Environmental stories tagged with: EU

Debbie Harry and Barbara Windsor are among the celebrities who have offered items from their own home to support charities assisting Britain's poorest people.

Increasing the level of recycling and reducing some of the 700 million batteries that go to landfill annually are at the heart of plans published today.

Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) battery technology shows significant promise for hybrid and electric vehicle applications in terms of its comparatively high power and energy density, and ability to retain charge for extended periods.

On the eve of the Intergovernmental Conference meeting in Lisbon on the future of the controversial EU Treaty, the Green Alliance has launched a pamphlet in Brussels, 'Investing in our future: a European budget for climate security', demanding that climate change is put at the heart of the EU Budget.

On October 16th, the European Parliament will debate the necessity and feasibility of reducing the average CO2 emissions of new cars registered in the EU to 130g/km by 2012.

Over 10 million reusable items of furniture are sent to landfill by local authorities every year - almost 30,000 items every day - revealed a study by The Furniture Re-use Network (FRN) recently.

The European Union is proposing to build a new alliance on climate change between the European Union and the poor developing countries that are most affected and that have the least capacity to deal with climate change.

At its Party conference in Liverpool, the Green Party delivered near unanimous support for a halt in the use of large scale biofuels.

Before the Suez Canal opened in 1869, the shortest sea route to Asia was the perilous journey around the southern tip of South Africa, but now an alternative route has opened up, but this is not good news.

As the Frankfurt Motor Show came to a close, the CEOs of the main European car manufacturers released a joint statement declaring their "determination to further reduce CO2 emissions from cars."

The organisers of The Energy Event have employed the services of a specialist energy and environmental consultancy to analyse and measure the event's carbon footprint.