Day: 1 February 2010

Oil spill was ‘malicious vandalism’

Birds have been covered in about 50 litres of oil dumped at a beauty spot in an act of 'malicious vandalism'.

Restaurant fined after dumping waste

A restaurant owner has been fined and had his car crushed after an uncover operation revealed he was dumping waste in the street.

Israel to calculate cost of contamination

Israel is to assess the cost of cataloguing and cleaning up all of its contaminated land as part of a national remediation programme.

Harry Potter star Emma Watson launches sustainable fashion line

Harry Potter star Emma Watson has collaborated with a sustainable fashion label to produce environmentally friendly clothes and accessories.

Cockermouth coverage perpetuates thousand year flood ‘myth’

Media coverage of the Cumbrian floods in November reinforced the dangerous idea that being hit by one extreme weather event decreases the likelihood of the same thing happening again any time soon.

Police raid Russian environmental group

Police raided the office of Russian environmental group Baikal Environmental Wave arresting staff and confiscating computers.

Cash for low carbon energy generation

Communities and individuals who make their own power from technologies like wind turbines and solar panels will soon be able to claim payments for the low carbon electricity they produce.

Government ‘must move beyond’ carbon if UK is to remain competitive

Low-carbon industrial strategy must take wider resource efficiency into account according to leading business coalition the Aldersgate Group.

Sweden reports growing interest in environmental funds

There are currently 13 environmental funds in the Nordic countries. Around SEK 2 billion (euros 225 million), 0.39 per cent of total fund investments in Sweden, are today placed in environmental funds. The interest in ethical funds is growing, especially in the US, and Sweden is expected to follow this trend, according to a new report by the Swedish EPA.

Law Society chief attacks ‘flawed’ government energy planning laws

David Brock chairman of the Law Society Planning and Environmental Law Committee on the Government's 'flawed' energy plans.

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