Day: 10 December 1999

Botswana waste policy

The small quantities of hazardous waste produced in Botswana mean that the country does not need to employ expensive waste technologies, according to a Government minister.

Environment Agency enforcement news

Recent environmental enforcement news from Industrial Environmental Management.

Environmental projects receive funding in UK science spending

A new round of university science funding will benefit environmental research at several UK universities.

RCEP proposes energy efficiency labels for home sellers’ packs

Homebuyers could find it easier to discover how energy efficient a property is if the UK Government takes up an energy labelling proposal from the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (RCEP).

EU rural development scheme redirects £1 billion to UK green farming schemes

The UK Government will use the redirection of EU farming subsidies to spend £1 billion pounds on 'green' farming schemes in England over the next seven years. Another £600 million will be spent on modernising and restructuring farming industries and on supporting off-farm rural development.

It’s official, environmental deterioration threatens UK quality of life

The UK Government has published its first annual report on citizens' quality of life. The report uses 150 indicators to measure quality of life, several of which point toward future deterioration of the environment as a key threat.

UK brownfield development target realistic but achievable say Government

The UK Government has reiterated its target to achieve 60% of all residential development on brownfield sites by 2008.

Super-efficient technology set to transform energy use in the next century

Scientists and engineers at Purdue University have outlined some of the technological developments that could transform our lives and the environment in the 21st Century. These include super-efficient cars that use hybrid engines that can switch from petrol to electric drives; electronic gear that runs for days on a single charge; new industries that use sugars from paper and other wastes to make a variety of products; and artificial intelligence may help to improve the commercial power grid.

US Government proposes funding increases to protect farmland threatened by development

The US Government is to seek an increase in funding to preserve farmland following the release of figures showing that the conversion of farmland and other open space to development has more than doubled in recent years.

Brownfields National Partnership expanded to include 10 more cities

The US Government is to expand its Brownfields Showcase Communities initiative to include 10 additional cities.

Forestry, fishery and farm managers must adopt flexible approach to ecosystems

An online model shows that managers of forests, fisheries and farmlands must adopt more flexible, 'non-linear' attitudes if they want to sustain social and ecological systems.

Electric utility accused of Clean Air Act Violations announces $1 billion emissions control plan

One of the electric utilities at the centre of a US EPA air pollution lawsuit has announced a 10-year $1 billion programme to decrease emissions from the company's power stations.

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