Day: 3 May 2002

“The Government’s New Green Technology Challenge: A Tax Break for Your Company?”

The EIC presents a seminar on The Government’s New Green Technology Challenge: A Tax Break for Your Company?, 10.30am – 12.30pm, Thursday 23rd May 2002, at ET 2002, National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham.

Green light for Scotland sustainable development

Renewable energy, recycling and better transport planning may be the key to securing a sustainable future for Scotland.

Better British beaches

Three hundred and forty-one UK beaches have been recommended in the Marine Conservation Society’s (MCS) Good Beach Guide 2002, a record annual increase with 66 more beaches recommended than in 2001. Despite the general improvement, the UK’s northern regions fared less well with Scotland and Northern Ireland receiving disappointing results.

Climate change to be sharper and sooner than expected in UK

Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett has warned that the effects of climate change could be greater and sooner than expected across the UK in the next 80 years. Citizens will have an increased risk of droughts – with temperatures up to 40°C, heavy rainfall and floods, to look forward to.

Business Briefs: water treatment equipment, water company sale, and oil pollution

In this week’s international Business Briefs, General Electric is to move into water treatment, Indianapolis Water is sold, and two marine pollution companies – one of which goes by the appropriate name of OOPS - join forces.

Manhattan to gain revolutionary eco-friendly commercial buildings

Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) has launched a new set of environmental construction guidelines for revolutionary eco-friendly commercial buildings, which include on-site water treatment and landscaped roof areas.

Scientists developing super efficient light bulb

Scientists from the US are developing a light bulb with up to 60% efficiency, compared to the standard 5%, using a microscopic tungsten lattice that can convert the majority of wasted infrared energy into the frequencies of visible light.

Hong Kong to clean up air pollution

The Government of Hong Kong and regional Government of the Chinese province of Guangdong have announced that they will be jointly introducing measures to bring long-term improvements to air quality.

Half of the US population breathes unhealthy air

More than 142 million US citizens are breathing unhealthy amounts of ozone air pollution – making this the third year in a row that fully half the US public has had to endure air pollution, according to the American Lung Association.

Business Briefs: Corporate responsibility, nuclear clean-up, and sea skimmers

In this week’s European Business Briefs, a host of major companies revealed that they are concerned with corporate responsibility, French nuclear clean-up for China, and German skimmers are to go to Japan.

EU and US environment policies: diverging or converging?

As two of the world’s largest economies, the EU and US have achieved some notable successes on environmental protection when working together, says the European Environment Commissioner. However, divergence in some environmental policy areas has been brought about by a variety of cultural differences.

New study scrutinises costs and approaches of EU waste disposal

Increased coordination of national waste management approaches is necessary if the European Union doesn’t want to be submerged by rising levels of municipal waste. According to the European Commission, the EU generates around 2,000 millions tonnes of waste each year with an increase in waste production of 10% over the last six years.

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