http://hdlns.com/g1269 http://hdlns.com/rss_g1269.xml Science and Technology -> Environment -> Recycling en-us Aggregation copyright hdlns (dot com), articles copyright original authors. http://hdlns.com/g1269/Recycling+-+Recycling+News+Articles+Blogs+and+Resources HDLNS.com is the easiest to use aggregated content RSS Reader on the net. No need to sign up, nothing to remember. Just browse and read. http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za44729033/US+bunker+busters+shipped+to+British+island+%27for+use+against+Iran%27 from Sunday Herald, 14 March 2010 Hundreds of powerful US 'bunker-buster' bombs are being shipped from California to the British island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean in preparation for a possible attack on Iran. The Sunday Herald can reveal tha http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za44729032/Alarm+over+toxic+military+plant+under+Motherwell from Sunday Herald, 14 March 2010 Public authorities have been accused of failing to protect people from an old wartime factory blamed for contamination and illness on a housing estate in Lanarkshire. Homes for 400 people were built on a site near Wa http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za44563736/Health+probe+into+contamination+from+wartime+factory from The Herald, 11 March 2010 An investigation is to be launched into allegations that toxic contamination from a secretive wartime factory in Lanarkshire is making local residents ill. North Lanarkshire Council is planning to sample and monitor pol http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za44274876/Sheriff+under+fire+for+wildlife+outburst from Sunday Herald, 07 March 2010 One of Scotland's top sheriffs has come under pressure to quit his leading role in combating wildlife crime after allegedly telling a former police officer concerned about the soft sentences given to wildlife crimina http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za44274875/New+gas+plant+runs+into+opposition+on+pollution from Sunday Herald, 07 March 2010 Plans for a new gas-fired power station in Scotland have run into major opposition from environmental groups concerned about the climate pollution it will produce. Spanish-owned Scottish Power wants to replace the di http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10554za44051181/Waste+Re-Use+is+Top+of+the+EU+List+for+Sustainable+Waste+Management+New+Cor Waste Matchers launch SMILE. Waste Matchers – the re-use project – has announced a new service called the SMILE Network. The SMILE Network encourages collaboration between businesses through networking events in order to save costs and he http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za43947398/Green+watchdog+urged+to+cut+red+tape+for+small+hydro+schemes from Caledonian Mercury, 02 March 2010 Scotland's environment watchdog has been accused of hampering the development of small-scale hydropower schemes by insisting on too much red tape. According to the SNP MEP, Alyn Smith, the Scottish Environment P http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10554za43931584/Welsh+Assembly+Action+Will+help+Drive+Wales+Towards+Zero+Waste A proposed Measure to improve how Wales deals with its waste was laid before the National Assembly on Monday 22nd February. The Measure, which is being driven by Environment Minister Jane Davidson, will enable Wales to adopt much more sustainable wa http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za43814470/Highland+agency+under+fire+for+%27bad+practice%27+over+mountain+railway from Sunday Herald, 28 February 2010 One of Scotland's leading enterprise agencies will this week be accused of 'unacceptable bad practice' for wasting up to £27 million of public money on the doomed Cairngorm mountain railway. The Scottish Parliame http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za43814469/How+Scotland%27s+peat+bogs+could+help+save+the+planet from Sunday Herald, 28 February 2010 They're muddy, vast and flat, but they could have a crucial role to play in preventing climate chaos. The black peat bogs that blanket two million hectares of Scotland are the key to cutting the pollution that is http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za43490604/Council+accused+over+Trump+school+sponsorship from Caledonian Mercury, 23 February 2010 Aberdeenshire Council has been accused of breaking its own rules on commercial sponsorship by allowing Donald Trump to fund sport and nature activities at a local primary school. The US property tycoon has he http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za43356817/Revealed%3A+the+crisis+of+confidence+within+Scotland%27s+wildlife+watchdog from Sunday Herald, 21 February 2010 The government agency tasked with protecting Scotland's precious wildlife and landscapes is in deep trouble, according to internal documents obtained by the Sunday Herald. Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has suffe http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za43356818/The+scandal+of+the+%C2%A3122m+not+spent+on+greening+the+UK from Sunday Herald, 21 February 2010 A massive £122 million of public grants meant to help cut pollution and save energy across the UK have been unclaimed, resulting in tens of thousands of households, businesses and other organisations missing out http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za43038702/Plague+of+%27super+lice%27+threatens+wild+salmon from Caledonian Mercury, 16 February 2010 Wild salmon and trout populations in Scotland are under threat from a plague of 'super lice' at Norwegian fish farms, angling groups have warned. Salmon farms in Norway have suffered from a huge rise of infes http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za42971189/MoD+in+breach+of+information+law+on+nuclear+weapons Exclusive, 15 February 2010 The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has broken freedom of information law by delaying a response on the safety of nuclear weapons, according to a new ruling from the UK information tsar. The MoD has been rapped by the Informatio http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za42917998/Failure+to+ban+snares+splits+SNP from Sunday Herald, 14 February 2010 The refusal of Scottish Nationalist ministers to abide by party policy and ban the snaring of wild animals has sparked growing discontent within the ranks of the SNP. One party official has resigned in disgust, ot http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10554za42847669/Private+Landfill+Operators+to+Take+Dublin+Waste The Irish have not followed the trend seen elsewhere of wholesale privatisation of landfill sites, and even now this article seems to describe what will be purely a short term expedient of using private contractors, only while waiting for the new Dub http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10554za42555436/Commission+Study+Says+EU+Body+Needed+to+Enforce+European+Waste+Law Dedicated ECU body wanted to guarantee enforcement of European waste law, announces Commission study A European Commission study published on 1 February 2010 counsels setting up a dedicated European body to oversee the execution and enforcement of EC http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10554za42334245/2009+Was+The+Year+Waste+Became+a+Resource+Optimisation+Opportunity In 2009 in the UK a number of things came together which changed the waste management scene like never before. Waste, Yes! Common rubbish became a resource and an opportunity. http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za42038129/Ministers+%27botch%27+red+tape+rules+for+home+renewables from Sunday Herald, 31 January 2010 Botched attempts by Scottish ministers to cut the red tape that is preventing people from fitting clean, green technologies in their homes have descended into chaos. The Scottish government will this week complete http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za42057158/Thousands+of+school+children+at+risk+from+pesticides from Sunday Herald, 31 January 2010 The health of thousands children is being put at risk by the widespread use of toxic pesticides in Scottish schools, according to a new survey by environmental groups. Local authorities across the country have admi http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za42057157/Aberdeenshire+council+accused+of+tyranny+and+bullying from Sunday Herald, 31 January 2010 A major Scottish local authority has been accused of 'tyranny', 'bullying' and 'Orwellian corporatism' for attempting to close down dissent and silence critics. In the wake of bitter controversy over plans for a ne http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10554za42030682/State+to+Investigate+Birth+Defects+in+Kettleman+City+Landfill+Suspected The Waster has picked up the following news item about a new landfill birth defects scare. This is getting quite a lot of publicity, and of course it is always possible that the proximity of the landfill to these elevated birth defect rates might in http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10554za41956085/An+Introduction+to+the+Management+of+Wastes Find out about this course which is beng run by the CIWM and is all about providing those responsible for waste management in their organisations 'An Introduction to the Management of Wastes'. http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10556za41668340/The+Carbon+Club+Finally+launched%21 Visit The Carbon Clubgooglee248739a1f383208.html http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za41598573/Bid+to+protect+pigeons+from+hawks+ends+in+fiasco from Sunday Herald, 24 January 2010 A ministerial attempt to prevent sparrowhawks from killing homing pigeons has ended as an embarrassing fiasco, the Sunday Herald can reveal. An intensely controversial trial in which hawks were trapped and taken aw http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za41178728/Ministers+drop+ban+on+dumping+nuclear+waste+in+Scotland from Sunday Herald, 17 January 2010 Scottish ministers have abandoned their ban on nuclear waste dumping, opening the way for a proliferation of permanent radioactive dumps across Scotland. In a major but unnoticed shift of policy, the environment mi http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za41178727/Revealed%3A+Thatcher+wanted+to+dump+nuclear+waste+in+Scotland from Sunday Herald, 17 January 2010 The former Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, insisted on investigating dumping nuclear waste in Scotland in defiance of fierce objections from her Scottish Secretary in 1989, Malcolm Rifkind. Secret Scottish gover http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za41178726/Climate+myth+debunked%3A+it%27s+been+colder+in+the+UK%2C+but+warmer+elsewhere from Sunday Herald, 17 January 2010 It's the talk of the pub, the folklore of the taxi driver and the unremitting theme of thousands of bloggers and right-wing columnists. 'See all this snow,' they say. 