Nearly a year ago at the height of the UK floods, tragedy struck an ordinary family in Surrey as toxic gas from a nearby landfill site killed a 7-year old boy, Zane. Now the authorities appear determined to exculpate the source of the poison - an old landfill site - even as they prepare for a massive increase in hazardous waste from fracking.
… Toxic landfills, fracking and the lethal threat of … Health Fracking Corporations Politics UK landfill-cut.jpg Nearly a year ago at the … family in Surrey as toxic gas from a nearby landfill site killed a 7-year old boy, Zane. …
As Cameron 'cuts the green crap' Paul Mobbs remembers how the decisions of a Conservative government 20 years ago to go easy on the owners of contaminated land and old waste dumps have led to present day blight, ill-health and death. Now brow-beaten regulators and politicians in hock to party funders are doing it all over again.
… Death by landfill - cutting 'green tape' … to the chemical plants of Teeside, to the landfills of South Wales. The point at which I … for the area, denied that the site had been landfilled. If you go to the Environment …
The apparent conspiracy by the UK government and its agencies to conceal the real cause of death of 7-year old Zane Gbangbola may go right up to Prime Minister David Cameron, writes Paul Mobbs. He was chair of the COBRA emergency committee at the time when it appears to have held back the truth that he was killed by cyanide from the toxic landfill site his home was built over.
… Zane: did Cameron order cover-up on landfill cyanide death of 7-year old? Paul … Pollution Cities Politics Law UK selly-oak-landfill-cut.jpg The apparent conspiracy by … that he was killed by cyanide from the toxic landfill site his home was built over. Almost …
The shocking death of Zane Gbangbola, killed by toxic gas from a 'forgotten' landfill under his home, exposes the UK's dangerous legacy of contaminated land, writes Paul Mobbs. Without action, these polluted sites will damage health and even kill for centuries to come. But governments, local authorities, landowners and developers are united in a shameful policy of silence and denial.
… killed by toxic gas from a 'forgotten' landfill under his home, exposes the UK's … hopefully from that some recommendations on landfill. We will fight to get Zane a … a large area of gravel workings and 'wet tip' landfill. As the gravel was extracted, waste …
In an open letter to the Ecologist, Douglas Gowan has detailed a two-year smear campaign waged against him in the Seventies by Monsanto, details of which were known to the Agency and were only revealed when Gowan submitted a Freedom of Information request. Who was it protecting?
… at Brofiscin. There are also some 14 other UK landfill or manufacturing sites that were … Monsanto or their primary waste hauler and landfill operator, Purle Brothers. By 1973 … between the original dumping and the current landfill discharges to a receptor, and thus …
In an open letter to the Ecologist, Douglas Gowan has detailed a two-year smear campaign waged against him in the Seventies by Monsanto, details of which were known to the Agency and were only revealed when Gowan submitted a Freedom of Information request. Who was it protecting?
… at Brofiscin. There are also some 14 other UK landfill or manufacturing sites that were … Monsanto or their primary waste hauler and landfill operator, Purle Brothers. By 1973 … between the original dumping and the current landfill discharges to a receptor, and thus …
The European Commission has confirmed that it will drop its 'circular economy' package, writes James Crisp, in the face of protest by MEPs and environment ministers. The EC's insistence that a future version would be 'improved' - but in in unspecified ways - only raised suspicions of a deregulatory coup by Europe's dirtiest businesses.
… levels and tighten rules on incineration and landfill. It consists of six bills on waste, packaging, landfill, end of life vehicles, batteries and … infrastructure and facilities to discourage landfill. Legislation could encourage the use …
The Environment Agency (EA) is within weeks of letting Monsanto escape its liability for dumping thousands of tonnes of cancer-causing chemicals – including all the ingredients of the DDT defoliant Agent Orange – in two quarries in Wales.
… Thomas | 22nd March 2007 News Monsanto Health Landfill DDT Agent Orange Agribusiness Farming … Campaigns Monsanto Risk Industrial Pesticides Landfills Agribusiness Cancer Health Politics … were being hauled daily to a nearby limestone landfill site operated by Purle Brothers. The …
The cash-strapped Cumbrian Museum is rebranded to tell 'The Sellafield Story'. The UK's favourite scientist Brian Cox and Government Minister Baroness Verma provide razzmatazz along with the Happy Robot. Lollypops anyone?
… is routinely dumping radioactive rubble in landfill, not just any old landfill but ironically the one right next … one bag of intermediate level waste into the landfill instead of newly classified 'exempt' …
Just over one week ago, the Ecologist posted a story on its website detailing the Environment Agency's failure to sue Monsanto for dumping tonnes of highly toxic chemicals in a Welsh landfill site.
