Day: 14 September 2006

China to invest in water for rural poor

China is to invest $5bn over the next decade to bring clean drinking water to 160m villagers - around half of the total number of Chinese deprived of safe water resources - the country's government has said.

Thames plans UK’s ‘biggest reservoir for 25 years’

Thames Water, infamous as Britain's leakiest water company, plans to build the nation's biggest reservoir for 25 years to provide for the growing needs of an ever-thirstier London.

Climate change is biggest global threat, say Britons

Almost half of all Britons see climate change as the biggest threat to the world - more than terrorism or war - according to the latest opinion poll results.

Court considers whether carcasses are waste when sold as fuel

KVZ retec GmbH v Republic of Austria (Case C-176/05)

Circular economy

Environmental Case Law Summary, September 06

Once again Edie News and Semple Fraser team up to bring readers the latest on legal cases which impact on environmental industries in the UK and Europe.

Social sustainability

Edie Environmental Legislation Summary, September 06

Recent changes to legislation which will impact on the environmental sector in the UK, Europe and internationally come under the spotlight in this Semple Fraser and Edie News monthly round-up of new law and policy. Among the developments this month we look at EU attempts to limit POPs entering the waste stream, tax allowances in the UK for energy saving industrial machinery and new regulations to protect the public and workers from radioactive contaminated land in Ireland.

Social sustainability

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