Day: 2 May 2008

Satellite mission will map moisture

NASA scientists and experts from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have teamed up to map global soil moisture by satellite.

New waste export regulations for Ireland

New regulations to control the export of waste from Ireland for recycling and recovery have been announced by the minister for the environment, heritage and local government.

Roadmap aims to turn milk green

Half of all milk packaging will be made from recycled materials by 2020, under a Government target announced on Friday.

EU could force carbon capture and storage

The European Union is set to consider plans to make carbon capture and storage mandatory for new coal fired power stations in an effort to significantly reduce the emissions of the energy sector.

Micro-organisms clean Olympic site

Billions of micro-organisms are helping clean soil on the Olympic Park in London which has been contaminated with petrol and oil.

Did voters care about the environment?

In a local election year that saw Labour suffer heavy losses and achieve its lowest share of the vote since the 1960s, edie took to the streets of South London on election day to find out whether the electorate was interested in environmental issues or were there more pressing concerns?

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