Day: 10 November 2006

Tudors built ‘greener’ homes

Tudor houses built 500 years ago beat many modern homes on energy efficiency, a survey has indicated.

China’s polluted soils pose health risk

A tenth of China's arable land is polluted with heavy metals and other toxins, with the pollution contaminating food crops, the country's environment agency has said.

World faces dirty energy future – IEA

Global energy use will grow by 53% by 2030 taking the world into a "dirty, insecure and expensive" energy future unless policies change, the International Energy Agency has said.

All business must be green business Miliband tells EIC

Environmental industry is no longer a niche market and must become the norm for every business in every sector if we are to live up to the challenges posed by climate change and diminishing finite resources, according to the Secretary for the Environment.

Scotland maps flood risk as climate change kicks in

Scotland's environment agency has produced an online 'flood map' of the country, giving people easy access flood risk information that it says will be increasingly necessary in a changing climate.

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