

Nuclear Waste

Clean energy to create more jobs than coal: study
Yahoo! News | 14 Sep 2009
A strong shift toward renewable energies could create 2.7 million more jobs in power generation worldwide by 2030 than staying with dependence on fossil fuels would, a report suggested Monday.

Fossil Fuels | Nuclear Waste | Renewable Energy

UK to fund Ukrainian nuclear waste store
Environment Data Interactive Exchange | 01 Sep 2009
The British government has agreed to pay for a secure storage facility to house radioactive waste from across the Ukraine.

Nuclear Waste

The mystery of Chernobyl
Telegraph | 31 Aug 2009
Sanjida O'Connell reports on the debate over the longterm effects of the nuclear catastrophe.

Nuclear Power | Nuclear Waste

Nuclear waste found near Scottish coast
Environment Data Interactive Exchange | 24 Aug 2009
A small amount of nuclear waste described as a 'shovel full' has been uncovered on the Scottish coast.

Nuclear Waste

He was my father, and therefore he had to be fine: Lembit Opik on the relentless illness that is Mot...
Daily Mail | 16 Aug 2009
We cannot - and should not - seek to outwit the mortality of this human coil. But we should burn with ambition to end the most cruel of paths to our demise. MND is one of the cruellest.

Nuclear Power | Nuclear Waste

UK maps out low-carbon road
BBC | 15 Jul 2009
Generating one third of electricity from renewables by 2020 is central to the UK government's low carbon initiative.

Energy Efficiency | Greenhouse Gas Emissions | Nuclear Power | Nuclear Waste

Govt launches renewables drive to cut emissions
Yahoo! News | 15 Jul 2009
The government announced plans Wednesday to slash emissions with a huge increase in the use of renewable energy to generate one third of the country's electricity needs by 2020.

Fossil Fuels | Nuclear Waste | Recycling

Q&A: renewable energy
The Times | 15 Jul 2009
I thought renewable energy was free. Why is it going to cost more? Because energy companies are going to have to invest £100 billion in renewable sources, including 10,000 wind turbines, to meet the Government's target for a 34 per cent cut in the 1990 level of carbon emissions by 2020.

Nuclear Waste | Recycling | Renewable Energy

'Changes needed' to slash emissions
Yahoo! News | 15 Jul 2009
Tackling climate change will require "comprehensive changes" in the UK's economy and society, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said as he unveiled plans to slash emissions from power, transport, agriculture and industry.

Nuclear Waste

Sweden poised to bury nuclear waste for 100,000 yrs
Yahoo! News | 02 Jun 2009
The elevator takes 90 seconds to descend half a kilometre underground.

Fossil Fuels | Nuclear Power | Nuclear Waste | Waste Management

Obama budget seeks end to Yucca nuclear waste dump
Yahoo! News | 07 May 2009
The Obama administration said Thursday it wanted to officially terminate the Yucca Mountain nuclear storage waste site and instead spend $197 million to phase out the project and "explore alternatives" for nuclear waste disposal.

Nuclear Power | Nuclear Waste

Are wind farms a lot of hot air... and what would we do when it's not windy?
Daily Mail | 21 Apr 2009
Are wind farms a lot of hot air... and what would we do when it's not windy?

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