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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Pollution Impacts

Diet may reduce farm flatulence
Yahoo! News | 29 Mar 2011
A change of diet could help flatulent farm animals reduce their greenhouse gas emissions a study has said.

Air pollution worse than cocaine for triggering heart attacks, says study
Guardian Unlimited | 23 Feb 2011
Research into 'final straw' risk factors says traffic fumes greater population-wide threat than drug because of numbers exposed. Air pollution is a bigger trigger of heart attacks in the population than physical exertion, alcohol and taking cocaine, a study has shown. On an individual basis, cocaine raises the risk of a heart attack 23 times, says a study published in the Lancet.

Simon Birkett: Fighting for clean air
Guardian Unlimited | 22 Feb 2011
Simon Birkett explains why he gave up a top job at HSBC to campaign for cleaner air in London. Simon Birkett is fighting for air - of the clean variety. The 51-year-old former banker has spent the past five years campaigning against poor air quality and what he describes as the "biggest public...

Air Pollution | Pollution | Pollution Impacts

How bike hire users can cut emissions
Guardian Unlimited | 16 Feb 2011
Serco's fleet of vehicles used to tow trailers of bikes have been involved in road accidents and create emissionsJust when Transport for London (TfL) thought the bike hire scheme provided an answer to London's carbon emissions problem, they found a snag - bikes cannot be provided without producing emissions. TfL uses Serco contractors to move hire bicycles around London, so there are enough in each dock to meet demand, while ensuring there is space for users to drop theirs off.

Man pays £145,000 to settle toxic fuel bribe case
Guardian Unlimited | 25 Jan 2011
Paul Jennings had been accused of approving bribes to boost sales of toxic fuel additives. A British businessman will pay $229,000 (£145,000) to settle allegations that he authorised his company to pay multimillion-dollar bribes to Iraqi and Indonesian officials. Paul Jennings, chief executive of...

Opencast mining puts England in history's pit
Guardian Unlimited | 13 Jan 2011
Scotland and Wales wisely forbid coal to be quarried within 500 metres of people's homes. Why won't England do the same? England suffers more than most nations from First Mover Syndrome. Its ancient railway system is harder to operate (let alone integrate with the rest of Europe) than most...

Europe sets fuel-efficiency target for vans
Reuters | 20 Dec 2010
Europe set itself new fuel-efficiency targets for vans on Monday, aiming to cut fuel bills for small businesses and curb emissions of gases blamed for climate change.

European Union and Environment | Pollution | Pollution Impacts | Transport

No smoke without bonfires and fireworks
Guardian Unlimited | 19 Nov 2010
This year, Guy Fawkes night coincided with Diwali. Wet and windy weather prevented widespread pollution problems on the 5th itself. However, on 6 November conditions were more settled in the southern half of the UK and poor dispersion of smoke from bonfires and fireworks caused London and Leicester to experience their worst air pollution for three years.

United Kingdom | Air Pollution | Pollution | Pollution Impacts

Camelford poisoning: 'water authority insisted supplies were safe'
Guardian Unlimited | 01 Nov 2010
Inquest hears how water authority said there was no health risk after aluminium sulphate was dumped in wrong tank. A water authority instructed its communications centre to tell people their tap water was safe even as one customer reported that his hair was sticking together and others said the...

England | Freshwater | Pollution | Pollution Impacts | Water Pollution

Special Report: The problem with phthalates
Reuters | 18 Oct 2010
Imagine a child sitting in his classroom, gazing through the window at the rain. He picks up his pencil and chews distractedly on the eraser at its top. Chemicals, classed in Europe as "toxic to reproduction," dissolve in his saliva and enter his body.

Health | Plastics | Pollution Impacts | Public Policy

River of money flows to Thames as it wins global conservation prize
Guardian Unlimited | 12 Oct 2010
London's mighty river was declared a dead zone 50 years ago - but now it is full of life and has been rewarded for its resurgence. In the 1950s it was declared biologically dead – a heavily polluted river that was a far cry from the days when it was admired by William Wordsworth, Claude Monet and the Three Men in a Boat of Jerome K Jerome's book.

Air Pollution Linked to Cardiac Arrests
Environmental Protection UK | 23 Sep 2010
Fine particulate matter linked to an increased risk of cardiac arrest.

Health and Environment | Pollution Impacts

BP accused of repeated shortcuts as Obama tours Gulf
Reuters | 14 Jun 2010
THEODORE, Ala./HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers accused BP Plc on Monday of taking risky and repeated shortcuts on its blown-out Gulf of Mexico oil well, while President Barack Obama pressed the energy giant to swiftly compensate victims of the worst spill in U.S. history.

Accidents and Spills | Pollution Impacts

Garden ponds unwittingly polluted by tap water
Guardian Unlimited | 09 May 2010
British garden ponds are unwittingly being polluted by people topping them up with tap water, a survey has found.Around half of 250 ponds examined are in "poorer" condition, three in 10 are "good" and only one in 10 was rated as "excellent", said the organisers of the Big Pond Dip, Pond Conservation.

United Kingdom | Pollution | Pollution Impacts | Wildlife Conflicts

Gulf Coast bird colonies at risk from oil spill
Reuters | 04 May 2010
For the birds that nest in the fragile marshes, swamps and barrier islands of the U.S. Gulf Coast, the timing of a massive oil slick threatening the shore could not be worse.

Business and Industry | Disasters | Pollution Impacts | Threatened Species

Under threat: Europe's butterflies, beetles and dragonflies
Guardian Unlimited | 16 Mar 2010
New report warns loss of habitat caused by intensive farming, climate change, forest fires and tourism is threatening Europe's dragonflies, beetles and butterflies

United Kingdom | Biodiversity | Pollution Impacts

Blair to target worst polluters
Guardian Unlimited | 16 May 2007
Tony Blair to push for international partnership to fight climate change.

FACTBOX - Cross-Border Pollution Strains Ties in Asia
Planet Ark | 25 Feb 2007
South Korea's meteorological administration warned of a Thursday start to the annual sandstorms that sweep across from China and cause scores of deaths.

Pollution | Pollution Impacts

Lebanon oil slick 'worst environmental disaster' in Med
Yahoo! News | 29 Jul 2006
The Mediterranean is threatened by its worst ever environmental disaster after Israel's bombing of a power plant in Lebanon sent thousands of tonnes of fuel gushing into the sea, the environment minister charged.

Polluted Hong Kong mulls laws on idling engines
Yahoo! News | 25 Jul 2006
Hong Kong motorists may face fines for leaving their engines idling under legislation being considered to help reduce the city's worsening pollution problem, the government said.

Air Pollution | Pollution | Pollution Impacts

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