Environmental legislation news articles 
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]
BEAMA supports government in its drive to improve energy efficiency and reduce energy consumption
As guest speaker at BEAMA's Climate Change White Paper Update Briefing at London's Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Mark Prisk MP, Shadow Minister for the Department of Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) has supported BEAMA's call for 'a real partnership' and closer dialogue between industry and government. He said these were key factors in developing the essential skills required to achieve UK business goals, and which BEAMA ... [more]
Other Environmental legislation news and reviews
The environmental movement in retreat
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | The collapsing crusade for legislation to combat climate change raises a question: Has ever a political movement made so little of so many advantages?
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Environmental movement forgets its roots
The collapsing crusade for legislation to combat climate change raises a question: Has ever a political movement made so little of so many advantages?
Russia’s ecological big-leaguers join forces to withstand state’s mounting pressure on environmental NGOs at Bellona’s ...
ST. PETERSBRUG – More than a dozen representatives of major Russian ecological organisations were brought together by Bellona for the first time to share their difficult experiences and talk out ways of surviving and becoming stronger in a country that is fast becoming a police state. Whatever the hardships, Bellona’s President Frederic Hauge is confident that “the Russian environmental movement ...
More needs to be done now to protect the environment
To the Editor: Over the summer, corporate polluters and their lobbyists stalled legislation aimed at any progress on clean energy and climate. Now the EPA is attempting to move on the agency’s enforcement of common-sense safeguards to protect public health, like the Clean Air Act. Once again, polluters are trying to block progress. In the coming months there are environmental safeguards that ...
New wilderness protection for SA west coast
The Nuyts Archipelago and Investigator group of islands on the west coast of South Australia will be afforded the highest level of environmental protection available under state legislation.
The Lessons of Acid Rain
Readers respond to an editorial about the effect of legislation on acid rain and the environment.
Environmental groups recruit families' help in protecting the Earth's future
On a day with weather as ideal as Saturday's, environmental issues may be the furthest thing from your mind. But two organizations took advantage of the weather with an energy rally to reach out to Arkansas families and get them to do something about the future of the planet.
Researcher files whistleblower retaliation complaint against UCLA
Erica Perez A UCLA environmental health sciences researcher whose appointment was not renewed this year has filed a whistle-blower retaliation complaint against the university, saying he's being punished for publishing politically incorrect research findings and for previous whistle-blowing against colleagues. UCLA officials had planned to end epidemiologist James Enstrom's appointment August 30 ...
New hope for a restored Jamaica Bay
Threatened with a lawsuit from several environmental organizations, the city and state have agreed in principal to upgrade sewage treatment plants on Jamaica Bay in the hope of improving water quality.
