Day: 4 March 2005

Future of EU emission trading scheme debated

The EU's climate trading scheme must be significantly amended from 2008 to increase the amount of industrial emissions covered while eliminating the smallest installations, according to Dutch environment minister Pieter van Geel.

France must tighten up environmental legislation

A bigger effort to manage pollution, natural resources and biodiversity must be made by the French government, according to its environmental performance review.

Overfishing and climate change are biggest threats to UK marine life

Fishing and climate change have been identified as the biggest threats to marine life in a new report published this week.

Kenya proposes plastic bag ban in new waste strategy

Kenya should ban the use of flimsy plastic bags and impose a hefty levy on thicker ones to rid the country of an increasing environmental and health menace, a report by the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) has found.

Green scheme to shift subsidy from production to protection

Farmers are being given the chance to live up to their self-proclaimed title of 'guardians of the countryside', with the launch of the Environmental Stewardship Scheme.

Government moves to tackle skills shortage in environmental engineering

Defra, the Environment Agency and the Institute of Civil Engineers are pushing a joint initiative to tackle the skills shortage in flood risk managers.

Eskom proposes hydro-electricity generators on the Congo

One of Africa's biggest electricity generating companies is drawing up plans to harness the power of the Congo River to generate electricity.

Environment Agency predicts summer drought in the South

Despite the current cold spell, with snow drifts and ice closing many roads and making commuters lives misery, the Environment Agency has warned that the South of England could soon be in for a severe drought unless above average rainfall comes in the next few months.

London’s black cabs go carbon neutral

The Radio Taxis Group, one of the largest fleets of iconic black cabs in the Capital, has announced that it is going carbon neutral.

Beckett responds to claims over hazardous landfill space and barriers to remediation

Secretary of State for the Environment, Margaret Beckett has responded to a letter from the Environmental Industries Commission' (EIC) Contaminated Land Working Group, calling for urgent action to tackle what they see as long standing barriers to treatment solutions for contaminated soils.

China could transform global market in renewables

China could well become a world leader in renewable energy and transform global markets, after the Chinese top legislature passed the first renewable energy promotion law to help the country meet ambitious targets for the uptake of renewable energy.

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