ENDS Report Issue 402, July 2008
Comment
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We need a teleporter, now
We need to teleport now into a more climate-conscious world.
News
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'Green' electricity loses zero-carbon status
New emissions reporting guidelines mean firms' emissions may double.
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Green firms hope to avoid slump
Current economic woes may not hit the environment sector as hard as other industries.
- DEFRA restructure nears completion
- NI green minister to oppose climate Bill
- Tories set out recycling incentives
- EAC on government carbon reductions
- Heathrow decision delayed
- EU launches sustainable consumption package
Corporate
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Carbon Trust launches new standard
Businesses committing to year-on-year emission cuts can become certified to a new standard.
- Call for emissions reporting benchmarks
- Guide to carbon neutrality
- University green league
Energy & carbon
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CDM credits under pressure
Fewer CDM carbon credits may be available after the introduction of tougher rules.
- Call for halt to new coal
- Ofgem to review energy market codes
- Public wrong on climate
Pollution & clean-up
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Rabbit causes crypto havoc
A rabbit forced 250,000 people to boil water after getting into an Anglian Water plant.
- Drinking water report published
- Opacity on flame retardants
- Glebe mines clean-up finally begins
Supply chain
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Moratoria on Amazonian beef, timber mooted
Brazil is looking at extending a moratorium on soya from deforested areas of the Amazon to beef and timber.
- REACH candidate list under way
- FoE risky chemicals update
- Embodied carbon report
- Sustainability standards for biomass
Waste & resources
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First autoclave plant for non-clinical waste
The UK’s first autoclaving plant to treat non-clinical waste is due to open in August.
- Commercial waste recycling set to boom
- Recycling project dumped
- REACH pre-registration urged for by-products
- Hazwaste clarification
Science
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GM rethink urged
The public and farmers have been urged to reconsider GM crops.
- Farmers given tools to manage emissions
- Call for NF3 controls
- Fish respond to climate change
Features
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Tracking waste exports
A third of English waste disposal authorities cannot say where their waste is recycled.
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Councils' green targets
Local authorities have set their priorities for the next three years under Local Area Agreements.
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EU and environmental law
Environmental lawyer Philippe Sands QC points to a fundamental flaw at the heart of the EU’s legal order.
- Household waste exports: best practice
Policy Briefing
National
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Renewables target to be extended
BERR has issued a consultation on lifting the Renewables Obligation for electricity to 35%.
- Rises in biofuels target slowed
- Consultation on carbon capture
- Water efficiency targets proposed
- Battery regime delayed
- Eco-towns under fire
- DfT wants tighter car CO2 targets
- DEFRA launches local air quality guidance
- Food strategy focuses on sustainability
- SEPA shakes-up compliance scheme
- Pitt calls for robust flood-risk management
- DfT makes u-turn on car ads
- Marine objectives consultation launched
- Consultation on Renewables Obligation banding
- Recycling pilot guidance issued
- DEFRA issues crematoria mercury Direction
- Biofuel label rejected
- SEPA consults on odour
- Decentralised energy plants to be licence-free
- Call for 'zero-waste places'
International
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World’s big emitters inch towards a 2009 carbon deal
G8 leaders meeting in Japan agree big emission cuts are needed, but are not so sure how to share the effort.
- EUETS to cover aviation
- Pesticide rules tightened
- Basel Convention meeting
- Plan for shipping emissions trading blocked
- EU proposed new POPs
- Commission consults on tropical deforestation
Parliament & Politics
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Tom Burke
Time to stop dithering and press hard on the low-carbon accelerator
- Planning Bill survives rebellion
- Marine Bill inquiry
- Carrier bag legislation brought forward
In Court
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Richard Macrory
Ruling backs open access to electricity systems
- Access to electricity systems
- Shell’s pollution fine
- Severn Trent fined
- Skip firm fined
- South West Water fine
- Southern Water's sewage fine
- Scottish Water fined for overflow
- Fly-tipper shuns court
- Scrap yard in the dock

