Huhne praises CHP on visit to Liverpool

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The green credentials of the newly built Museum of Liverpool have been praised by energy secretary Chris Huhne.

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Haulage contractor fined for waste offences

Environmental Agency Article

A North Devon haulier has been ordered to pay £13,000 in fines and costs for illegally depositing and storing waste at sites in and around Ilfracombe. The case was brought by the Environment Agency.

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http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/news/123329.aspx?

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Star-studded London bike ride aimed at cycling revolution

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Celebrities were among some 85,000 people who joined London mayor Boris Johnson in a mass bike ride through London's streets to promote cycling.

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Greenpeace CEO attacks Facebook over coal power

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Social networking site Facebook's decision to build a coal powered data centre has prompted environmentalists to launch a protest on the same site.

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Nick Clegg announces plan for 'new Green Deal'

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Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has announced plans a new Green Deal which he says is part of the coalition's 'quiet green revolution' to create jobs and protect the environment.

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ISO14001:2004

ISO 14001 was first published in 1996 and specifies the actual requirements for an environmental management system. It applies to those environmental aspects which the organization has control and over which it can be expected to have an influence.

ISO 14001 is often seen as the corner stone standard of the ISO 14000 series. However, it is not only the most well known, but is the only ISO 14000 standard against which it is currently possible to be certified by an external certification authority.

This standard is applicable to any organization that wishes to:

• implement, maintain and improve an environmental management system
• assure itself of its conformance with its own stated environmental policy (those policy commitments of course must be made)
• demonstrate conformance
• ensure compliance with environmental laws and regulations
• seek certification of its environmental management system by an external third party organization
• make a self-determination of conformance

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An animated journey through the Earth's climate history

800,000 Years of change

BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/sci_tech/2009/copenhagen/8386319.stm

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Bhopal survivors fight for justice

In Bhopal no-one uses the term "accident" to describe the calamity that took place here in the early hours of 3 December 1984.

For "accident" implies blamelessness. And in Bhopal the hunger for justice among those who suffered seems undiminished.

Those who survived remember the terrible randomness of it.

Eyewitnesses saw a dense cloud of poisonous gas settle on the slum areas that crowded the Union Carbide pesticide plant.

Read more from the BBC report at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8390156.stm

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Climate science, from Bali to Copenhagen

One of the main reasons why governments decided two years ago to draw up a new global agreement on climate change was a major report published just before that year's UN climate summit in Bali.

Its top-line conclusions produced a collective and decisive political move in favour of a global agreement bigger and bolder than anything seen before in the environmental field.

Read more from the BBC report at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8389706.stm


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Super Truck

A road haulage company based in Lincoln has been prevented from putting a 25m super-truck on the road in the UK.

The Department for Transport say they are banned here but the company says its specially designed truck circumvents the regulations.

Learn more from the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8387111.stm?ls

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The illness in Planet Earth

Planet Earth is unwell, argues James Lovelock in BBC's "The Green Room". Emissions of greenhouse gases and other environmental changes have, he says, brought humanity and the natural world to the edge of crisis.

Read more from this BBC article at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5153722.stm


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Solar panel costs 'set to fall'

The cost of installing and owning solar panels will fall even faster than expected according to new research.

Tests show that 90% of existing solar panels last for 30 years, instead of the predicted 20 years.

Read more from the BBC report: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8386460.stm

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Environmental news - melting ice

World's largest ice sheet melting faster than expected

East Antarctic sheet shedding 57bn tonnes of ice a year and contributing to sea level rises, according to Nasa aerial survey


The world's largest ice sheet has started to melt along its coastal fringes, raising fears that global sea levels will rise faster than scientists expected.

The East Antarctic ice sheet, which makes up three-quarters of the continent's 14,000 sq km, is losing around 57bn tonnes of ice a year into surrounding waters, according to a satellite survey of the region.

Read more on the Guardian article at http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/nov/22/east-antarctic-ice-sheet-nasa

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Act on CO2

Reduce your CO2 emissions


Many scientists agree that the level of CO2 in our atmosphere is getting dangerous, and that the consequent climate change effects are happening faster than anticipated. As more than 40% of the UK’s CO2 emissions result from the choices we make as individuals, we can take action on this global issue by reducing our own CO2 emissions.

Find out more from the Act on CO2 Govt website

http://actonco2.direct.gov.uk/actonco2/home/what-you-can-do/Reduce-your-CO2-emissions.html

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Britain's renewable energy targets are 'physically impossible', says study

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers' 'battle plan' for climate change includes geo-engineering and nuclear power

It will be physically impossible for the UK to meet its renewable energy targets in both the short and long term, according to a group of engineering experts.

In a new study, they called for the government to adopt a "war-time" mentality in their approach to dealing with climate change and consider experimental approaches such as artificial trees that soak up carbon dioxide to buy the time needed to build the required level of low-carbon infrastructure in the UK.


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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/nov/12/britain-renewable-energy-targets-impossible


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Saving the environment with GMTV?

Check out what GMTV have to offer to help you be "greener" at


http://www.gm.tv/lifestyle/home-and-garden/41316-going-green-saving-energy.html

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What's the environmental impact of mail delivery?

Is there any difference in using second and first class mail in terms of environmental impacts? Is first class mail transported by airplane and second class mail not?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2009/nov/05/environmental-impact-mail

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Final round for UN climate talks - BBC

The latest round of UN climate talks opens in Barcelona on Monday with major divisions remaining between countries.

The week's session is the final chance for negotiators to hammer out a text before December's Copenhagen summit. Read more from the BBC report

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8334985.stm

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Cyanide pollution incident

Untreated sewage and cyanide kill thousands of fish in river Trent.

A company that specialises in the disposal of hazardous waste was banned from discharging industrial effluent into the river Trent in Staffordshire today by environmental watchdogs investigating a leak of cynanide that led to the poisoning of thousands of fish.

Red Industries of Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, said it had voluntarily stopped discharge before the Environment Agency issued a suspension notice on its use of the sewer system.

The incident affected a 20-mile stretch of the Trent after the chemical entered a Severn Trent Water treatment plant at Strongford in the Potteries. The chemical killed bacteria that process sewage, meaning the waste was only partially treated before it entered the river. A clean-up operation is under way aimed at preventing further harm to fish or wildlife.

Read more on the Guardian article at

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/oct/08/cyanide-water-ban-trent-fish

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