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Conservation groups and gardening suppliers are calling on the government to introduce a levy on peat to persuade gardeners to consider alternative compost.
Climate change minister, Greg Barker, opened Salford's Energy Hub facility yesterday (January 28) at Retrofit Salford 2011.
Water problems continue in Northern Ireland following burst water mains in County Down.
» Biggest criminal probe into electrical waste exports goes to trial
» Chris Smith to chair edie awards
» B&Q claims to be first retailer to buy 100% renewable wood
» New flood defence schemes announced
» Pesticide use linked to Parkinson's
» Company takes the biscuit with waste cuts
» New green guide for shoppers


Nitrate pollution is down across the European Union showing new legislation is 'proving effective', according to the European Commission.
The North East of England will see a surge of extra cash for flood defences schemes in the coming financial year as it benefits from its share of increased national funding to protect against extreme weather.
Almost half of the vouchers on offer for the Government's boiler scrappage scheme have been taken up.
» Ooops! We messed up
» 'Glaciergate' should not derail international climate efforts: Lord Smith
» Industry mulls global benchmarking for packaging waste
» 'Largest wind turbine blade' in the world to be built in UK
» Funding to expand Irish bioenergy scheme
» Midlands to be eco car centre
» Suspended prison sentence for contamination man


We are all aware these days that, broadly speaking, climate change is bad and recycling is good but sometimes effort is needed to persuade the public to translate that knowledge into action.
Polish campaigners are trying a new tactic to thwart plans to build a motorway through protected wetlands by telling construction companies they could be forced to pay for the environmental damage they cause.
Fears of an oil spill in the pristine Antarctic wilderness mounted this week as a Japanese whaling ship stranded in the Southern Ocean following an accident prepared to move away from the area using its own motors.
» Pollution fine for Scottish Water
» US tops renewables investment chart
» Green building goals under the spotlight
» Love the planet and your Valentine
» Tiny pollutants tracked by NASA
» UK set to double Kyoto carbon cuts
» Hydrogen ferry to serve Amsterdam commuters


The City of Hull has announced that from 6 February onwards it will be fuelling its diesel vehicles with a new ultra low sulphur, lower carbon fuel which will require no engine modification, and which is expected to receive a tax reduction in Chancellor Gordon Brown’s 17 April budget speech.
A group of Californian scientists have revealed that the level of fine particles near to the World Trade Center last October were higher than those found down-wind of the burning Kuwaiti oil fields in 1991, following the Gulf War. However, current air quality in the area is now no longer affected by
A US company has been working on a prototype of a new energy-efficient fridge that works by using magnets to provide a cooling effect.
» World Bank goes to Colombia’s aid
» Call for international water award nominations
» Clothing manufacturer recognised for environmental and social ideals
» EU gives candidate countries over €1 billion for environment and transport
» Cardiff to introduce ‘green’ driverless taxies
» US air quality improved dramatically over last 30 years
» Government consults on direction of Environment Agency

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