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An integrated approach to climate change
Floriane Cappelletti and David Donnerer from the Covenant of Mayors Office outline how the organisation will play a key role in achieving the EU’s...
Call for the government to review the smart meter programme
The Institute of Directors has called for the government to review the smart meter programme amidst concerns the scheme is not performing…
According to a...
Waste crime costs England £1 billion a year
Environment Agency chief Sir James Bevan says waste crime costs England £1 billion a year while offering huge profits for criminals…
According to the head...
Pioneering agriculture projects win £17.8m of funding
Ground-breaking projects to improve agriculture and food production have been awarded funding of £17.8m under the Government’s Agri-Tech Catalyst…
Projects that include lobster farming, scallop...
Soil biodiversity: keeping the Earth alive
Arwyn Jones and Alberto Orgiazzi, European Commission Joint Research Centre Sustainable Resources Directorate - Land Resources Unit, discuss the importance of soil biodiversity...
Soil condition underpins food...
The hidden cost of air pollution
Urgent action is needed on air pollution, says OECD Environment Director Simon Upton, particularly in coal-reliant economies like China and India…
Air pollution takes years...
UK parks decline as austerity squeezes council budgets
Council budget cuts are behind the continuing decline in the condition of UK parks…
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has warned budget cuts are leading...
Unraveling a complex common bean disease in South East Africa
James R Steadman, Professor and Head of Plant Pathology Department and Carlos Urrea Florez, Associate Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln discuss root and crown rot, a disease of the...
Street light switch-off programme expanded in Lincolnshire
Five new areas in Lincolnshire are set to see their street lights turned off as part of a council programme to save £1.7m…
More street...
Is CCS an affordable route to carbon reduction targets?
Andrew Green, Programme Manager at the Energy Technologies Institute, outlines the possible role of carbon capture and storage in meeting the UK’s carbon reduction...
Worldwide glacier monitoring system
Professor Martin Hoelzle from the Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg sheds light in the importance of measuring the increased fever of world’s...
Look to the Arctic
Gunn Sissel Jaklin, Communications director at the Norwegian Polar Institute talks about the Arctic and global warming...
The Arctic is a hotspot – literally, as...
Councils in Wales hit 60 per cent recycling average
Figures published by the Welsh government have revealed the amount recycled by councils has hit the 60 per cent mark for the first time…
Recycling...
European Network for Redistributing Geospatial Information to user Communities
Dr. Stefano Nativi, Project Coordinator, National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research discusses geographic information and how technology can assist in this field...
In the...
Lincolnshire County Council urges people to take up fuel initiative
Lincolnshire County Council has reminded local residents to take advantage of a scheme to install free central heating systems…
People in Lincolnshire are being urged...
How will Brexit affect the UK’s shale gas industry?
Claire Brook, Partner at law firm Bond Dickinson, asks how the UK’s regulatory regime for unconventional hydrocarbon development might be impacted post-Brexit…
We are in...
Self-service: making it happen
Bob Theobald, Managing Director, Power On Connections talks about making self-service happen...
It has been just over a year since the new Electricity Market Competition in Connections...
The environmental aspect of agriculture
Czesław Siekierski, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development at the European Parliament, outlines how agriculture can benefit the environment…
The environmental aspect...
Commission pledges €3.6bn to help farmers innovate
The European Commission has committed €3.6bn to help farmers utilise research and innovation…
European Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan has pledged funding for research and...
Climate change and its impact on the ocean
Dr Michael A. Ellis, Science Director of Land, Soil, and Coast at the British Geological Survey outlines the impacts of global warming on the...
