Month: June 2010

New forestry act for Northern Ireland

An act covering commercial forestry and the protection of Northern Ireland's wooded areas has come into force in the province.

Caingorms national park extends boundaries

The Scottish Executive has passed plans to extend the boundaries of the Caingorms national park to cover parts of Perth and Kinross.

Scotland cuts back governing bodies of national parks

The Scottish government has enacted laws to reduce the size of the governing boards of two of its national parks, arguing that large boards were useful when the parks were established as it allowed the new entitites to draw on wider expertise, but that they are now unecessarily big for the day-to-day running of established parks.

Northern Ireland lays out biomass funding rules

Rules governing a commercial competition to fund biomass projects in Northern Ireland have been published this week.

Northern Ireland to prepare water management plans

The legal foundations have been laid for the publication of water resources management plans in Northern Ireland.

New ministers know ‘absolutely nothing’ on environmental issues

A high ranking Lib Dem peer has spoken of how new ministers in the UK's coalition Government have struggled filling environmental roles they didn't expect.

Europe’s first waste to bio-ethanol plant announced

Europe's first waste to bioethanol plant could be operational by 2012, according to the firm behind the project.

BP’s Tate sponsorship a ‘stain’ on the arts

A leading professional organisation for people working in the sustainable water industry is demanding museums and galleries turn their back on BP's millions.

‘No economic or scientific barriers to tackling climate change’

Though it is a daunting task, the rapid decarbonisation of the global economy is an eminently achievable one, according to one of the co-authors of the widely-quoted Stern Report.

Water shortages a growing global concern – WWF

The head of the UK branch of the WWF has spoken to an audience of engineers about the growing global water crisis.

Cutting your carbon footprint while investing billions in green technology

In what may on the face of appear a slow economic time one firm is pouring investment into new green technology.

Business secretary launches Europe’s ‘first fully hybrid’ vehicle

Toyota is claiming a European first by beginning manufacture of what it claims is the continent's first fully hybrid vehicle.

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