Day: 16 May 2006

Funding boost for Scottish microgeneration

Microgeneration in Scotland will receive a boost of £3m over the next two years - a 60% increase on previous years - Scottish authorities said on Tuesday.

People are best energy management resource

Technological solutions have their place but without the workforce on board, energy efficiency programmes are doomed to failure.

Conference clears up landfill for remediators

Although it has been two years since the introduction of the Landfill Directive companies working to clean up sites can be forgiven for feeling swamped by the constantly evolving regulations.

Know your suppliers’ environmental impact

Tracking the environmental performance of organisations in your supply chain can be as an important as monitoring your own - but is often far more difficult.

Beijing to fight water waste in “luxury” sector

Beijing is stepping up measures to cut water waste with checks on water use in "luxury" services such as car washes, golf courses and saunas, the Chinese state news agency reported on Tuesday.

England imposes first drought order in a decade

The worsening drought in the South East has led to England's first drought order in more than a decade, giving Sutton and East Surrey Water the power to ban all non-essential water use.

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