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  • Heathrow receives three sustainability accolades

    UNITED KINGDOM, 2015/11/13 Green Fleet Magazine has named Heathrow’s vehicle fleet as the ‘Private Sector Fleet of the Year’ (Medium-Large). This recognition follows two additional accolades – Heathrow was shortlisted for the best in passenger transport by the inaugural National Air Quality Awards and is shortlisted for the Energy Management Award in the forthcoming Edies’ Sustainability Leaders Awards. Matt Gorman, Heathrow Director of Sustainability and Environment said: “We are honoured to receive these awards, particularly as they recognise the work that we have done in the completed few years to improve Heathrow’s air quality and reduce our emissions but we are committed to doing additional to be a good neighbour. Even with expansion, we can meet air quality limits, and carbon targets, and ensure a bigger Heathrow can be better neighbour.”

  • European forest owners a valuable resource

    EUROPE, 2013/12/15 Three UN agencies called upon governments to consider scaling up payments to European forest owners for serving as stewards for these precious resources, although they said such payments should be complementary to government legislation, regulation or democratic accountability, UNEP said on its website on Tuesday. During European Forest Week (9-13 December), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released a joint statement calling for the payment of ecosystem services (PES) to be used as a tool to ‘complement’ government measures to manage Europe’s forest ecosystems in a sustainable manner.

  • New universal agreement on climate change

    WORLD, 2013/06/17 The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) says it has made 'concrete progress' towards a new universal agreement on climate change during its latest round of talks which wrapped up on Friday in Bonn, Germany. A UN statement, made available to PANA in New York on Saturday, quoted UNFCCC Executive Secretary, Ms. Christiana Figuere, as saying that this had been an important meeting because governments were moving faster now from the stage of exploring options to designing and implementing solutions. 

  • Shell Back At Ogoniland After Two Decades Of Absence

    NETHERLAND, 2013/04/15 Anglo-Dutch oil Company Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC), on Thursday said it has begun decommissioning its properties at Ogoniland – a massively oil-polluted region in Nigeria – after leaving the area two decades ago due to protests, civil unrest, and attacks on its staff and facilities.

  • Scientists race to develop floating wind farms

    EUROPE, 2013/02/01 In order to take chance of high wind speeds on the open seas, the race is on to create wind turbines and wind farms that float on the surface of the water. But, the jury is still out on which is the best method. Erecting a wind turbine among the ocean is a costly and time-consuming business. Most importantly, the structure must be anchored at the bottom of the sea to ensure its stability in the face of extreme wind and rough seas. The project is normally only feasible up to depths of 50 meters of water.

  • Record rainfall led to widespread flooding

    UNITED KINGDOM, 2013/01/06 "It's been the year at the same time as flooding became relevant to each part of the country. From the south-west to the north-east, each part of the country got hit," says Charles Tucker, chairman of the National Flood Forum, which represents additional than 200 local community groups. "Flooding can presently strike anywhere, and it needs to be recognised as the No 1 national emergency happening presently."

  • Caspian littoral states adopt document on protection of Caspian environment

    EUROPE, 2012/12/26 The representatives of Caspian littoral states adopted a protocol of the Tehran convention on protection of the Caspian Sea from pollution from overland sources as a result of onshore activity in Moscow on Wednesday. The statement came from the news service for the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology.
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