Last night British nuclear assets went on sale to the private sector to help the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority raise cash to help pay for its £72bn nuclear waste clean up bill.
… British nuclear waste goes on sale 7th March … Economics News web pic 2_92.jpg Last night British nuclear assets went on sale to the … least a 29.9% stake in the nuclear generator, British Energy. He also made clear the …
The British Beekeepers' Association (BBKA) will this week call for for a five-year £8m research programme to save the insect from colony collapse disorder (CCD).
… Campaign to save British Bees launched 12th February 2008 News … Natural World News web pic 2_118.jpg The British Beekeepers' Association (BBKA) will … more information on CCD and the threat facing British Bees read 'Give Bees a chance' by Pat …
Ed Hamer questions the sanity of agricultural policies that increasingly threaten the sovereignty of the British farmer, as well as the food security of the nation
… increasingly threaten the sovereignty of the British farmer, as well as the food security … 1939 it was estimated that 800,000 ha of British countryside was voluntarily placed … bizarre now, that less than a generation ago British farmers would have had the freedom, …
Parliament has recommended it, Sainsbury’s has tried it and Tesco is doing it, but what is the future for sustainable transport along the UK’s inland waterways?
… support for this type of transportation. British Waterways, which oversees a 2,000-mile … Goods that are recommended explicitly by British Waterways fall into three categories: … and construction materials) and waste. British Waterways is not only responsible for …
Food scares like Sudan 1 are finally encouraging Britons to take a more Gallic interest in what they eat
… and takeaways. It’s like BSE all over again. British consumers have recognised for some … Only a decade ago, the current level of British media interest in food provenance … succession of scares, many people are put off British food anyway. The other day, I found …
Fruit and veg box schemes used to be the preserve of ‘deep-greens’. Now everyone’s in on the act, however, is green shopping becoming greenwashing, asks Matilda Lee
… their business around good-quality, mainly British, seasonal produce, many – particularly … we offer is a way to eat primarily organic British produce – we wouldn’t market what we … organic UK produce are helping to save small British farms, and have a consistently better …
The great GM debate is a complex one. Professor Guy Cook examines the ways in which the issue is often tackled - verbally that is.
… pronoun by which he apparently meant the British people) ‘being overrun by protesters … those who disagreed with him were somehow not British (‘them’ not ‘us’), and emphasising his … in addition, new faces on the scene: a new British Prime Minister (less given to, or …
The UK’s organic brewers are calling time on beer corporations, as Rachel Clode discovers
… into alcohol. A 2002 report published by the British Beer and Pubs Association and Brewing … brewers across the UK at the forefront of the British beer revolution. The Chancellor of the … Association www.soilassociation.org • The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) …
The UK’s organic brewers are calling time on beer corporations, as Rachel Clode discovers
… into alcohol. A 2002 report published by the British Beer and Pubs Association and Brewing … brewers across the UK at the forefront of the British beer revolution. The Chancellor of the … Association www.soilassociation.org • The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) …
Dr Adrian Wrigley lays out his ideas for a radical Carbon Tax and explains how replacing the Council Tax with a Land Value Tax could solve the current housing crisis...
… environmental outrages such shelling British prawns in Thailand for sale back in … from tax and enable cuts in highly taxed British jobs. The poverty trap this creates …
Our rampant consumption of paper is leading to a meltdown of the world's forests. Mandy Haggith wants us to use less
… much we get through every year. The average British person uses 250kg of paper annually. … There is nothing like pristine forests. Being British, we don’t know what it is like. I live …
Green energy is coming under pressure to clean up its act after severe criticism of the Government’s attempts to change the rules on how renewable energy is calculated and further condemnation of the ‘splash and dash’ trading scam in biofuels.
… it. The EU has been asked to take action as British, German and Spanish producers are in … high. Renewables loophole Meanwhile the British government has suggested that UK …
The world at last seems to be waking up to climate change. But are government initiatives being driven by an awareness of environmental priorities or by other means? Phil Moore reports
… us the chance to create thousands of new British businesses, hundreds of thousands of new British jobs and a vast new export market in …
As an excuse to do nothing itself, this Labour Government has often hidden behind US intransigence on climate change, so it’ll be interesting to see how Gordon Brown might respond to a US President more progressive than he on global warming.
… Dr James Hansen said recently, ‘If the (British) Government cannot understand the … the environment becoming more mainstream in British electoral politics very clearly with …
Can organic farming feed the world? Ed Hamer and Mark Anslow say yes, but we must farm and eat differently
… we hope to feed ourselves organically in the British Isles and Northern Europe? An analysis … 10. Job creation There is no doubt British farming is currently in crisis. With … 21 Whitehead, R. (1999) UK Pesticide Guide, British Crop Protection Council, CABI …
Can organic farming feed the world? Ed Hamer and Mark Anslow say yes, but we must eat and farm differently
… we hope to feed ourselves organically in the British Isles and Northern Europe? An analysis … laboratory. 10 Job creation There is no doubt British farming is currently in crisis. With …
Do the peaks and troughs of the financial markets really hold the key to solving our environmental troubles? Faisal Islam investigates
… transport projects. As a general rule, the British Treasury is rather sniffy about … game of fantasy ecologist. A fleet of British TGVs could consign the carbon-spewing … of the £9 billion of windfalls being made by British utilities in Phase 2, between now and …
Mercury is the second most toxic metal in the world, and yet it's still being used to make fillings. Nick Kettles wonders if the dental establishment is away with the tooth fairies.
… suddenly vague. It’s left to the unfortunate British Dental Authority (BDA) to spin the DoH … other medical devices and drugs. Even the British Dental Health Foundation, the leading … dentist in your area, contact the British Society for Mercury-Free Dentistry at …
With summer coming earlier and lasting longer each year, we can comfortably predict the annual summer headlines ‘A Water Meter for Every Home’ covering many a front page whenever no fresh photographs of Posh and Becks are to be had.
… their own have not been effective. The great British public has found sneaky ways to break …
Well, now we have it; nuclear power is once again going to save the day. In the past it helped save us from coal, now it is going to save us, if the rest of the world follows our example, from global warming.
… people in its construction, from some 3000 British companies. Phew, problem over. We can …
The Brazilian Space Agency and Britain’s Rutherford Appleton Laboratory are planning to boldly go into new realms of space-based rainforest protection.
… with three cameras, two Brazilian and one British, the latter accurate to within just …
Buy Nothing Day is an annual event to protest our consumerist culture. Consumers are encouraged across the world to stay out of malls and put their wallets back in their pockets for just one day. Started back in 1992 in Vancouver, Canada by Ted Dave, it was popularized by the Adbusters media foundation and it has spread to become an international day of action.
… year high. According to the Confederation of British Industry, Britain will suffer its …
What do government and industry do when something is toxic but massively profitable? Most of the time, says Devra Davis, they just invest in better class of PR…
… By March 1957, research was underway at the British American Tobacco Company (BAT), in … health. Richard Doll, the man behind early British research on the dangers of tobacco, …