News from 9 November 2009 on edie

Water vole sightings double

The UK's fastest declining mammal the water vole is making a return to the nations waterways.

CRC clinic – Carbon Trust joins line-up to explain how early action can still count in your favour

John Newton, from the Carbon Trust Standard, joins the speaker line-up on November 12th, to explain how voluntary certification and recognition of an organisation's climate credentials, can be an approved early action metric in the CRC.

Brighton waste workers walkout

Residents of Brighton will be without waste and recycling collections today (November 9) as industrial action grips the city.

Food waste to power airport’s buses

A six month trial will look at running passenger buses on food waste at the East Midlands Airport.

Business still ‘unprepared’ for CRC

New research has revealed the majority of organisations affected by the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) will struggle with the burden created by the scheme.

Weather – you can make a profit

Predicting the weather is paying off for an investment group which specialise in climate investing.

Sainsbury CEO demands new focus on green economy

The chief executive of a leading supermarket has demanded the Government tackles a lack of trained workers with green skills.

Money does grow on trees

Investors looking to make a profit from the latest environmental technology are putting their cash into trees.

Green groups attack planning reforms to fast track plants

The Government is due today (November 9) to publish six draft national policy statements designed to fast-track the building of 'clean' coal, renewable energy and nuclear power stations.

Environment Agency to outline emission cuts

The Environment Agency will today (November 9) give details of greenhouse gas emission reduction it believes will cut climate change over the next two decades.

Re-vegetating contaminated land

Recent advances, developed at the Department of Earth Sciences and Botanic Garden, University of Cambridge, UK, have lead to a new strategy for sustaining plant growth on contaminated land. This technology will enable highly polluted sites to be re-vegetated at low cost. Dr(Prof)Peter Leggo, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Climate & nature

Day: 9 November 2009