Day: 21 December 2001

2001 retrospective – twelve months of environmental news across the UK

Helen André Presents a round-up of the top news stories from 2001

A year in Europe – looking back over the last 12 months

edie's news editor, Helen André, puts this years European news stories in perspective.

Rt Hon Michael Meacher MP to address delegates at CIWEM National Conference on Wetlands.

Wetlands and the Community - a national conference in celebration of the 6th World Wetlands Day

The Chartered Institution of Water and Environment Management (CIWEM) has joined forces with the Environment Agency, Thames Water, RSPB, Entec, The Waterways Trust and the Countryside Council for Wales to host the important national conference in celebration of the 6th World Wetlands Day.

Underground stormwater attenuation tanks

SPEL Products has supplied eight Tankstor underground stormwater attenuation tanks for a large infrastructure works in the West Midlands for 2.1 million litres stormwater storage capacity.

2001 retrospective – a year of environmental highs and lows

edie's international time tunnel takes you on a tour of 2001's world news.

Telemetry teaching aid

Wood and Douglas, manufacturer of telemetry RF equipment, has launched a radio experimentation board for use as a teaching aid for students in schools and universities, as well as system designers and engineers unfamiliar with the technology.

Larger vertical access for trenchless tunnelling equipment

To accommodate larger, more powerful jacking/boring equipment employed in today’s trenchless technology, Milton Pipes has extended its Milshaft range to include a 4m precast concrete caisson.

Newsflash: Germany plans to halve raw material and energy consumption by 2020

The German Government has announced new plans to halve the 1990 or 1994 levels of energy and raw materials consumption by the year 2020 and double the percentage of renewable energy consumption by the year 2010.