Day: 12 January 2006

Jamaica’s former bauxite mines reused for farming and housing

Jamaica has started reusing large swathes of its bauxite mining lands for agricultural, commercial, and infrastructural purposes.

US environmental report card: could do better

The US should make more efficient use of water and energy resources if it is to safeguard economic prosperity while protecting the environment and human health.

Communities Minister hits back at jibes over housing plans

Communities Minister David Miliband has hit back at critics of the Government's house building plans, saying that "we don't just want to build houses - we want to create communities."

Arsenic threat to soil and groundwater from fences and decking

Arsenic from treated timber used in some decking, fencing and utility poles is likely to leach into the environment for decades, new research has found, posing a grave threat to ground water and soil.

UK’s first bio-ethanol plant to be built in Somerset

The UK's first bio-ethanol plant has been granted planning permission to be built in Henstridge, South Somerset.

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