Day: 14 August 2009

Visitors say they would pay for a green Ireland

Most tourists visiting Ireland would rather stay in hotels that had tackled their environmental impact and a sizeable minority say they would be prepared to pay a premium to do so.

Ten companies fined in oil spill crackdown

Ten firms have been hit with fines after being caught flouting environmental laws on oil storage.

Funding given to worthy wildlife schemes

Celebrity naturalist Chris Packham has launched a £10m fund created to protect some of the UK's most threatened wildlife habitats.

Outbreak of fatal fish disease

Watercourses across Cambridgeshire are being locked down after an outbreak of a disease which can devastate carp.

Half of Indian land ‘degraded’

A shocking study into pollution across India has revealed almost half of the country's land is 'degraded'.

Ontario premier visits green school

More than 1000 schools in the Canadian province of Ontario are currently being given a green makeover.

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