Day: 9 December 2008

Insurers offer green building protection

One of the world's largest insurance companies has launched a new range of insurance packages to protect developers and managers of green homes.

EU proposes petrol vapour capture

Petrol stations across Europe could be forced to fit equipment to trap the harmful vapours released when refuelling cars.

Bakelite firm fined for lake pollution

A plastics company and its 67-year-old boss have been fined hundreds of thousands of dollars for polluting an industrial site and adjacent lake with PCBs.

Pilot scheme aims to enforce building codes

Researchers in the US are piloting a project to enforce stricter building energy codes in Chinese cities.

Millions pledged to coastal protection work

More than AU$22m has been handed out to hundreds of local and community groups working to protect the coastline.

Council approves homes on old tyre factory

A major housing development on a derelict site near Edinburgh Airport has been given the thumbs up by planners.

Money-saving deals offered to water users

Farmers and other abstraction licence holders are being reminded that they can save themselves money if they do not need to take water next year.

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