Day: 17 February 2006

Greenland ice cap melting accelerates

Greenland's ice cap is breaking up and melting at an accelerated rate, the results of a satellite study released today reveal, suggesting current sea level rise predictions are too low.

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One year into Kyoto, Britain denied request to emit more

The European Commission is set to deny Britain's request for higher emissions allocations under the EU carbon-trading scheme, insisting that UK factories and power stations must stick to limits agreed in 2004.

Construction giant commits to waste cutting programme

One of the UK's biggest construction services providers will be cutting down waste and increasing recycling in its supply chain, having signed up to a Government-funded waste minimisation programme.

Wetlands latest casualty in China’s water crisis

Eighty per cent of the wetlands around the Haihe river in northern China have been sucked dry by industry and a growing population, Xinhua news agency reported this week, in the latest development of the country's water crisis.