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The UK will meet its 2010 Landfill Directive target, the Government announced today.
A campaign to get landlords to display energy certificates prominently in non-domestic buildings is stepping up its efforts to get the Government to make it a legal requirement – as it already is in the white goods market.
Greenpeace has threatened legal action against the UK Government over its decision to continue to grant licences for deepwater offshore drilling before the causes of BP’s spill in the Gulf of Mexico have been determined.
Businesses that have not yet registered for the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC) will not be fined if they get in touch with the scheme’s enforcer before the September 30 deadline.
The Government is to review Oftwat to ensure the water regulator is fit for purpose as the industry and consumers face the growing threat of water scarcity.
The European Union's top climate official proposed on Wednesday new limits on the use of carbon offsets from industrial gas projects, under fire by green groups, in the EU's emissions trading scheme after 2012.
Transocean, owner of the Deepwater Horizon, said Monday it had addressed 90 per cent of recommendations made in a BP audit about systems and equipment in need of upgrade or enhancement on the rig a month before it exploded and sunk in the Gulf of Mexico.
The majority of people in the US believe oil companies should be more regulated in the wake of BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a Harris poll carried out for the Financial Times.
A second case of meat from the offspring of a cloned cow entering the UK's food chain has emerged.
Reports that milk from a cloned cow's offspring is on sale in the UK are being investigated.
Fewer than 10 per cent of companies eligible for the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC) have so far registered for the project, according to latest official figures.
The White House stepped up its legal battle on Wednesday over a key part of its response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill after a U.S. judge blocked its six-month ban on offshore drilling.
US lawmakers accused BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward of evasion and ducking responsibility for the worst oil spill in U.S. history when he appeared before them on Thursday to answer charges his company cut corners on its blown-out Gulf of Mexico well.
US lawmakers blasted major oil companies on Tuesday for "virtually worthless" and "cookie cutter" plans to handle a deepwater oil disaster and one top oil industry executive admitted the industry was not well equipped to handle big offshore spills.
The UK Government is to increase the number of inspections of North Sea drilling rigs and has launched a new industry group to look at the UK’s ability to prevent and respond to oil spills, following the Gulf of Mexico disaster.