EA seeks a better place

Author: Paul Suff

Environmental regulation and climate change dominated discussion at the Environment Agency's annual conference in November. We report on the two-day event


Into 2006: the year in prospect

Author: Paul Suff

For our annual look at the year ahead, we asked a panel of experts, including the environment minister, the European Union's environment commissioner and the chief executive of the Environment Agency, what they believe will be the dominant issues in 2006


Environmental training at Yorkshire Water

Author: Richenda Wilson

Successful ISO14001 certification requires organisations to raise environmental awareness among the workforce. Yorkshire Water has developed its own training programme to ensure it achieves this aspect of the international environmental management standard. Richenda Wilson reports


Incineration: environmental solution or pariah?

Author: Rick Gould

The government's plans for future waste strategy in England include sending greater amounts of waste for incineration. Yet many believe that incineration is hazardous to both human health and the environment, as well as less efficient than recycling. Rick Gould examines the arguments


Mixed results signal the end of the Remas project

Author: Paul Suff

The project to discover whether there is a link between environmental management systems and companies' environmental performance has ended. We examine the results


The seven Thematic Strategies: taking forward EU environmental policy

Author: Catherine Bowyer

The sixth Environmental Action Programme established seven Thematic Strategies to guide future environmental policy-making in Europe. Disagreements within the European Commission have stalled their progress. The IEEP's Catherine Bowyer examines developments, including the potential impact of the strategies on air quality and waste


Into 2007: the year in prospect

Author: Paul Suff

Our annual look at the year ahead has contributions from a wide range of experts and provides a unique insight into what leading professionals and government ministers see as the most pressing environmental issues in coming 12 months


Can you really be carbon-neutral?

Author: Lucie Ponting

Hardly a day goes by without another high-profile organisation pledging to go carbon-neutral. HSBC, BSkyB, Marks & Spencer and Royal & SunAlliance are just some of the UK companies that have pledged to, or have, become carbon-neutral. Lucie Ponting investigates


Turning the environment into a taxing issue

Author: Paul Suff

The European Commission is planning to make more use of environmental taxation to deliver its environmental goals and ensure the polluter pays. Paul Suff looks at its plans, which the commission has put forward for discussion


EU environmental law and policy update 2007

Author: Catherine Bowyer, Carolina Valsecchi and Emma Watkins

Our annual review of EU legislation provides a guide to the state of play of all environmental law and policy initiatives


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