Day: 22 April 2005

Water treatment works wins landscape beauty award

Northumbria Water's new Water Treatment Works has won an award for the way its design minimises the impact it has on the surrounding landscape.

Warning over dangers to water supply in brownfield remediation

Developers of brownfield sites have been warned that a lack of proper sampling and monitoring techniques could lead to contamination of water supplies and leave them with a costly bill to resolve the situation.

Regulatory uncertainty could cause power failure and nuclear revival

Regulatory uncertainty is holding back vital investment in the utility sector and could lead to blackouts and an inconsistent power supply, a leading market analyst survey has reported.

Environment committee eases draft EU tyre controls

MEPs on the European parliament's environment committee have voted to soften European Commission plans to curb the content of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in car tyres.

Environment Commissioner hopeful about EU – US relations on climate change

Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas has said he is hopeful that a new phase has opened in EU and US co-operation on climate change.

Consumer choice in supermarket could affect world water supply

The food you choose in the supermarket could profoundly affect the supply of water in developing countries, a report out this week has warned.

UK will lose top spot for renewables if offshore finance fails

The UK and Spain continue to vie for top spot as the world's most attractive national environments for renewable energy investment, according to the latest quarterly Ernst & Young index.

Agency spells out pesticide rules after voluntary system found too weak

The Environment Agency has issued new guidance on handling of pesticides and disposal of spray washings to help improve farmyard practice and compliance with the law under the terms of the Voluntary Initiative.

Comment and Opinion: RoHS: Is time running out for business to comply?

Forget the Millennium Bug, decimalisation and even a change of government; the RoHS (Restriction on the use of certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Directive is potentially the biggest issue to hit electronics manufacturers, suppliers and retailers in living memory. The trouble is, an alarmingly high number of people who should know better have never heard of it and have little idea of what they need to do to comply.