'Where's your global warming now?' But, accordi http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za41178725/New+campaign+launched+to+curb+poaching from Sunday Herald, 17 January 2010 It has a romantic image - the canny poacher sneaking out by moonlight to bag a stag on the local laird's estate, and then scoffing or selling the venison. But it's a crime, and one that the police are about to crac http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za40995657/Freedom+of+information%3A+a+boon+for+hacks from allmediascotland.com, 13 January 2010 Every now and again, it happens. The doorbell rings, and another fat package of once-secret official documents is handed over, and I get excited. Maybe it's just me, but the prospect of leafing through the p http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10554za40894009/Newport+to+Get+WRG+Energy+from+Waste+Facility That Energy from Waste is by far the most popular waste technology for the UK's top waste management companies for landfill diversion after recycling is again being demonstrated by this announcement from WRG. http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za40885610/Revealed%3A+Trident+replacement+postponed from Sunday Herald, 10 January 2010 The UK government's controversial £20 billion programme to replace the Trident nuclear weapons system on the Clyde has been thrown into disarray by an indefinite delay, the Sunday Herald can reveal. The Ministry o http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za40885609/Disturbing+split+within+green+groups+over+power+line for Sunday Herald, 10 January 2010 The bitter five-year battle over whether or not to string giant pylons 137 miles down Scotland's spine has ended with a split in the environmental movement like no other. On one side are those who care passionately http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za40885608/Cold+could+kill+bumblebees for Sunday Herald, 10 January 2010 Bumblebees could become one of the less expected casualties of the cold snap, triggering a 'pollination crisis' in the summer, conservationists are warning. Butterflies and beetles could also be killed by prolonged http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10551za40732782/Environmentally+friendly+greeting+and+gift+cards A few days ago, I received an email alerting me to the existence of Shop dot Com, in particular to the availability of gift cards. My curiosity was aroused for after all, I am the inventor of Envirocard which is an environmentally friendly greeting c http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10556za40370975/Hackney+-+Free+Food+Waste+Workshop 'FREE half day workshops run by Community Kitchen Project (part of Manor Gardens Welfare Trust)With information on portion sizes, ways of storing food and how to make the most of your fridge you will see how you can save money by reducing your food w http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10556za40370974/Japan+-+deposit+system+for+reusable+bottles Reports little effect on sales, the Japan's Ministry of the Environment has released the results of an experiment on the use of returnable plastic bottles. Japan for Sustainability reports that the experiment involved a deposit system to sell minera http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za40326544/Whale-watching+bid+to+stop+Trump from Sunday Herald, 03 January 2010 A bid to buy council land for whale-watching could stymie plans by the American tycoon, Donald Trump, for a luxury golf resort in north east Scotland. Local campaigners are applying to buy a small plot of rough gro http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za39700118/Copenhagen+failure+puts+hundreds+of+millions+at+risk from Sunday Herald, 20 December 2009 The failure of world leaders to agree targets to cut climate pollution at the Copenhagen summit will lead to a global catastrophe and threaten the lives of hundreds of millions, leading scientists are warning. As http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za39700117/Copenhagen%3A+the+climate+climb+down+that+will+bring+catastrophe from Sunday Herald, 20 December 2009 For the last two weeks, three tall, thin, cloaked statues have stood, their carved faces staring towards the Bella conference centre in Copenhagen in a silent plea. Today, if they could, they would be weeping. Aft http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za39700116/Copenhagen%3A+the+side+shows from Sunday Herald, 20 December 2009 Like great festivals have their fringes, so Copenhagen had its side shows. Beneath the gently falling snow and between the endless queues of bikes, the Danish capital fizzed with impassioned and sometimes offbeat http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10556za39331659/Japan+-+goat+rental+weeding+project Mikuni Construction Co. in Kitakyusyu City, southern Japan, announced that it would be launching a new service to rent goats for weeding grass starting in April 2010. This unique weeding method does not require any machinery, and is drawing attention http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za39286544/Copenhagen%3A+pop+stars+in+private+jets+struggle+to+combat+climate+change from Sunday Herald, 13 December 2009 The stage was all blinding light, the bass made your guts vibrate and the shouts set your teeth on edge. 'Are you having a good time tonight?,' yelled one of the prancing performers. 