Day: 15 July 2005

MEPs call for stricter laws on mining waste

The European Parliament's Environment Committee has voted in favour of strict controls on mining waste.

Environmental Consultancy Survey 2005: are you as big as you think?

Who has the best reputation in the environmental consultancy sector?

Battersea Power Station regeneration ‘will never happen’

A community group has cast doubts over the planned regeneration of Battersea Power Station, claiming "it will never happen."

Food miles cost Britain £9 billion every year

Transporting food is costing Britain an estimated £9 billion every year according to a report looking at the economic and environmental costs of food miles.

Seeds of doubt sown over biodiesel’s claims

Production of fuels such as biodiesel and ethanol from plants uses more energy than it generates, a new study has claimed.

Host of EU states face court for environmental lapses as France nets massive fine

Brussels has launched a barrage of legal action as members lag behind on legislation which should have been written into national statute books months ago - and France has been fined millions of Euros for flagrantly ignoring fishing laws.

Cocktail of chemicals found in the blood of newborns

Some 200 toxic chemicals have built up in the body of the average American baby before it is even born, according to a new scientific study.

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