Day: 7 July 2010

£4 billion underground nuclear waste dump revealed

Britain's nuclear watchdog has revealed plans for dealing with an increased amount of radio-active waste generated in the country.

Solar powered plane makes first night flight

A solar powered plane has made its first night flight in an attempt to prove the technology could be commercially viable.

Hosepipe ban comes into force this week

Water firm United Utilities has introduced a hosepipe ban for the first time in 14 years for its North West region.

New biodiversity tool revealed

A new tool for assessing the scale of biodiversity risk and opportunity within an organisation has been jointly developed by sustainability consultancy Two Tomorrows and ecological consultancy Biocensus.

Atkins appointed to £2.5bn Scottish Water frameworks

Atkins, the UK's largest engineering design consultancy, will be providing strategic support services to Scottish Water to help the company deliver its capital works programme over the next five years. The programme covers the Q&SIIIb regulatory period which has a value of around £2.5 billion and runs from 2010 until 2015.

Broker sells GHG emissions permits to public online

Natsource, a New York energy broker has launched a virtual emissions brokerage operation enabling individuals and organisations to buy emissions permits. The role of the new Environmental Action Desk is to broker deals with environmental and charitable organisations interested in purchasing and retiring credits for ecological benefit.

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