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Day: 7 January 2009

IFAT moves to a two-year cycle

The statistics for IFAT 2008 speak for themselves: 2,560 exhibitors - that's a rise of 15 percent; around 120,000 visitors - a rise of 10 percent; and trade visitors from abroad now make up one third of the total.

Nerve centre will bring together environmental forecasters

The Thunderbirds had Tracy Island while Batman lurked in his Bat Cave watching over Gotham City - the fact is all good protection agencies need a nerve centre from where they can track potential problems and help co-ordinate the response.

Ash spill could be ‘worst environmental disaster’ in US

A dam holding back billions of gallons of toxic sludge at a Tennessee power station has burst, leading to what some are calling the worst environmental disaster in American history.

Bush announces marine conservation areas

George Bush has given nearly 200,000 square miles of ocean special conservation status in one of his final acts as the US President.

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