Environment

The smell wafting over South East England may be from Dutch farmers spreading slurry, and could become an annual event if the Government goes ahead with its plan to ban winter slurry spreading.

From bicycle parades and green blogging to rainwater harvesting and walking: Make 5th June a zero emissions day!

Tell Boris not to scrap the western extension of the congestion charge.

The independent Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution has condemned government regulation on pesticides as inadequate and flawed.

against toxic trade to stop the UK’s electrical waste being dumped in developing countries.

and help raise awareness about organic farming for a sustainable future

A major report claims that fossil fuels will remain the mainstay of supply, with renewables expanding and nuclear power almost certainly needed.

Save money and time by upgrading your computer rather than buying a new one.

The journal Nature reports that Scientists in Germany have discovered that ordinary plants produce significant amounts of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. This unexpected finding, if confirmed, will have an impact on both greenhouse-gas accounting and research into sources of methane.

The Guardian suggests some greener alternatives to standard plastic seasonal decorations

says an investigation by ActionAid into the activities of the world’s biggest platinum mining company.

by ding donging your bell on 9th September. Ding Day is a day for London cyclists to ring their bells with impunity

Swedish scientists have found trangenic oilseed rape plants still growing in a field despite a decade of intensive efforts to remove them.

The winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize 2007 include Peruvian indigenous leader Julio Cusirichi Palacios,

The Home Office has recently released a consultation paper to gauge the public’s feelings around protesting in and around Parliament. You are invited to let your thoughts and feelings be known. And the BBC is asking its readers to vote whether a third runway and sixth terminal should be built at Heathrow.

A week ahead of a key Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol in Montreal, a WWF report claims that as climate change kicks in it adds to the pressure on already strained fish populations. Download PDF Report Are we putting our fish in hot water?.

Visitors to Grand Designs Live ExCel London (8-10 June 2007) will be
invited to visit the ultimate Green Garden and learn how to stylishly
transform their own gardens while helping to tackle climate change.