Day: 26 April 2007

Water policy ‘outdated’ as climate changes

Britain's water policy urgently needs updating to adapt the country to a changing climate, environment minister Ian Pearson has said.

Tenth of China’s farmland contaminated

A tenth of China's farmland is contaminated with fertiliser, polluted water and heavy metals, threatening the country's food supply, official Chinese sources have said.

Germany pushes for home energy labels

Germany wants to see all European homes labelled according to their energy use as part of the effort to cut the EU's greenhouse gas emissions.

IT industry ‘as polluting as aviation’

The global IT and communications industry produces as much carbon emissions as aviation, US analysts have said.

EU lawmakers agree new flood directive

A Europe-wide flood management policy came a step closer to realisation after the EU Parliament and Council approved the Floods Directive this week.

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