Day: 18 September 2007

Floating concrete – the latest weapon in the climate war

A scheme using floating concrete to harness wave energy has received a £150,000 grant from the Carbon Trust.

Paper buyers aim to boost use of recycled material

Use of recycled paper will increase dramatically over the next five years, new research suggests.

‘World first’ wave farm gets green light

The Government has given planning approval for what is being billed as the world's first large-scale wave farm off the coast of Cornwall.

Progress on Chernobyl clean-up

It has been over 20 years since the meltdown of Chernobyl's nuclear reactor, the worst industrial accident in history, and work to clean up the site continues.

Lib Dems unveil plans for carbon neutral Britain

A radical plan drawn up by the Liberal Democrats to tackle climate change has called for Britain to be carbon neutral by 2050.

China, India and Russia top pollution black spot league

Sites in China, India and Azerbaijan have been added to a list of countries home to the world's most polluted hell holes.

Montreal revisited – nations gather to discuss ozone hole

Twenty years ago the hole in the ozone layer topped the environmental agenda and the global agreement on how to address the problem - the Montreal Protocol - was heralded as an exemplar of international co-operation.

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