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DEFRA Publishes Science Note on Climate Change and Seeks members for Scientific Advisory Committee
New Defra science note on climate change Defra has produced a science note on climate change, the second in a series of science notes intended to give a snapshot of the science and technology projects that Defra funds.
Scotland's National Waste Strategy
Scotland currently produces around 12 million tonnes of waste each year (about 2.5 million tonnes is household waste). In 2003/2004, 85% of municipal waste was disposed of to landfill, 12.3% was recycled and the remainde...
Pension fund to begin tracking its own greenhouse gases
The California State Teachers' Retirement System plans to start measuring how many greenhouse gases it produces from its Sacramento headquarters and two-car fleet.
Gas–driven vehicles planned for environment–friendly 2008 Olympics
About 150 trucks powered by natural gas are planned to run the expressway between the eastern coastal city of Qingdao and the Chinese capital of Beijing by 2008, as part of the government's package to run a environment-f...
Miners vow to safeguard environment
Three small-scale mining operators in the town of Itogon said Friday they are committed to put up appropriate safety nets to ensure that their operations will not affect the environment and health of their neighbors.
Rumsfeld: Military Trumps Environment
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld warned Monday that procedures designed to protect the environment can sometimes jeopardize U.S. troops and should be balanced against military needs.
Kenyan rangers arrest three with 22 tusks
Rangers have arrested three Kenyan men and seized 22 elephant tusks weighing 287 pounds that they tried to sell, a spokesman for the Kenya Wildlife Service said Monday.
Katrina - another global warning for Bush
Kerry Emanuel writes in Nature 4 (August 2005): "Increasing destructiveness of tropical cyclones over the past 30 years", by .Hurricane Katrina should be a wake up call for President Bush on the need for urgent US action...
Unnatural Disaster: The Lessons of Katrina
The overwhelming human and financial impacts of Hurricane Katrina are powerful evidence that political and economic decisions made in the United States and other countries have failed to account for our dependence on a h...
Munich, the Capital of Bavaria awarded as "Federal Capital City of Energy Conservation"
The City of Munich came off as overall winner of the contest "City of Energy Conservation 2005" organised by the DUH (Deutsche Umwelthilfe) under the patronage of the Federal Ministry of the Environment in January 2005.