Day: 11 June 2010

Deputy PM’s wife to join board of UK’s first desalination plant operators

The firm behind the UK's first desalination plant - which opened earlier this month on the River Thames - are close to adding the wife of the deputy prime minister to its board.

Firm fined £150,000 after workers death

A company has been fined after a young worker died when a high pressure valve he was testing blasted into his chest killing him instantly.

Bonn talks not so good

Non-governmental-organisations have attacked a draft United Nations climate change document as 'unbalanced'.

M&S reveals three years progress of Plan A

Marks & Spencer has published the results of the third year of its attempts to transform itself into the country's greenest retailer.

2010 World Cup – can it ever really be green?

The 2010 World Cup - which gets underway this evening in South Africa - promises to be a feast of football.

Paramedics used ambulance for tip trip

Cornish paramedics are under investigation after complaints from members of the public who spotted them using an ambulance to take rubbish to a local recycling centre.

EU Ministers gather to discuss climate

European Environment Minister will meet in Luxembourg today, Friday June 11, to discuss the EU's climate change strategy.

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