Day: 12 July 2010

Anti Dublin Bay oil refinery campaigner dies

A well-known Irish environmental campaigner who changed his name to highlight green issues died at the weekend.

Liquidated solar power firm’s director banned

A businessman who fronted a controversial solar business has been banned from holding any directorships for almost a decade.

UK’s largest local authority sees near 5% waste drop

The UK's largest single local authority has seen the amount of waste its homes produce fall by almost 5% this year.

SLR Acquires Hoefler Consulting Group (HCG), a leading US Environmental Consultancy

SLR Consulting has doubled its capabilities in contingency planning for offshore exploration and production through the acquisition of a leading Alaska-based environmental firm Hoefler Consulting Group (HCG).

Huhne calls for ‘new focus’ to break COP15 climate funding deadlock

As high level climate change talks get underway in New York the UK is calling for a renewed focus on environmental funding.

Government hopes to encourage more small-scale renewable generation

The Government is today (July 12) launching a consultation into plans it hopes will help communities become more energy self-sufficient.

CIWEM ‘condemns’ lack of leadership to reduce UK population

World Population Day at the weekend saw renewed calls for couples in the UK to have no more than two children.

SEPA publishes new guidance for waste oils

New guidance on the production of fuel oils from recycled waste, published today by Scotland's environment watchdog, means that fuel oils that meet the correct specification will no longer be regulated as waste.

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