Marine and land planning 'should be better linked' -
Marine planning and terrestrial planning need to be more closely integrated than is proposed by upcoming laws, marine experts have said. Johnson makes £15K anti-runway pledge -
London's Mayor has pledged to give £15,000 to a group planning to mount a legal challenge against a third runway at Heathrow. England beating landfill targets - England is already beating its 2010 target to reduce the amount of biodegradable household waste heading to landfill. Contaminated soils to be subject to tax -
Companies disposing of waste material from cleaning up contaminated land will soon have to start paying landfill tax. University announces carbon neutral ambitions -
A university is hoping to build a £20m environmental research centre and become carbon neutral as part of its ambitions to become a hub for sustainable energy. Kilcock housing estate to connect to public water mains -
A housing estate in Kilcock is set to be connected to the public water mains, ending the need for individuals to gain their water from an on-site well. Eco village construction finally underway -
Building work is finally set to start on a sector of houses in the Cloughjordan Eco Village project as planning permission has been approved for a quarter of the environmentally-friendly homes. €50m set to be invested in wind farm -
Some €50m is set to be invested in a wind farm project that is hoped will be in operation in 2011 in the west of Ireland, reports the Irish Times. Ireland's green companies may get tax breaks and grants -
In a bid to attract more low energy companies to Ireland, further tax breaks and grants are set to be recommended by a new government action group, reports the Sunday Business Post. Lightbulbs to become energy-efficient -
Moves are to be made to introduce a phased ban on the energy-inefficient lightbulbs currently available in Ireland. Wetlands purchase hits contamination hurdle -
A plan to rescue a world-famous stretch of wetlands has hit a hurdle after it was revealed that large swathes of the land have potentially harmful levels of pollution. Wetlands mapping project to be continued -
Scientists mapping the loss and health of the world's wetlands using satellites will launch a second stage of their project beginning next year. Lawmakers head for climate summit - Senior lawmakers from across the Americas are set to meet at the weekend in an attempt to agree how the region will contribute to tackling global environmental and financial crises. Thousands flee California wildfires -
Raging wildfires in California have forced thousands of people to flee their homes and destroyed hundreds of properties ranging from luxury mansions to mobile homes. Australia eyes national approach to waste - Environment ministers from across Australia have agreed to develop a national policy to deal with the country's growing mountains of waste. Churngold wins prestigious remediation award -
Churngold scooped the Best Conceptual Design award and two further
commendations at the Brownfield Briefing Remediation Awards last month.
The judges praised the innovative use of In-Situ Chemical Oxidation in low
permeability soils at the former ICI Burnhall site in Thornton. Gee pre-treatment dosing technology at the heart of Fobney upgrade -
Under a contract awarded by Veolia Water Solutions and Technology (VWS), Gee & Company has installed the bulk of the dosing equipment for the Actiflo TM clarification process to treat abstracted water as part of Thames Water's upgrade of Fobney Advanced WTW in Reading. Scarecrow Bio-acoustic Systems Play a Part in Sooty Tern Conservation -
A leading international innovator in bird dispersal technology has been
instrumental in helping the Sooty Tern re-colonise one of its former nesting
sites, bringing the seabird back to Denis Island in the Seychelles, after an
absence of over one hundred years. Ecologia embarks on an African adventure -
Ecologia has successfully completed a geotechnical exploration in the Republic
of Guinea in West Africa.
