Day: 23 November 2009

Ireland’s climate change talks

Climate change expert will address delegates as part of Ireland's Environmental Protection Agency's lecture series.

Minister tours flood sites

Irish environmental minister, John Gormley, visited flood ravaged Cork to see the damage for himself last Friday (20 November)

Bio-gas first for UK homes

Ecotricity is to offer 'green gas' for the first time to UK homes supplied from renewable sources and cutting waste from landfill.

Authorities struggle to cope with ‘phenomenal’ floods

Floods have closed 25 bridges and several roads in and around Cumbria with more rain set to fall today (November 23).

May Gurney awarded £75m waste contract

May Gurney have been awarded the contract for dealing with waste and recycling for Bridgend County Borough Council.

Copenhagen should not ignore gender divide

Research suggests that women will bear the greatest burden of the changing climate but have received little attention from negotiators working towards a new deal at Copenhagen.

Save wild spaces to curb climate change

Conservationists are calling for the protection of critical land and sea wilderness areas to mitigate climate change and conserve biodiversity and healthy ecosystems that provide products and services vital to human well-being.

UK environmentalists dub climate talks ‘longest suicide note in history’

Professionals working in the UK's environment sector have said that the Copenhagen climate talks risk becoming the last few lines of the longest suicide note in history.

Pacific islanders call for binding climate agreement

Failure on a Copenhagen Climate Treaty would be a security risk, Pacific islanders have told the UN General Assembly.

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