United Kingdom Environment News articles

Recent articles from United Kingdom Environment News

Conservatives set out alternative policies on waste charging and green taxation.
July 1, 2008... The shadow Chancellor, George Osborne, has signalled that a future Conservative government would change the current approach to recycling. In a major speech to the Green Alliance on environmental incentives, Mr Osborne said that using fines and punitive taxation to force the public to recycle...

Confusion over fortnightly collections of residual waste.(UK NEWS)(Brief article)
July 1, 2008... The Resource Recovery Forum recently ran a special one day event examining alternate weekly waste collections (AWC). Delegates heard that much of the public opposition to fortnightly collections had failed to take account of additional collections of recyclable materials. The findings of an...

Power companies concerned over proposed new Directive on emissions.(UK NEWS)
July 1, 2008... The Association of Electricity Producers is urging the Government to resist the European Union's industrial emissions Directive. The Directive seeks to place additional limits on emissions of sulphur and nitrogen, but the AEP is concerned that this will undermine the future of the UK's...

Fresh opposition to eco towns.(UK NEWS)(Brief article)
July 1, 2008... The Government's proposed eco-towns are not sustainable according to architect Lord Rogers who headed the Blair Government's Urban Task Force. He is urging ministers to opt instead for the regeneration of inner cities and town centres, with higher densities around public transport networks...

PM indicates need for new nuclear plants.(UK NEWS)
July 1, 2008... Prime Minister, Gordon Brown is reported to believe that the UK needs at least eight new nuclear plants if the UK is to reduce its oil dependency on the Middle East. He has called for a "renaissance" of nuclear power. It is thought likely that most will be built on the sites of existing...