Day: 13 September 2006

Gardeners summoned to aid climate change effort

English gardens and African food supplies were the unusual combination of issues highlighted when Kew Gardens botanists spoke out about the climate change threat to the plant world this week.

Composting could rise to the top of the heap as it loses waste stigma

Compost is set to be legally classified as a resource, not waste, and this tiny piece of linguistic chicanery could have a profound impact on the industry.

Gasification plant debate heats up

The Green Party plans to take its fight against a proposed gasification plant to the wire as it argues against the installation at the final planning hearing this week.

Hong Kong dirty air ‘100% fixable’ – think tank

Easily implemented air quality initiatives could rid Hong Kong of its notorious smog problem within two years, according to a think tank in the city.

Bank urged not to fund controversial pipeline

The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development should not give the controversial Sakhalin oil and gas project its blessing - and its cash - according to conservation charity the WWF.

Leak fuels Scandinavian nuclear debate

An internal leak was behind the high radioactivity levels that led to the emergency shut-down of a Norwegian nuclear reactor last weekend, officials have said.

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