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Government announces proposed changes to draft Climate Change Bill

Government announces proposed changes to draft Climate Change Bill - 30 Oct 2007

Details of what the government has called "a strengthened, more effective and more transparent Bill to help tackle climate change" have been set out by environment secretary, Hilary Benn

Landfill Directive amendment means that businesses in England and Wales have to pre-treat all waste before sending it to landfill

Landfill Directive amendment means that businesses in England and Wales have to pre-treat all waste before sending it to landfill - 30 Oct 2007
1.6 million SMEs are said not to be recycling non-hazardous waste and liquid waste

Packaging industry reacts to report that says 40% of a UK shopping basket cannot be recycled

Packaging industry reacts to report that says 40% of a UK shopping basket cannot be recycled - 23 Oct 2007
A survey from the Local Government Association reveals that only 40% of M&S food packaging is recyclable

Vinyl 2010 to launch sustainable development essay competition

Vinyl 2010 to launch sustainable development essay competition - 23 Oct 2007
PVC industry offers aspiring journalists cash prize

Increase in environmental salaries 'outpaces the rest of UK economy' says survey

Increase in environmental salaries 'outpaces the rest of UK economy' says survey - 09 Oct 2007
Industry body claims businesses are taking the role of the environmental practitioner 'ever more seriously'

Advertising Standards Authority fires shot across bow of advertisers who make sweeping 'green' claims

Advertising Standards Authority fires shot across bow of advertisers who make sweeping 'green' claims - 09 Oct 2007
Industry watchdog tells companies to get their 'facts right'

UN hosts climate change summit in New York

UN hosts climate change summit in New York - 24 Sep 2007
World leaders prepared the ground for successor of Kyoto Protocol

NE England to host plastic electronics technology centre

NE England to host plastic electronics technology centre - 20 Sep 2007
Facility to offer industry resources to develop emerging technologies in plastic electronics

Sustainable Development Commission says Ofgem's focus should be on reducing greenhouse gases

Sustainable Development Commission says Ofgem's focus should be on reducing greenhouse gases - 20 Sep 2007

Should Ofgem be making a low-cost system as sustainable as possible, or should it be making a sustainable energy system at the lowest possible cost? Asks government advisory body.

Green groups pull out of government's nuclear consultation

Green groups pull out of government's nuclear consultation - 07 Sep 2007

The government's public consultation on nuclear power has been accused of being a sham.