News and PR


National search for England’s ‘Climate Change Champions’ launched - 20/09/2007

—20th September 2007—
Search on for young climate change 'missionaries'.



Court case points to bigger fines for environmental offences. - 19/09/2007

—19th September 2007—
Packaging offences ruling signals clampdown on environmental infringements.



'Snails pace' planning system producing millions of additional tonnes of carbon - Minister. - 18/09/2007

—18th September 2007—
Big cuts in CO2 dependent upon radical reform of planning system - UK Minister.



Cash incentives for councils who speed up brown-field house construction. - 17/09/2007

—17th September 2007—
£500m cash sweetner for house-building councils.



CfIT recommends a mix of cost-effective measures to reduce transport's impact on the environment. - 14/09/2007

—14th September 2007—
'Practical measures needed to reduce transport's impact on the environment' - report.



Tories change green tax plans - 13/09/2007

—13th September 2007—
Domestic flights and airports to bear the brunt of Tory sanctions.



Govt. supports the development of dynamic electricity control technology - 12/09/2007

—12th September 2007—
Government publishes environmental 'dynamic demand control' report.



Africans fighting back against Environmentalist protectionism - 10/09/2007

—10th September 2007—
African farmers 'under threat from the British environmental lobby'.



EC looking to simplify the WEEE and RoHS Directives - 06/09/2007
—6th September 2007—
European Commission wants to simplify WEEE and RoHS Directives



Researchers say UK’s addiction to cheap flights looks hard to break - 04/09/2007

—4th September 2007—
Briton's "addicted" to cheap flights, say researchers.