Anti-globalisation activists and proponents of economic growth will be battling it out over climate change at a free event organised by the World Development Movement. The debate, which will also be streamed live on the web, will examine whether economic growth and big business have a positive role to play in tackling climate change.
Policymakers have a new opportunity to influence what goes on in some of
South East England's leading research institutions with the launch today
of the Rural Research and Strategy Partnership (RRSP).
If a crowded beach doesn't capture your imagination, then why not join a research expedition to one of the world's most famous river areas - the Amazon or Zambezi?
People still have a month to submit their comments on the consultation by NATS, the UK's leading air traffic management company, on proposals to redraw the aircraft route map across a large area of south-east England.
The village of South Nutfield, Surrey will boast the most energy efficient social housing in the UK on 18 April, when Osborne and Raven Housing Trust officially open the Mid Street housing development. The Mid Street homes, which comprise the first 100% affordable housing scheme to achieve Level 5 of the Code for Sustainable Homes, will be opened by local MP Peter Ainsworth, Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. The development will make the concept of an affordable, sustainable home a reality for two families who will be nominated to live in the homes by Tandridge District Council.
The Government must take action on growing aircraft emissions if it is serious about tackling climate change, Friends of the Earth said today. The call comes as Terminal 5 at Heathrow opens to the public.
TMO Renewables Ltd, a developer of a new process for converting biomass into fuel ethanol, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a research and supply agreement with Morvus Technology Ltd, a privately owned pharmaceutical company, to explore biofuel applications for organisms involved in the discovery and commercialisation of anti-cancer drugs.
Historical maps are helping to find and protect Greater London's ancient trees. The evocative maps, showing details from towns, villages and countryside from 1843 to 1893, have been added to the Ancient Tree Hunt website, run by the Woodland Trust, the UK's leading woodland conservation charity.
Ensuring that consumers' views and priorities are at the heart of water and sewerage company plans will be at the top of the agenda when the Consumer Council for Water meets on 26 March 2008 at The Brunei Gallery, London.
