Day: 12 January 2007

UK ‘must boost funding in line with green energy goals’

News in Brief

Rich countries ’emit more CO2 in days than poorest will all year’

News in Brief

Australian uranium exports to China to begin

Australia is set to start exporting uranium to China within months after the two countries ratified an agreement on trade in nuclear fuel.

Tropical island aims for energy self-sufficiency

A solar power plant on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion has become France's biggest such installation - and an important step towards the island's goal of energy self-sufficiency by 2025.

Ireland ahead of schedule on recycling

The Irish government believes it has severed the link between economic growth and rising waste levels, publishing figures this week showing that the Celtic Tiger has managed to meet European waste targets seven years early.

Environmental stocks rocketed in 2006

The value of leading environmental technology companies almost tripled during the course of 2006, according to an organisation which tracks the value of eco-friendly firms.

Big business looks to profit from climate change

Business leaders from some of the UK's largest companies have met to discuss how they should respond to the threat of climate change - and what opportunities it could bring.

Defra invests £1.5 in new flood risk strategies

Growing trees and crops on salt flood plains will be among the alternative strategies investigated in a £1.5m Defra-funded study, aimed at delivering innovation in flood management and coastal erosion.

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