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Environmental Management toolkit is designed to help smaller businesses to comply with environmental legislation
The new Environmental Management toolkit, developed in partnership with Dairy UK, the Environment Agency and other food trade organisations, is designed to help smaller businesses to comply with environmental legislation. Dairy UK Environment Manager Fergus McReynolds said: “We are pleased to have been involved with the development of the Environmental Management toolkit. The project should particularly help our small and medium sized members ... [more]
Renewable energy systems purchased now benefit from capital grants and incentive payments
There is currently a golden window of opportunity in which consumers purchasing renewable energy systems can benefit from both capital grants for the purchase of equipment, and additional incentive payments for every unit of heat or electricity produced. This ‘double-whammy’ will be short lived as the current grant system towards the purchase of systems will be phased out and replaced by a pay per unit system. From April 2010, the government s... [more]
Environment Agency targets illegal waste sites and arrests four men in a raid on an Essex industrial estate
Illegal vehicle scrap yards present a danger to the environment, as acids, oils and other vehicle fluids are left untreated, often draining into the ground or even watercourses. These illegal sites also undercut legitimate businesses who take measures to safeguard the environment. The Environment Agency has arrested four men in a raid on an Essex industrial estate. The raid was just one of 30 operations the Environment Agency is currently mou... [more]
Duty differential for Used Cooking Oil biodiesel will continue for two years from April 2010
According to Renewable Fuel Agency’s 2008/9 figures, the UK used 1,029 M litres of bio-diesel in UK transport, of which approximately 65 M Litres were produced from UK feedstock, and of which 34 M Litres were manufactured from UK Used Cooking Oil (UCO). The government initially announced plans in the 2008 Budget to remove a 20 pence per litre duty differential for all bio-diesel from 2010, arguing that the tax discount could not distinguish be... [more]
Climate change must be at the heart of planning policy
Last month a coalition of organisations, led by Friends of the Earth and the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA), called for changes to the planning system to help tackle climate change. Commenting on Government plans to relax planning rules to enable homeowners, developers and businesses to install their own small-scale green energy systems, Friends of the Earth's Executive Director Andy Atkins said: "Amending planning controls to ma... [more]
Other Environmental legislation news and reviews
Environmental forum scheduled for March 13 (The Michigan City News-Dispatch)
MICHIGAN CITY — Save the Dunes will host an environmental policy and legislation forum at noon Saturday, March 13, at its headquarters, 444 Barker Road. Indiana and federal environmental issues will be discussed.
At White House: 14 senators discuss climate-energy legislation (The Christian Science Monitor)
The White House hosted a meeting Tuesday with 14 key senators, many from coal- and oil-producing states, who oppose curbs on carbon emissions. Obama appears to be making a big push to win Senate passage of revamped climate-energy legislation.
Global warming doubts could hamper climate legislation (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
A recent poll suggests that high-profile controversies regarding climate science are weakening public confidence in the validity of global warming, And that could endanger congressional efforts to pass climate legislation.
Forum addresses legislation (Wyoming County Press Examiner)
BY ROBERT L. BAKER Wyoming County Press Examiner DIMOCK - Area residents got a primer on Marcellus gas drilling legislation last Friday night at the second of three League of Women Voter forums at Elk Lake High School. Julanne Skinner, Susquehanna County LWV president served as moderator and said her goal was to let people know where their legislators stood, but more importantly where ...
At White House: 14 senators discuss climate-energy legislation (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
The fate of President Obama's plan to shift America toward renewable energy and away from fossil fuels may depend on the outcome of a crucial White House meeting Tuesday with 14 key senators, many from coal- and oil-producing states, who have long opposed curbs on carbon emissions.
Global warming doubts could hamper climate legislation (The Christian Science Monitor)
With more people expressing doubts about global warming, passing climate legislation in Congress will be more difficult.
Authorities call for provinces and municipality to work together to keep water in Taihu Lake cleaner (Eastday.com)
BEIJING: Authorities in the Yangtze River Delta are calling for cross-region environmental legislation to achieve better water quality in Taihu Lake, China's third-largest freshwater lake, that has been plagued by pollution for years.
Environment minister speaker at Environmental Health Co-op meeting tonight (The Guardian)
Environment Minister Richard Brown will be the guest speaker at the P.E.I. Environmental Health Co-operative annual meeting tonight at 7 at Colonel Gray High School in Charlottetown.
Joint efforts against water pollution (People's Daily)
&$ &$Fish are released into Taihu Lake close to Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu province, to cultivate local fishery resources and purify the lake water. [Su Min / For China Daily] &$ &$ Authorities in the Yangtze River Delta are calling for cross-region environmental legislation to achieve better water quality in Taihu Lake, China's third-largest freshwater lake, that has been plagued by pollution ...
Legislation would help protect groundwater (Portage Daily Register)
Legislation proposed Monday would increase protections for Wisconsin's groundwater by providing more review of proposed large wells that could potentially draw down drinking water supplies and threaten connected surface waters such as streams, wetlands and lakes.
