Environmental News and Information
This section aims to provide Environmental Specialists with news and information about the sector in which we work, developments in technology or companies as well as stories from acrross the East of England region.
New tool could help businesses in the East cut their water consumption
Submitted on April 28, 2009
Reports are predicting that water is set to become an increasingly scarce and expensive resource1 but this is has not stopped UK businesses using enough of it every year to fill 2.6 million Olympic-sized swimming pools.2 Now sustainable business experts Envirowise are warning companies that they could be pouring money down the drain.
Businesses could save [...]
Savings calculator could save East businesses millions in costs
Submitted on April 28, 2009
By using a simple online calculator devised by sustainable business experts Envirowise businesses in the East of England will be able to claim their share of £615m in resource efficiency savings.
The Envirowise Savings Calculator (http://www.envirowise.gov.uk/savingscalculator) takes businesses through three simple steps to help them cut costs and increase profits. By putting in a few basic details [...]
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research receives £4.5m boost
Submitted on April 28, 2009
The Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research has received a £4.5m of new investment to further groundbreaking and independent research.
The funding which, is a combination of UK Research Council and University of East Anglia (UEA) investment, will ensure the long-term continued development of the Tyndall Centre - an influential partnership of seven leading universities researching [...]
Carbon-offset: the latest casualty of the recession
Submitted on April 28, 2009
Once the ‘darling’ of British companies eager to address their environmental impact, carbon-offset projects are now becoming the latest casualty of the recession.
According to the environmental research firm New Energy Finance, sales of credits for voluntary offsetting projects plummeted 70% during the first two months of this year compared with the last two months of [...]
Green light for carbon-capture power stations
Submitted on April 27, 2009
The Government has given the green-light for a new generation of coal-fired power stations but insisted that they would be made to reduce their carbon emissions.
Ed Miliband, Energy Secretary, said that up to four new coal plants could be built before 2020, which he said was “important for our energy mix”.
However he said that [...]
