Day: 19 September 2005

Cooperation needed to solve contaminated water crisis

A group of Israeli, Palestinian and French scientists have proposed a possible management solution to relieve the water quality crisis currently depriving residents of drinkable water in the Gaza Strip.

Countryside creeps back to health

A promising picture of England's rural environment has been published by Defra this week but the department has accepted there is still a lot to do to restore this green and pleasant land.

Climate change registers on US corporate radar

More American businesses than ever before are taking into account the risks, and opportunities, created by climate change.

Secrets of soil unearthed

A £1 million project has begun to investigate the way organic carbon, in the form of compost or manure, can affect the way soil behaves.

Director jailed for ‘entirely foreseeable’ shredder death

The director of a Norfolk recycling firm has been jailed for a year following the death of a worker at his company's Ketteringham facility.

London Lib Dems make plea for Thames tunnel to prevent sewage dumping

The government should make a definite commitment to build the 'Interceptor tunnel' to prevent regular deluges of raw sewage entering the Thames, a Lib Dem Assembly Member has said.

Roofer rapped over illegal asbestos dump

A Cumbrian roofer has been fined £5,000 after the Environment Agency got wind of asbestos tiles being stored illegally at a business park in Wigton.

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