Day: 23 June 2006

Scientists call on world leaders to combat desertification

Hundreds of scientists, experts and policy-makers called on world leaders to make the fight against desertification a priority, in a declaration they adopted during a major UN conference on the issue held in Tunis this week.

“Housing associations must set sustainability standards” – London Mayor

Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has told edie he wants to see housing associations taking the lead on sustainable development - in the hopes that the private sector will follow.

Contract signed for floating nuclear plant

NEWS IN BRIEF

Business will waste £570m on summer energy bills

Waste energy is set to cost British business a whopping £570m this summer alone, according to figures published by the Carbon Trust.

Religious leaders preach recycling message

The leaders of several religious groups in a South London borough have joined a campaign to promote recycling to worshippers.

Ozone levels ‘dangerously high’ in European summer

While pipped to the post by the record-breaking levels witnessed during the infamous heat wave of 2003, ozone reached a point where it threatened human health in Mediterranean Europe last summer.

Act to aid home-grown green power

The Climate Change Bill, approved by Parliament on Wednesday, will make it easier for small-scale producers of renewable electricity to sell their excess energy to their power supplier.

Charity turns marsh in housing boom area into nature reserve

A marsh in the Thames Estuary will be turned it into a nature reserve after being bought by a charity, to provide a refuge for wildlife and people alike in an area earmarked for the Thames Gateway house-building boom.

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