Hazardous Waste

Monsanto agrees clean-up of toxic Brofiscin quarry in Wales



Environment Agency finds Monsanto, BP and Veolia liable for clean up after thousand

Publication Date: 
19/02/2011
Tom Levitt
Ecologist
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Industrial Pollution, United Kingdom (UK), Monsanto, Toxins, Hazardous Waste, Land Pollution, Waste Disposal, PCBs, Dioxin
Hazardous Waste

Monsanto agrees clean-up of toxic Brofiscin quarry in Wales



Environment Agency finds Monsanto, BP and Veolia liable for clean up after thousand

Publication Date: 
19/02/2011
Tom Levitt
Ecologist
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Tags:
Industrial Pollution, United Kingdom (UK), Monsanto, Toxins, Hazardous Waste, Land Pollution, Waste Disposal, PCBs, Dioxin
Energy

World's largest wind farm set to open

TERRY MACALISTER

The world's largest offshore wind farm, which cost more than GBP750m to build, is poised to begin generating power off the coast of Kent, south-east England, with 100 turbines producing enough electricity to supply heat and light for some 200,000 homes.

The Thanet facility, which is going through final testing by Vattenfall, its Swedish power company operator, is going on st

Publication Date: 
16/09/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
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Wind Energy, Renewable Energy, Energy, United Kingdom (UK)
Energy

New tech opens window of opportunity to harnessing Sun

London: Scientists have developed a new green energy harnessing technology which they claim could turn all house windows into a solar power generator.

Publication Date: 
11/08/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Energy, Science And Technology, United Kingdom (UK)
Energy

Small turbines in testing

Small-scale wind power is getting a lot of attention nationally and internationally and is becoming increasingly popular. Even politicians now believe in the potential of wind generators. But these systems won't get established without mandatory quality standards.

Publication Date: 
31/05/2010
Tilman Weber
New Energy
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Turbines, Energy, Wind Energy, United Kingdom (UK), Germany
Energy

Plenty of wave energy to be harvested close to shore

Conventional wisdom says that wave farms must be more than 2 kilometres away from the coast, but a new analysis suggests otherwise.

Publication Date: 
08/05/2010
Colin Barras
New Scientist
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Renewable Energy, Energy, Energy Technology, Wave Energy, United Kingdom (UK), New Scientist, Colin Barras
Energy

U.K. to back green products

Kolkata: To encourage the Centre to change its procurement policy in favour of buying energy efficient goods, the British High Commission has begun supporting a project on developing policy guidelines in this regard.

Publication Date: 
22/04/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Green Products, Energy Efficiency, Energy, United Kingdom (UK), Electronics
Energy

Tidal power? No thanks

The north of Scotland has been described as the Saudi Arabia of marine power

Publication Date: 
03/04/2010
Hans van Haren
New Scientist
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Energy, Turbines, Tidal Energy, United Kingdom (UK)
Energy

How a 22-year-old student uncovered peak oil fraud

When will we reach the peak of global oil production?

Publication Date: 
10/03/2010
Tom Levitt
Ecologist
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Energy, Oil, Oil Exploration, Industry, Research, France, United Kingdom (UK), Global
Energy

High flying

In the UK, 2010 got off to a superb start for the wind power industry. Crown Estate has announced the nine successful bidder consortia for Round 3 of the offshore wind farm licencing. As administrative body for Crown property, it is also the official agency for awarding offshore projects.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2010
Jorn Iken
Sun and Wind Energy
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Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, Energy, Turbines, United Kingdom (UK), Jorn Iken, Sun and Wind Energy

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