Day: 11 July 2006

Recycling ‘criminal’ is not guilty

The collapse of a case against a suspected rogue recycler will not lead to Miami Vice style stake outs in the side streets of Exeter, according to the city's top recycling officer.

Renewables revolution to transform British landscape

A tenth of Britain's entire land area will be turned into bio-fuel fields and wind farms by 2020 to satisfy the 20% renewable electricity target set out in the Energy Review, a new study has found.

Renewables in the Britain of 2020. Click on the image to enlarge.

Thousands driven from homes by noxious mud

A vast swathe of an Indonesian region has been swamped in contaminated mud following spewed to the surface by a leaking oil well.

Regional development gets smart and sustainable

England's Regional Development Agencies have published a list of their environmental successes and efforts they are making to ensure sustainable development - while promoting economic growth.

Energy moves up the agenda for SMEs

As prices continue to rise and a secure, reliable supply becomes less of a certainty, small business is turning its attention to energy issues - and hoping the energy review will not leave it out in the cold.

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