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 …
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 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' …
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 …
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 …
Clear and well written, Julie Hill's opus sheds light on the issues of waste and consumption but provides solutions that are too simplistic to be of real use, argues Ruth Styles
… the tale of her visit to the Bedfordshire landfill site run by Shanks and McEwan. But …
Perplexed by today's sharp cuts in solar power and other attacks on renewable energy in the UK? Don't be, writes Oliver Tickell. Really, it all makes perfect sense. You just have to understand their real purpose: to keep your energy bills high, along with power company profits. And never mind the 'green crap'!
… includes solar and other technologies such as landfill gas, not just wind. "The subsidy cost …
A Parliamentary report reveals that £200 million has been wasted on failed 'public-private' PFI projects for waste management, writes David Hall. The obvious solution: to allow local authorities to build and operate their own, which is cheaper and more flexible. The only problem: under UK government rules, it's PFI or nothing.
… for reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill." In Sweden, Germany and Denmark, …
After a succession of the hottest years and months ever recorded, climate is a hot topic, writes Liz Hutchins. But BBC1's 'Big Questions' climate change debate last Sunday completely missed the point. Instead of debating the only real question - how should we respond? - the BBC ran yet another repeat of the so-over 'believers versus deniers' ding-dong. Why do they still not get it?
… a toxic slurry in the oceans and bloating landfill sites? If we only used the …
As the UK Government's green policies come under sustained attack from Tory and UKIP right-wingers, Lib-Dem Leader Nick Clegg nails his green colours to the mast.
… We're reducing the amount of waste we send to landfill and we're investing in cleaning up …
The Conservative attack on the environment is being carried out for good reasons, writes Chris Rose: because they can; because it delights their support base; because it heads off UKIP; and because they think it carries no political risk. Now it's up the UK's green movement to prove them wrong. But have our 'herbivorous' NGOs got the stomach for a fight?
… funding for agri-environment schemes, the Landfill Tax , Lottery Funding , policies set …