Day: 10 February 2006

Lack of support from above putting a break on local authorities’ climate change fight

Lack of support from Central Government is holding local authorities back in their attempts to tackle climate change despite widespread enthusiasm and awareness, research released yesterday suggests.

Oil pipeline threatening Siberia’s lake Baikal sparks protests

The threat of an oil pipeline scheduled to pass within a kilometre of Siberia's lake Baikal is mounting, following the Russian government's attempts to silence its own experts who had rejected the project as environmentally unsafe.

Government buildings go green in the USA

Any new federal buildings will have to meet a pass a series of green tests before they get the go ahead in the USA.

NGOs attack bank’s record in southern hemisphere

The social and environmental record of the European Investment Bank has been called into question by an alliance of NGOs.

Flood defence works stumble onto contaminated land find

Heavy metal contamination has been found in a sizeable chunk of Gloucester by scientists preparing defences against the mighty River Severn.

UK in breach of EIA obligations

The UK has been found to have breached its obligations to carry out environmental impact assessments.

Biofilters – the next generation

Biofilters have long been established as an odour control technology within the wastewater sector. The technology, however, has a mixed reputation for system efficiency and operational maintenance.

In praise of intelligent meters

During the 1870s, the town of Malvern in Worcestershire became the first place in the UK to have a fully metered water supply, for which the motivation was water conservation. Did it work?

Membrane pre-treatment for RO

Reverse osmosis (RO) is used in a variety of applications, ranging from use in effluent treatment either to concentrate the dissolved material to aid its recovery (or to recover water), to producing both process and drinking water from seawater or brackish water (desalination).

Italy quizzed over water directive

Italy his found itself in the dock over failure to write the Water Framework Directive onto its statute books.

Edie environmental case law summary February 2006

This month Edie News and Semple Fraser team up to bring readers the latest on legal cases which impact on environmental industries in the UK, Europe and further afield. This Germany faces Belgium and Germany falls foul of the EC for failing to fully protect its endangered species, the UK gets rapped for failing to carry out adequate EIAs and Italy's attempts to monitor air pollution are questioned. In the UK a water company tussles with the EA and it's bad news for some sufferers of industrial asbestos exposure.

Portugal falls behind on water directive

Portugal has been rapped for failing to add major water regulations to its statue books.

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