… Monsanto Risk UK Industrial Pesticides Landfills Fresh Water Health Politics And … tonnes of highly toxic chemicals in a Welsh landfill site. …
What does Douglas Gowan know that everyone else wants to keep hidden? For 40 years the story of Brofiscin Quarry – now the most polluted place in the UK – has been suppressed...
… in 1967, two years after it had become a landfill site primarily taking chemical wastes … quarries at Brofiscin and Maendy had become landfill sites in 1965 and 1966 respectively. … permission to continue using Brofiscin as a landfill site. It is understood by Gowan that …
What does Douglas Gowan know that everyone else wants to keep hidden? For 40 years the story of Brofiscin Quarry – now the most polluted place in the UK – has been suppressed...
… in 1967, two years after it had become a landfill site primarily taking chemical wastes … quarries at Brofiscin and Maendy had become landfill sites in 1965 and 1966 respectively. … permission to continue using Brofiscin as a landfill site. It is understood by Gowan that …
Following last month's Ecologist story, Burying the truth, the Douglas Gowan story continues.
… PCB wastes also took place in at least 10 landfill sites across Wales and England. … was internally advising its management that landfill was an unacceptable way of disposing … or mainland Europe. Secondly, it confuses the landfill sites Gowan was investigating, making …
Following last month's exclusive Ecologist investigation, Burying the truth, the Douglas Gowan story continues...
… PCB wastes also took place in at least 10 landfill sites across Wales and England. … was internally advising its management that landfill was an unacceptable way of disposing … or mainland Europe. Secondly, it confuses the landfill sites Gowan was investigating, making …
In its haste to get fracking, the UK Government is neglecting safe, clean alternatives that could be providing low-carbon gas and heat energy, writes Keith Barnham. The technologies are already well established in other European countries and are picking up fast here too - so why the insistence that only fossil fuels can deliver the UK's energy needs?
… anaerobic digestion (AD) and from sewage and landfill waste. One reason for the far lower … the waste left to rot in on the farm or in landfill. In contrast to fracking, AD plants … point out that biogas from sewage and landfill waste generates cheaper electricity …
Environment Agency finds Monsanto, BP and Veolia liable for clean up after thousands of tonnes of cancer-causing chemicals - including PCBs, dioxins and Agent Orange derivatives - dumped in Welsh quarry
… 2011 News Monsanto Toxic Waste And Recycling Landfill PCBs Dioxins Brofiscin Bp …
Environment Agency finds Monsanto, BP and Veolia liable for clean up after thousands of tonnes of cancer-causing chemicals - including PCBs, dioxins and Agent Orange derivatives - dumped in Welsh quarry
… 2011 News Monsanto Toxic Waste And Recycling Landfill PCBs Dioxins Brofiscin Bp …
Another budget, another missed opportunity: the VAT system charges the full 20% on home upgrades, but 'zero-rates' developers who demolish and rebuild, writes Duncan Baker-Brown. Instead we should target VAT to reward those who meet 'green' criteria for energy efficiency and sustainability. Chancellors in waiting, listen up!
… perfectly good houses and sending them off to landfill, all in the name of sustainable …
An anti-environment plot by Junckers' Commission would abandon agreed 'green' laws for clean air, waste reduction and recycling. But the leak of key documents to EurActiv has stimulated fierce opposition by Green MEPs and environment groups, while eleven EU countries have called on Junckers to hold to the green laws and speed up their implementation.
… metal and plastic by 2030; and a ban on landfilling of all recyclable and … are not legally enforceable: a phase out of landfilling of all recoverable waste by 2030; …
Britain's 20th century architecture is in danger of obliteration, writes Sebastian Messer, with a 'new brutalism' that holds that socially deprived council estates are fit only for demolition. But these buildings are an important part of our cultural heritage, and more than that, they provide affordable housing to millions of people.
… to cart off millions of tonnes of concrete to landfill. It is also more sustainable, due to … to cart off millions of tonnes of concrete to landfill. It is also more sustainable, …
The UK will soon complete a record year for solar installations, almost doubling the nation's solar capacity. But drastic and overtly discriminatory changes to support for renewables may see solar installations collapse to 1% of current levels.
… - a category that includes onshore wind, landfill gas, hydro and solar - to compete …
The answer to the ongoing Brofiscin saga lies not in the South Wales Quarry but in Doncaster. Jon Hughes explains the complex legal judgement that has paralysed the Environment Agency and undermined its raison d’etre; to make the polluter pay
… legacy liabilities and contaminated landfill sites in the UK. Bawtry is a small …
The answer to the ongoing Brofiscin saga lies not in the South Wales Quarry but in Doncaster. Jon Hughes explains the complex legal judgement that has paralysed the Environment Agency and undermined its raison d’etre; to make the polluter pay
… legacy liabilities and contaminated landfill sites in the UK. Bawtry is a small …