Day: 20 February 2007

Poland faces court over motorway through protected wetlands

The EU threatened legal action against Poland on Tuesday over the construction of a motorway that would destroy Europe's only remaining ancient peat land if built.

EU agrees tough greenhouse cuts

Proposed EU-wide greenhouse cuts of 20% by 2020, or 30% if other industrialised nations join in the European effort, received the backing of the Environment Council on Tuesday.

Online ‘sustainability TV’ – streaming green message to your screen

A free internet TV channel focusing on global sustainability is now online, with videos on everything from climate change to corporate ethics to green spirituality, following its launch on Monday.

Pollution under the spotlight

In this month's packed special report we turn our attention to pollution problems and how they are being tackled.

The positive power of battery recycling in the UK

In the UK we dispose of over 600 million batteries to landfill every year, a statistic that government is keen to see greatly reduced through the development and introduction of easier and more environmentally sound methods of dealing with waste batteries. Chris Davey, manager for local authority relations at WRAP, tells edie about the issues.

Interaction between sea and air monitored

A new observatory has been opened in tropical Cape Verde to monitor interactions between the atmosphere and the tropical oceans and their links with climate change.

All change for pollution regulations

Changes are afoot in the way Government expects regulators to track emissions to air and waste arisings from industrial facilities. Stephen Inch from King's College London's Environmental Research Group considers the implications of current and future developments.

‘Save money and your lungs’ Bristol tells its motorists

Bristol council has introduced a scheme which seeks to persuade residents to reduce their pollution impact by explaining this could save hard-earned cash as well as improve health prospects.

Masking Out City Smog

Pollution masks may not be the ultimate answer to the dirty air and disease-causing particles we breathe in every day, but they are the solution more and more people are turning to in smoggy cities like London. So are we heading for an urban future where leaving the house without protection becomes too much of a risk? Here, Elaine Curtin from pollution mask makers Respro sets out the horrors of what urban dwellers are already breathing in each day - and how a mask can help.

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