NASA: Arctic ice still melting fast
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Research by NASA has found that Arctic ice is still melting in spite of a cold winter. NASA scientists found that despite increasing levels of new sea ice, older sea ice is still in decline. Perennial sea ice - the ice that lasts all year - once covered up to 60% of the Arctic. This figure is now under 30%, and falling. At the height of summer, when the most ...
2.6 billion people have no access to clean water
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The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) backed the sanitation theme of World Water Day on March 22. CIWEM used the day to highlight the fact that billions of people across the world are unable to access adequate sanitation. 2.6 billion people in the world have no reliable access to clean water. CIWEM has also put out warnings that the UN is set to fail in the United Nations ...
Sugar can be turned into plastic.
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The pulp from sugar beet which is a fiber-rich byproduct of sucrose extraction procedures is used each year as a cheap and available livestock feed. Researchers at the ARS National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR) in Peoria, Il USA. LinShu Liu and Victoria Finkenstadt are working on a new use for beets, by converting it to a specialist filler material for polylactic-acid-based plastics. PLA (Polylactic acid ) is ...
Global warming warning from Aggreko
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A warning has come from Aggreko, the world’s leading temporary power supplier, which claims that global warming has been accelerated to a far greater extent than first believed. The study from Aggreko attributes this to the growth of developing economies in Africa, Asia and South America. The report was commissioned by Aggreko from Oxford Economics, the commercial part of Oxford University’s business college. Rupert Soames, chief executive ...
Brazilian Dry carwash
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Most car washes in Brazil operate outside of the law flaunting regulations, and using of valuable, clean water supplies. A new company is using a local Brazilian wax, that will clean cars spotless, without the use of any water at all. This new system is expected to save millions of gallons of fresh water. Every year, Brazil alone. Impressive national sales are encouraging The company into overseas expansion. ‘DryWash’ ...
Air quality in Beijing dangerous for Olympic athletes
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The International Olympics Committee (IOC) has finally admitted that Beijing's poor air quality could prove detrimental to the health of the athletes competing in the Beijing Olympics this summer. An analysis of the level of pollution in the city found that whilst most competing athletes will not be affected by the city's poor air quality, those partaking in endurance events - which includes marathon running, long distance cycling, marathon swimming, road ...
Scientists concerned about a potential fresh water disaster.
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The ever-growing need for clean water is stretching not only developing countries, but also the rich industrialised nations of the world. Scientists around the planet are searching out new technologies and unusual ideas to find solutions to the potential disaster. Respected scientific journal Nature has published a review paper from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Mark Shannon in which he states, "As dire as the growing problems are with a lack of ...
German Reichstag continuing the green trend
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The German Reichstag has made a decision to rely solely on renewable energy from late summer. This will make the parliament building the greenest in the world. The building will undergo a huge refurbishment that will swap the conventional power that it has mostly relied on to environmentally friendly power sources including water, wind and solar energy. The Reichstag has already won appreciation as a result of refurbishment done in the ...
New guidance for brownfield developers
by David MastersGuidance for companies wishing to clean up contaminated brownfield sites has been published this week by English Partnerships. The government agency for national regeneration has published tips for companies wishing to calculate Contamination and Dereliction Remediation Costs. In the budget announced last week, companies who are regenerating brownfield sites will receive extra tax relief. This is good news for developers, who often find themselves facing hidden costs when regeneration sites that ...
Northern Irish primary school goes solar
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A Northern Irish school is set to save £800 a year after installing solar panels on its roof. The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development provided the funds for solar photovoltaic panels to be installed on the south-facing root of Cooley Primary School in Sixmilecross. The panels will produce an estimated 8,000 units of electricity every year, saving the school hundreds of pounds in energy bills. The scheme is being supported ...
Have a very eco-Easter
by David MastersEaster, with its chocolate egg delights, increases not only the waste-line, but also the waste in landfill. In the UK alone around 10,000 tonnes of extra packaging are thrown away over the Easter period, a weight of rubbish equivalent to 1,500 double-decker buses. Garden Organic, a charity based in Warwickshire, is encouraging people to put Easter egg boxes on the compost heap instead of throwing them away. A spokesperson for the charity said: ...
Ireland’s green meadows could “fade to brown”
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A report by the Irish American Climate Project warns that climate change is likely to significantly affect Ireland's environment and landscape. The report says that Ireland's "rich green scenery" could "fade to brown" if climate change isn't halted. Average temperatures in Ireland have risen much faster than the global average over the past 20 years. Meanwhile, rainfall in Donegal has risen by 30% in the last 100 years. One of ...
Update on last September’s Arctic ice scare.
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Last September, NASA created a world wide shock with its announcement that the Arctic summer ice had reached an all-time low. Six months later NASA has updated its announcement at a time when the Arctic ice is usually at its maximum. The worry is will be Arctic ice be able to recover from 2007’s record lows. Provisional data from NASA indicates that the answer will almost certainly be ‘no it ...
Paper predicts what will happen as nature changes
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Thirty-five environmental scientists, drafted from colleges, charities and the government, have acknowledged new threats that could challenge the quality of UK nature over the next 45 years. As technologies advance, things ranging from robots that mimic the natural processes, artificial life forms and people who spend all day in front of the computer and therefore hardly ever experience outdoor life could all affect UK biodiversity and alter social habits. A ...
Whitehall to join emissions trading scheme
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A new emissions trading scheme in the UK will see large businesses, including hotels and supermarkets, exchanging carbon emissions. All of the government's central departments at Whitehall are to take part in the scheme. The Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) is a mandatory scheme, and will come into effect from 2010. It is hoped that the scheme will reduce carbon emissions by 4 million tonnes every year before 2020. Under ...
Europeans want EU to set environment laws
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A new survey has found that the majority of Europe's citizens want environmental laws to be set in Brussels rather than being left for member states to decide. The survey was undertaken by Eurobarometer, the EU's own pollster group It found that more than two thirds of those polled believed that environmental laws would be more effective if they were set by the EU rather than by national governments. The survey ...
Kinahan calls for heavy fine on river polluters
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Antrim Local Councillor Danny Kinahan is requesting that heavy fines be imposed upon those responsible for a major spillage that destroyed fish stocks in both the Six Mile Water and Ballymartin rivers. A survey of the spillage has suggested that the rivers and local wildlife may never fully recover, with fish stocks likely to remain permanently lower than before the spillage. The rivers are popular with anglers from the area. Kinahan ...
Oil spill devastates Korea’s coastline
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Korea's government has reported that a December oil slick off the west coast of the country has left marine wildlife devastated. The report, published by the Environment Ministry, says that the 12,000 tons of crude oil that engulfed the coast has left more than half of marine plants dead. This has created fears that the whole food chain will be damaged, especially fish and birds. The level of seaweeds such as ...
Green campaigners: EPA is a White House puppet
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Air pollution laws in the US have been tightened, but green campaigners are still unhappy. Last week the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that new standards for ground-level ozone, the main component of smog, restrict the gas to 0.075 parts per million (ppm). However, environmental groups have accused the US government of pushing the EPA into making the standard less strict than they would have liked. EPA's scientests recommended that ...
BMW may go electric
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The world’s largest and most successful premium car manufacturer BMW, are considering launching an all electric vehicle, in its greenhouse gas emissions reduction strategy. BMW are considering the move in an effort to stave off increasing restrictions on urban traffic within the world's major cities. The company will decide in a few months if will launch a battery-powered vehicle that will produce zero emissions. The concept has apparently already been proven ...