Day: 10 August 2007

Disney does green

Playhouse Disney and the Woodland Trust have teamed up to teach children about the importance of looking after the environment.

Brown clouds fuelling Asian glacier meltdown

Pollution filled "brown clouds" are intensifying the impact of global warming over south Asia which is melting glaciers vital to the region's water supplies.

Mercury polluting plants urged to clean up act

The refusal of five top polluting chlorine plants in America to switch to mercury free technology is an "outrage" say environmentalists.

California blueprint for fuel emission cuts published

Experts in California have released their blueprint for tackling global warming by reducing the amount of carbon emissions from transport fuels in the state.

Study reveals dangers of printer pollution

Tiny particles released from some home and office laser printers are as dangerous to human health as inhaling cigarette smoke, scientists say.

Government rules out more research on turbine noise

The government has ruled out further research into wind turbine noise following the publication of a university report into the phenomenon.

Boost for low carbon technology

The UK government has awarded a grant of £1 million to fund low carbon technology, it was announced late last week.

Truly ‘green’ building needs to consider every building component

Even the humble nail has a carbon cost, or simply the amount of greenhouse gas emissions that was created in making it, New Zealand's Building and Construction Minister Clayton Cosgrove said following the release of a discussion document with a focus on 'green' building design.

New buses reduce greenhouse gas emissions

A fleet of 20 hydrogen-powered buses will be operational in time for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia.

Thumbs up for plan to restore and protect Louisiana coast

A coastal protection and restoration plan for the state of Louisiana has been given the go-ahead by the Louisiana's state legislature, following the devastations of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.

60% emissions cuts by 2050 not enough, says environmental group

The government's draft Climate Change Bill is 'too myopic to be effective,' warned environmental group Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) in response to a new review of the Bill by a joint committee last week.

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