'Let's hear you all say it - c http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za39286543/Copenhagen%3A+the+country+fossils+and+corporate+lobbyists from Sunday Herald, 13 December 2009 The Climate Action Network, a coalition of over 450 campaign groups worldwide, presented a 'Fossil of The Day' award to the countries which had done the most to damage the climate negotiations. Monday: All industr http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za39286542/Copenhagen+tactics%3A+to+argue+inside+or+to+protest+outside from Sunday Herald, 13 December 2009 It's the age-old dilemma of anyone wanting change. Do you argue your case within the existing power structure, or do you agitate outside for its downfall? Like much else, this argument is bubbling away in the caul http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za39286541/Big+rise+in+cycling+-+but+doubts+over+government+target from Sunday Herald, 13 December 2009 There has been a big rise in the number of people prepared to get on their bikes in Scotland despite doubts over the Scottish government's commitment to boost cycling. A new report out this week will reveal that t http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za39286545/Copenhagen%27s+emotional+plea%3A+%27The+fate+of+my+country+rests+in+your+hands%27 from Sunday Herald, 13 December 2009 A powerful and emotional appeal from the tiny Pacific island state of Tuvalu silenced the world climate summit in Copenhagen yesterday, as countries struggled to agree on how much to cut pollution. Ian Fry, the Tu http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za38857532/MSPs+awarded+in+honour+of+Shackleton Exclusive, 06 December 2009 MSPs on the Scottish Parliament's climate change committee have been awarded a prestigious new medal in honour of the famous early 20th century explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton. The politicians are being rewarded for their http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za38857536/Tens+of+thousands+march+for+action+on+climate+change from Sunday Herald, 06 December 2009 They came in their thousands, from every walk of life, from every faith and from every sector of Scottish society. And they came because they were worried about planet earth. Some 8,000 people marched through Glas http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za38857535/The+long+road+to+Copenhagen%3A+by+bike%2C+foot%2C+bus%2C+boat%2C+car%2C+train+and+plane from Sunday Herald, 06 December 2009 For 61-year-old Rosalind Jarvis, it will be an act of love. When she mounts her bike at 7am on Wednesday morning to cycle 140 miles to the climate summit in Copenhagen, it will be for her four children, her three http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za38857534/The+Copenhagen+primer%3A+science%2C+major+players%2C+victims%2C+key+questions from Sunday Herald, 06 December 2009 1. The science Most scientists now agree that pollution from homes, factories, farms and vehicles is causing global warming. Greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane rise up into the atmosphere and trap th http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za38857533/Aberdeen+by-pass+could+be+halted+by+bats from Sunday Herald, 06 December 2009 One of Scotland's most controversial road developments could be stopped in its tracks by a few colonies of roosting bats, and waste £51 million of taxpayers' money, say campaigners. Rare soprano, pipistrelle and http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za38857537/Copenhagen%3A+the+world+holds+its+breath from Sunday Herald, 06 December 2009 She sits, naked, small and vulnerable, on a rock in Copenhagen harbour, the sea lapping ever higher around her. Until now, she has been the urbane Danish city's most famous symbol. But over the next two weeks, the http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za38647526/Safety+flaws+queried+in+new+nuclear+reactors from New Scientist, 02 December 2009 You'd think it would be the one thing nuclear companies want to be sure about: that their reactors can withstand freak weather or a plane crash. Yet Westinghouse, the US-based company owned by Toshiba in Japan, ha http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10556za38627539/USA+-+Americans+wastes+40+per+cent+of+its+food A new study claims that Americans throw out about 40% of all their food, and food waste per person in the US has increased 50 per cent since 1974, according to LiveScience .The study, conducted by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za38458131/Extreme+adventures%3A+swimming+through+the+ice+to+save+the+planet from Sunday Herald, 29 November 2009 It was all fearsome Nanny Wigley's fault. When he was just a toddler, she used to make him go out barefoot into the Perthshire winter wearing only shorts and a shirt. Now, more than 40 years on, the world-renown p http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za38458130/New+move+to+protect+golden+eagles from Sunday Herald, 29 November 2009 Golden eagles, one of Scotland most iconic birds, are going to be given greater protection against persecution and disturbance, the Sunday Herald can reveal. On Tuesday the environment minister, Roseanna Cunningha http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za38458133/Revealed%3A+the+secret+of+who+makes+Trident+nuclear+warheads+tick from Sunday Herald, 29 November 2009 The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been accused of 'deceit' after it was forced to confess to one of the most closely guarded secrets of making Britain's nuclear bombs. For years UK ministers have repeatedly refuse http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za38458132/Study+prompts+new+cancer+fears+from+pylons from Sunday Herald, 29 November 2009 A new study suggesting that children living near high voltage power lines suffer an increased risk of cancers has re-ignited fears about the dangers of building a new chain of pylons across Scotland. Health resear http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10554za38338489/Enviros+Consulting+Wins+Four+Awards+for+Environmental+Excellence