Environmental News
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Start building new atomic stations now, urges British Energy chief
19 November 2008The country should press ahead with building a new generation of atomic power stations to suck in investment and create jobs, British Energy said yesterday.
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Launch of the Greek Business Council for Sustainable Development
19 November 2008In the presence of 250 people and widely covered by Greek media, the Greek BCSD was launched on 11 November.
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Local Decision Making and Sustainable Development
19 November 2008This new report published by the Sustainable Development Commission suggests that the new performance framework governing local authorities and their partners on local strategic partnerships (LSPs) reinforces the responsibility to... (41 words total)
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Personal Carbon Trading - Stated Preference to Investigate Behavioural Response
19 November 2008Personal Carbon Trading (PCT) schemes which allocate responsibility for carbon emissions to individuals have been highlighted as a potentially powerful instrument with which to bring about reductions in carbon emissions... (37 words total)
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PAS 2050 - Carbon Footprinting Standard
19 November 2008BSI British Standards, Defra and the Carbon Trust have recently launched the PAS 2050, a new carbon
footprinting standard, which will enable businesses to assess the carbon footprint of their goods... (32 words total) -
Energy plans trigger clash
19 November 2008Formal objections have been lodged by local authorities against two wind farm developments this week.
