Environmental stories tagged with: defra

All Incandescent Bulbs to be Phased out by 2011

Thursday, 27th September 2007, 1:55 pm

In an announcement at the Labour Party conference, Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, said all high energy bulbs will be phased out by 2011.

Offsetting Code Gets Go Ahead

Monday, 16th July 2007, 12:57 pm

Amid growing controversy over Carbon Offsets, Defra have announced that a voluntary Code of Best Practice for the offsetting industry will be established.

Proposals for Implementing UK Cap and Trade Scheme Launched

Tuesday, 26th June 2007, 4:09 pm

Detailed proposals for the implementation of the UK's emissions trading scheme for large organisations in business and the public sector were set out by Climate Change and Environment Minister Ian Pearson today.

Year Two for the Waste Protocols Project

Friday, 1st June 2007, 5:52 pm

Plans to reduce red tape and make it easier to turn millions of tonnes of common types of industrial and commercial waste, such as steel slag and old plasterboard, into useable new materials were announced by the Environment Agency and WRAP.

New Trials to Identify Best Ways To Collect Food Waste

Thursday, 31st May 2007, 4:29 pm

Seventeen local authorities across England will trial new food waste collection services to help determine the best way of diverting this waste from landfill. WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) is keen to establish the most convenient way for people to take part in this new service.

Standardising Greenhouse Gases

Wednesday, 30th May 2007, 4:58 pm

Today the Carbon Trust and Defra announced that they will be working with BSI British Standards to co-sponsor the development of a Publicly Available Specification (PAS) for the measurement of the embodied greenhouse gases (GHGs) in products and services.

Defra Launch New Funding for Flood Resilience

Tuesday, 15th May 2007, 2:02 pm

A £500k funding package to help make vulnerable homes more resilient to the threat of flooding was announced by Minister for Climate Change and the Environment Ian Pearson today.