Clients have named Enviros the best consultancy in four categories in the 2009 Edie Awards for Environmental Excellence after being shortlisted for all nine consultancy awards. http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10554za38338488/SKM+Consulting+Buys+Enviros+Consulting Leading engineering, sciences and project delivery firm Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) has acquired Enviros, a multi-disciplinary sustainability, environmental and health and safety consultancy in the UK. http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za38225262/Climate+change%2C+housing+and+revolution a talk to the Scottish Government Housing Investment Division West Region, Glasgow, 24 November 2009. Thank you for inviting me. I am particularly delighted to be talking to you today because you are employees of the Scottish Government and that give http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za38077336/BP+dropped+as+good+example+of+safety+after+complaints from Sunday Herald, 22 November 2009 The oil giant, BP, has been dropped as a leading example of good safety practice by a government watchdog after fierce complaints from occupational health experts. In recent years BP has been landed with record fi http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za38077335/Can+we+save+the+summit+that+is+meant+to+save+the+world%3F from Sunday Herald, 22 November 2009 It is a classic tactic in international diplomacy. If you're worried about not succeeding, talk up your chances of failure in the hope that whatever you do end up achieving looks like a success. That is exactly wh http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za38077334/Tighten+safety+rules+for+nuclear+bomb+bases%2C+says+Scottish+government from Sunday Herald, 22 November 2009 The Scottish government is to press Westminster to tighten up the regulation of nuclear bomb bases in Scotland following a series of safety problems revealed by the Sunday Herald. Scottish ministers have promised http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za38077333/Nature+agency+under+fire+for+%27inconsistency%27 from Sunday Herald, 22 November 2009 The government's conservation agency, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), has come under attack for allegedly making contradictory decisions in different parts of the country. Although it objected to a crematorium ne http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10556za38004052/MyZeroWaste%3A+One+decision+can+reduce+your+waste+by+10%25 Read this while twittering around:This week I had three different types of cheese in the fridge and being bored one grey afternoon I thought I'd do a little experiment by weighing their plastic packaging.*The 'darkest green' pack (not the one sportin http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10556za38004051/UK-+%27%27Zero+Waste+Places+Standard%27 More details have emerged of the 'Zero Waste Places Standard', a new Defra-backed accreditation which aims to encourage local authorities to improve the sustainability of their waste management beyond meeting national recycling targets.The standard http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za37755392/Could+the+US+and+Canada+go+to+war+over+water%3F review from Scottish Review of Books, 16 November 2009 Peak Water: Civilisation and the World's Water Crisis, by Alexander Bell, Luath Press, £16.99. Leaving Las Vegas is an exhilarating experience. As the flashing lights fade and the gaudy boulevar http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10554za37701084/EA+Help+for+UK+Businesses+in+the+Waste+to+Resource+Transition Environment Agency unveiled a new strategy for tackling tomorrow's waste, it will help businesses use resources more efficiently and divert more waste from landfill. This is to be a top target for the Environment Agency over the next five years. The http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za37675170/Probe+into+top+planner%27s+%27collusion%27+with+Trump from Sunday Herald, 15 November 2009 An investigation has been launched into allegations that one of Scotland's senior planners has breached her professional code of conduct by 'colluding' with the American property tycoon, Donald Trump. The Royal To http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za37675169/Bhopal+protest+comes+to+Grangemouth from Sunday Herald, 15 November 2009 Dharmesh Shah has come all the way from India to Grangemouth this weekend for a purpose. He wants to stick it to one of the world's biggest chemical companies. The 26-year old Indian campaigner is outraged that th http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za37675168/Government+clean+coal+plants+%27will+bust+climate+targets%27 from Sunday Herald, 15 November 2009 Attempts by Scottish ministers to clean up coal so that it can replace nuclear power will lead to massive amounts of pollution and wreck the government's targets to combat climate change. A new analysis reveals th http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za37675167/No+real+sign+of+a+nuclear+renaissance for Sunday Herald, 15 November 2009 France is the world's biggest consumer of nuclear power, with more than three quarters of the country's electricity being generated by 58 reactors. But even it has its nuclear headaches. This summer, the heat put a http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za37543843/Nuclear+workers+told+to+%27spy%27+on+their+colleagues from Sunday Herald, 08 November 2009 Thousands of staff at nuclear power stations across the UK have been told to inform on colleagues who might