Day: 14 May 2008

Hot weather brings summer smog

Levels of ozone reached their highest point of the year so far as the UK bathed in warm sunny weather last weekend.

£20m recycling facility opens

Waste management company Greenstar has opened a new Euro 20m recycling facility in Bray, County Wicklow.

NI Water fined for river pollution

Northern Ireland Water has been fined £5,000 plus costs for polluting the Crumlin River.

London Mayor ‘recycles newspaper into trees’

Boris Johnson, the new mayor of London, has decided to scrap a newspaper highlighting the achievements of City Hall and use the money saved to plant thousands of trees around the capital.

Defra grant for emissions study

Five local authorities in Devon are carrying out a two-part study into vehicle emissions in the county following a £20,000 Government grant.

Mayor drops legal battle over desalination plant

London's new mayor has withdrawn a legal challenge launched by his predecessor over a desalination plant.

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