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Local residents hit back at Cuadrilla fracking plans

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Oil and gas company Cuadrilla felt the wrath of furious local residents at a public meeting to discuss its proposed plans to drill test for shale gas in the Home Counties.

James Bond villains receive rap for giving nuclear a bad name

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The notorious James Bond villain Dr No has been accused of helping to portray nuclear power in a negative light by a leading scientist from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).

Home Counties fracking claim denied

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Cuadrilla Resources has admitted it has licenses for the controversial process across the Home Counties, but denies it is planning work in the immediate future - with local councils refuting claims fracking permission has been granted.

Fracking 'will' cause drinking water pollution, warns DEC expert

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

An environmental engineering technician has warned that fracking will poison New York's water supply through contamination of its aquifers.

ROUND-UP: edie looks back on 2011

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Here is a look back at the top environmental news and events covered on edie for 2011

Modern Water completes acquisition of water quality division

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Modern Water Group (MWG) has completed a $4.5m acquisition of Strategic Diagnostics (SDIX) water quality division, including its toxicity testing technology Microtox.

New water project could supply 50% of Ireland's water

Mon, 8 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Irish landowner and peat suppliers Bord na Mona is in negotiations to create a new water reservoir to provide drinking water for Dublin and the surrounding areas.

58 improvements for Irish EPA following review

Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

An independent review into the operations of the Irish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has largely backed its work, but also suggested nearly 60 areas for improvements.

Ireland's industrial pollutant output falls

Tue, 3 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Ireland has found itself amongst Europe's winners as the European Union revealed a fall in industrial pollutants over the weekend.

Lead shot poisoning game meat

Tue, 1 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Eating the meat of birds and animals shot with lead ammunition can be more harmful than previously expected, say scientists.

Volcano had little impact on air quality

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The recent eruptions of the Icelandic volcano has little impact on air quality across the rest of Europe.

Irish hotels saving thousands by going green

Thu, 8 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Irish hotels that have introduced environmental management strategies are saving an average of €1,000 per room per year.

Human Rights Council pledges to improve water supply protection

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UN) has passed three resolutions that cover water, climate change and toxic waste issues at its 18th session in Geneva and is calling on its member states to take action.

Green energy project in India gains funding

Thu, 6 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A pioneering low carbon development project has launched in India after being backed with UK funding.

WaterAid continues water sanitation work in Pakistan

Tue, 4 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

WaterAid is continuing water sanitation and hygiene work in Pakistan following severe floods, and has launched an emergency appeal in a bid to raise further funds.

First commercial forward osmosis desalination plant contract awarded

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

UK-based company, Modern Water plc, has been awarded a contract to build and operate the world's first fully commercial forward osmosis plant.

Toxic chemical illness in children costs US almost $80 billion

Thu, 5 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

New research claims that disease in children due to environmental pollution is costing the United States $76.6 billion annually in health care costs and parents' sick days.

BP oil spill report blames poor management

Thu, 6 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Commission investigating the BP oil spill has found BP and other companies guilty of complacency and blames cost cutting and poor management and engineering decisions.

Energy from Waste conference - leading industry event provides dynamic vision of waste to energy into the future.

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

This year's Energy from Waste conference addresses the key challenges facing the industry and provides some exciting visions of where waste to energy might develop - as part of regeneration, heat delivery for new industry, electricity and fuel for industry, transport and aviation.

Enviro Technology predicts air quality will move up the political agenda in 2012

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The next 12 months will see a substantial increase in awareness of the issue of air quality in the UK and a renewed focus on solving the problem, according to air quality monitoring experts, Enviro Technology.

Technology Driving Al Shumaisi WWT Scheme

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

As Saudi Arabia's Al Shumaisi wastewater treatment plant takes shape advanced technology is very much driving the scheme, so report lead contractor ACWA Emirates.

HACH LANGE announces 2012 Workshop Programme

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Following the success of similar events in recent years, instrumentation company HACH LANGE has announced a programme of complimentary workshops for 2012.