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• UK issues new guidance on labelling of food from illegal West Bank settlements.

  
  The Osterley Times — Authority: 135
  Britain is about to mark imported food from the West Bank to distinguish between food produced by the Palestinians and food produced on illegal Israeli settlements. Until now, food has been simply labelled "Produce of the West Bank", but the new, voluntary guidance issued by the Department for the Environment, ...
  22 hours ago

• New Funding Round Provides £1.5m Biomass Boost

  
  Yorkshire and Humber ICT Champion — Authority: 141
  Farmers, foresters, councils and charities across England are invited to bid for funding to improve biomass supply chains.The third round of the Bioenergy Infrastructure Scheme has been launched by DEFRA and the Department of Energy and Climate Change.A total of £1.5 million is up for grabs for businesses, local ...
  2 days ago

• Is the buzz over Copenhagen altering your habits?

  
  UK News — Authority: 469
  Amid widespread speculation over whether delegates attending the United Nations Climate Conference in Copenhagen will reach a deal on emission targets, some environmentalists have suggested that climate change must be tackled at a local level. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs , suggests a ...
  4 days ago

• Glass Recycling to Change in UK

  
  Recycling, Green, and Environmental News — Authority: 437
  Government agencies have been tasked with looking into the ways in which the United Kingdom can become greener.  The UK has been under fire over recent months after it was revealed that it would fail to meet many of the environmental objectives outlined by the European Union.  The EU set specific guidelines and ...
  4 days ago

• bTB – new evidence?

  
  Locks Park Farm — Authority: 109
  Whats all the fuss? TB? Us? Those of you who follow me on Twitter or Facebook probably gathered my cattle had a bovine tuberculosis (bTB) test about ten days ago. Those of you familiar with farming and the countryside will have a pretty good understanding of the problems surrounding bTB and the distressing effect ...
  1 week ago

• Turf kicked up in government U-turn

  
  Sheepdrove's Weblog — Authority: 117
  Grass-fed livestock… animals that the Lancet forgot! A government u-turn was swiftly undertaken yesterday, following a report published in The Lancet. Embarrasing conflicts of opinion emerged from different UK goverment departments.  The health department funded a study which proposed we should eat less ...
  2 weeks ago

• CIPD conference summary: Sustainability

  
  HR to HR 2.0 and Human Capital (HCM) — Authority: 424
       Sustainability is the last of Jackie’s key themes and follows on directly from the last theme / last post (Morrisons’ point that Everyone’s got talent = sustainable performance). At the conference, it was addressed by Siobhan Sheridan and colleagues from Defra, and David Benson from Oxfam. At ...
  2 weeks ago

• Alfie and the West Lothian question

  
  WalesOnline - 0725 to Paddington — Authority: 121
  As a journalist Im often asked - what do Welsh MPs do all day? The truth is most just sit around discussing the all-Wales Convention, the Barnett formula and David Cornocks blog , but Ogmore MP Huw Irranca-Davies is an exception. As an envrionment Minister, Mr Irranca-Davies time is taken up with Aphalara itadori ...
  3 weeks ago

• Suffolk Full of Green Fingered Residents

  
  Recycling, Green, and Environmental News — Authority: 437
  Local councils in the United Kingdom have stepped up their efforts to increase recycling and reduce waste.  At the urging of the government, local councils are looking for new and innovative ways to keep rubbish from reaching landfills.  It has almost become a competition, with each council, county, or community ...
  3 weeks ago

• Fraport AG Raised To Buy From Hold

  
  FOXNews.com — Authority: 933
  Fraport AG Raised To Buy From Hold
  3 weeks ago

• Every cloud of pollutant has a silver lining! Teignbridge to clean up new Air Quality Management Areas

  
  People's Republic of South Devon The Peoples Republic of South Devon — Authority: 436
  If you’ve been coughing and spluttering your way around Newton Abbot recently, could be because the town has a a new Air Quality Management Area – a modern way of saying it’s polluted. It’s not like you can escape to Kingsteignton either – there are two Air Quality Management Areas there. Air Quality ...
  4 weeks ago

• New Recycling Numbers Show Improvement

  
  Recycling, Green, and Environmental News — Authority: 437
  The United Kingdom has suffered attacks in the media which claim that it is not doing its part to effectively implement recycling and waste management schemes.  Recent reports show that the United Kingdom lags behind many of the objectives set out by the European Union, as well as ones enacted by its own ...
  4 weeks ago

• Teignbridge raises recycling rate for the fifth year running

  
  People's Republic of South Devon The Peoples Republic of South Devon — Authority: 436
  Recycling news from Teignbridge Council is that the district has increased the amount of waste it recycles for the fifth year running, with a new rate of 57 per cent placing it sixth in the national top-ten recyclers, while collection costs were the lowest in Devon. The new rate for the year 2008/09 was ...
  4 weeks ago

• Two devon councils ride high in latest recycling leagues

  
  People's Republic of South Devon The Peoples Republic of South Devon — Authority: 436
  Devon district councils are top notch when it comes to recycling – two of them are in the top four in the country, according to the latest Defra figures. South Hams was second in the league table of recycling rates with 57.07 per cent of its household waste being recycled or composted, with Teignbridge not far ...
  4 weeks ago

• Government Minister Dan Norris On The Island Tomorrow

  
  Ventnor Blog — Authority: 150
  DEFRA Minister visiting tomorrow.
  5 weeks ago

• Businesses encouraged to be environmentally friendly

  
  PJH Law - Employment Law Blog — Authority: 133
  The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) have launched a campaign promoting energy saving measures within businesses and demonstrating the financial benefits on these businesses. It is estimated that businesses could recoup more than £6.4 billion a year by taking simple steps such as ...
  5 weeks ago

• Salmonella investigation after nine outbreaks and two deaths

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 970
  A salmonella warning has been issued as two people die in nine outbreaks across the country prompting the Health Protection Agency to launch a full investigation.
  6 weeks ago

• Tranquillity is subjective rules Government

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 970
  Flights over national parks will not be capped because tranquillity is a "subjective" concept the Government has decided.
  6 weeks ago

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