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More than £60,000 has been spent draining and repairing police vehicles in the past five years after the wrong type of fuel was put in their tanks according to figures obtained through a freedom of information request to all eight … Continue reading →

Website campaign called for donations to support direct action protests against power station chimneys.   Greenpeace asked web users to send an £80 gift to fund Greenpeace activists ‘redecorating’ power station chimneys The advertising watchdog has given Greenpeace a dressing … Continue reading →

The return of a bumblebee species extinct in the UK for nearly a quarter of a century has moved a big step forward. CRS’s Head of Environment, Richard Ball commented ‘ we often hear of species being lost in rainforests, … Continue reading →

EU Commission publishes guidelines for review of GHG inventories; necessary step towards setting national GHG emission limits for 2013-20 for sectors such as Transport buildings and waste. The European Commission has published guidelines for a technical review of EU Member … Continue reading →

London: London has pledged to host the greenest Olympic Games ever staged, but it could take years before the promises start to flower. The pledge was made seven years ago by then-prime minister Tony Blair when London won the right … Continue reading →

Climate change will affect the spread and risk of many infectious diseases in Europe, according to a recent survey of leading health experts. The results suggest that more needs to be done to prepare for the expected changes in infectious … Continue reading →

Seven Formula One personnel were taken to hospital, and 31 were tended to by circuit doctors, after a fire gutted the Williams garage while the team were celebrating winning Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix. The former champions had earlier gathered outside … Continue reading →

Two construction firms have been sentenced after a crane collapsed onto a city centre apartment block in Liverpool, resulting in the crane driver being paralysed from the waist down.  The 79-metre-high tower crane was being used as part of a … Continue reading →

New proposals to modernise the process of recording rights of way, developed in consultation with groups such as the Ramblers and Country Land and Business Association, have been unveiled by Environment Minister Richard Benyon today. Plans are expected to cut the time … Continue reading →

The original poster child of all that is bad about globalisation, Nike’s new sustainability report focuses the company’s ambitions on collaboration and innovation. Nike has taken major steps to ensure supply chain compliance. Nike is not a shy company. When … Continue reading →