Guardian: Customers at the UK’s leading supermarkets used 43% fewer carrier bags in 2009-10 than…
Month: August 2010
United Kingdom: What next for the floundering war on plastic bags?
Business Green: When is a target not a target? When it’s voluntary. The government-backed Waste…
Spill panel probes Obama’s decision to drill more
AP: The chairmen of the presidential panel investigating the Gulf oil spill are expressing disappointment…
United Kingdom: Yes, we broke the law as climate change activists. And this is why
Guardian: In June 2010, nine climate change activists who had broken into Aberdeen airport in…
Time to blame climate change for extreme weather?
New Scientist: IT IS time to start asking the hard questions. Countless people in flood-stricken…
Malaysia: Allegations abound: are nepotism and corruption behind the Sabah coal plant?
Mongabay: Allegations of government corruption and corporate kick-backs are swirling around a planned 300 MW…
Honeywell spent $1.7 million on 2Q lobbying
AP: Honeywell International Inc. spent $1.7 million in the second quarter to lobby the federal…
Japan to see warmer weather in Sept-Nov -forecaster
Reuters: Japan will see warmer-than-average weather from September to November, the country’s official forecaster said…
Shell shuts Nigeria oil flow-station due to protest
Reuters: Royal Dutch Shell said on Wednesday it had been forced to shut down an…
UK’s nuclear reactor programme falls behind as designs await safety approval
Guardian: The schedule for the UK’s nuclear reactor building programme has slipped behind already, the…