Day: 21 May 2010

Watch the oil spill live on BP’s website

Want to see oil and debris gushing out of a pipe at the bottom of the sea? Then log on to BP's website, where the company has set up a webcam charting its efforts to control the spill.

London funds massive building waste reuse centre

The London Waste and Recycling Board (LWARB) is to plough £0.5m into a social enterprise that will collect unwanted construction materials from building sites and sell them on to the public and trade.

Scientists examine water network vulnerability

Scientists from Cranfield University are assessing how water firms can improve how they deal with failures in their infrastructure.

Hewlett-Packard: ‘Use cow poo to run servers’

Researchers from computer manufacturer Hewlett-Packard have announced the findings of work into alternative sources of power for data centres.

Surprise £3.2bn rights issue by National Grid

The National Grid launched a surprise £3.2bn rights issue drive yesterday (May 20) aimed at overhauling the UK's power infrastructure.

BP rebranded in Greenpeace protest

Two activists from Greenpeace have breached security at BP's London head quarters to rebrand the company as 'British Polluters'.

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