EEA: Air quality in Europe
Air pollution impacts all living species and can have a detrimental impact. Dr Valentin Foltescu EEA Project manager – Air quality reporting and assessment...
The evolution of Danish pig farming
The pig farming industry in Denmark is longstanding with 90% of pork produced exported worldwide. The Danish Agriculture & Food Council provides insight to...
Small energy companies win customer satisfaction
According to Which? magazine, small energy companies achieved better customer satisfaction ratings than the big six firms.
Analysis found that energy company npower achieved the...
Oil and gas union leaders hold talks in Aberdeen
The future of the oil and gas industry will be discussed today in Aberdeen after it was announced hundreds of workers face job losses.
Today,...
A solution to combat fuel poverty
The NIA is calling on all political parties to recognise that home energy efficiency needs to be defined as a National Infrastructure Priority to...
Global challenges facing the agriculture sector
Gavin Whitmore, Biodiversity Manager at European Crop Protection Association (ECPA) sheds light on the global challenges that face the agriculture sector
Farmers and an impressive...
The challenge of tackling fuel poverty
Fuel poverty affects millions of vulnerable people in the UK. Chiara Vitali, Parliamentary Campaigner at the Association for the Conservation of Energy, discusses the contributing...
Exposure to air pollution linked to autism
Scientists have suggested exposure to air pollution during pregnancy could be linked to children developing autism.
A study of 1,767 children has revealed that high...
How Iceland is tackling climate change
Climate change is one of humankind’s greatest challenges in the coming decades and beyond. Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources...
EU pesticides laws could cost UK farmers £905m
UK farming could face costs of more than £905m if the European Union brings in changes to pesticides laws.
A report by the Agriculture and Horticulture...
Northern Ireland offshore wind farm scrapped
A £1bn plan to place 100 turbines off the south-east coast of County Down has been scrapped by an energy consortium...
Plans to build the...
Treasury announces £2.3bn flood defence funding
New funding from the Treasury will protect up to 300,000 homes from flood water, preventing up to £30bn of damage.
More than 1,400 flood defence...
Renewable energy is Scotland’s main source of power
New figures have revealed that renewable energy has become the main source of power in Scotland.
Records show that for the first half of 2014...
A global approach to sustainable soil management
Effective action is required to tackle soil degradation for our food security and sustainable development. Moujahed Achouri, Director of FAO Land and Water Division...
Antarctic sea ice thicker than anticipated
Researchers have discovered that the sea ice surrounding the Antarctic is thicker than previous estimations.
Using groundbreaking 3D mapping, scientists analysed an area of ice...
Agriculture and biodiversity –the importance of sustainable productivity
Gavin Whitmore, Biodiversity Manager at European Crop Protection Association (ECPA) sheds light on the global challenges that face the agriculture sector.
Farmers and an impressive...
Innovative Bioproducts
Viscofan BioEngineering combines natural sciences and engineering to provide innovative bioproducts as new solutions for cell biology, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Viscofan BioEngineering...
Carbon, Capture, Conversion and Neutralisation (C3N)
According to the recent Fifth Assessment Synthesis Report presented in Copenhagen by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPCC), to face the irreversible effects...
Silica and scaling problems in geothermal power plants
A possible profitable solution - Geothermal systems in Iceland
Iceland is a volcanic island straddling the Mid-Atlantic-Ridge, a mid-ocean ridge where two major tectonic plates pull...
Managing the carbon footprint
David Fatscher Head of Market Development for Sustainability at BSI explains how a new standard for measuring greenhouse gas emissions at the city level,...