News from 1 February 2007 on edie

East of England development plans attacked

The environmental effects of house-building plans for the East of England have not been assessed thoroughly enough, a countryside campaign group has said.

Campaigners call for global mercury ban

A global coalition of environmental NGOs is putting pressure on governments around the world to phase out mercury and ban exports of the toxic metal.

UK set to double Kyoto carbon cuts

Britain is on course to cut greenhouse emissions by almost double its Kyoto target for 2010, but set to miss the Government's own target, according to latest Government figures.

Australians to drink recycled sewage as drought continues

Australians are to follow in Britain's footsteps and start recycling sewage for drinking water, the premier of Queensland State announced to considerable public outcry.

Recycle Now shares secrets of success

We are all aware these days that, broadly speaking, climate change is bad and recycling is good but sometimes effort is needed to persuade the public to translate that knowledge into action.

Europe to clean up transport fuels

Europe is set to clean up transport fuels by introducing new standards for carbon content in diesel and petrol, the European Commission said on Wednesday.

Defra consults on compulsory water meters

Water companies are to get powers to force water meters on customers under Defra plans published this week.

Flood project restores London’s lost river

One of London's historic watercourses was brought back to life as part of an award-winning flood defence project.

Tiny pollutants tracked by NASA

Scientists at NASA have been engaged in the difficult task of tracking tiny aerosols and trying to gauge their impact on climate change.

Olympic commitment on waste praised

Olympic plans to reuse the vast majority of demolition waste and build with recycled materials where possible have been praised as visionary by an organisation set up to tackle the UK's waste woes.

Water stress in England mapped

The Environment Agency has identified the parts of England it wants to target with water saving measures like compulsory metering in a consultation launched on Wednesday.

Environmental advisor sacked for being too green

Canada's eco-tsar has been sacked after calling on the government to take more action to address climate change.

Day: 1 February 2007