become 'vulnerable' to blackmail or bribery by terrorists because of changes in their personal lives. Mov http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za37543842/Demand+for+last+ditch+%27climate+revolution%27+to+prevent+disaster from Sunday Herald, 08 November 2009 Poor countries have demanded that rich countries like Scotland launch a 'climate revolution' in a last ditch bid to prevent millions from suffering droughts and malnutrition. If the industrialised world fails to c http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za37543841/Salmon+farming+industry+under+attack+in+new+film Exclusive, 08 November 2009 Salmon farming multinationals are this week facing an unprecedented broadside from a new film which blames the industry for wrecking the environment and destroying livelihoods in Scotland, Canada and Chile. The film accuse http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za37543844/10%2C000+dance+for+the+climate+in+Belgium 11 November 2009 Over 10,000 people on a sunny beach in Belgium dance together for action to cut climate pollution at the Copenhagen summit in December. Joyous. More here. http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za37475035/10%2C000+dance+for+the+climate+in+Belgium 11 November 2009 Over 10,000 people on a sunny beach in Belgium dance together for action to cut climate pollution at the Copenhagen summit in December. Joyous. More here. http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za37301655/Salmon+farming+industry+under+attack+in+new+film Exclusive, 08 November 2009 Salmon farming multinationals are this week facing an unprecedented broadside from a new film which blames the industry for wrecking the environment and destroying livelihoods in Scotland, Canada and Chile. The film accuse http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10551za37282948/Fun+bottomless+rubbish+bin+-+cleanliness Can we get more people to throw their rubbish in the bin by making it fun to do so? Watch the video below (the world's deepest trashcan):Result: During one day, 72kg of rubbish was collected in the fun rubbish bin. That is 41kg more than the normal b http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10551za37282947/Make+recycling+fun+-+Bottle+bank+arcade Can we get more people to use the bottle bank by making it fun to do?At 0,4 Sodra Station, there is a Bottle Bank Arcade for recycling glass bottles:How to playPress STARTWait for lightPut bottle inCollect pointsOK? Lets play (watch the video below): http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za37282801/Nuclear+workers+told+to+%27spy%27+on+their+colleagues from Sunday Herald, 08 November 2009 Thousands of staff at nuclear power stations across the UK have been told to inform on colleagues who might become 'vulnerable' to blackmail or bribery by terrorists because of changes in their personal lives. Mov http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za37282800/Demand+for+last+ditch+%27climate+revolution%27+to+prevent+disaster from Sunday Herald, 08 November 2009 Poor countries have demanded that rich countries like Scotland launch a 'climate revolution' in a last ditch bid to prevent millions from suffering droughts and malnutrition. If the industrialised world fails to c http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10554za37274677/A+Look+at+What+a+Zero+Waste+Target+Means+for+Scotland Can Scotland really achieve Zero Waste? So far, things are looking good. However, the reports available suggest that in terms of the 40 percent target set for 2010, Scotland was at 34 percent as of March of this year. So there is therefore a signific http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za37201144/Africa%3A+the+unfolding+catastrophe+caused+by+our+pollution from Sunday Herald, 25 October 2009 Bandiagara, Mali Adama is not happy. He is hanging from the blue-cloth harness of a weighing machine, his spindly limbs waving in the air, fear writ large in his wide eyes, crying. But his sobs are half-strangled a http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za37201148/Government+watchdog+withdraws+safety+advice+on+lead from The Guardian, 05 November 2009 Government advice suggesting that people exposed to low levels of lead pollution don't suffer serious illness has been withdrawn after it was criticised as inaccurate by experts. The Health and Safety Executive (HS http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za37201143/Unmasked%3A+the+billionaire+tax-exile+behind+Hunterston+coal+plan from Sunday Herald, 18 October 2009 The man behind a controversial plan for a new coal-fired power station in Scotland is a billionaire tax exile backed by Saudi oil money. John Whittaker, a publicity-shy property developer who heads the Peel group o http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za37201147/People%2C+pollution+and+profits book review for New Scientist, 28 October 2009 'Green Intelligence: Creating environments that protect human health' by John Wargo Published by: Yale University Press Price: £25/ $32.50 The buses that take our children to school should be safe place http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za37201146/Revealed%3A+where+the+MoD+wants+to+dump+its+radioactive+waste from Sunday Herald, 01 November 2009 A secret shortlist of a dozen sites across the UK where the Ministry of Defence (MoD) is thinking of dumping dangerous radioactive waste from defunct nuclear submarines can be revealed today by the Sunday Herald. http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za37201145/Scotland%27s+major+climate+polluters+exposed from Sunday Herald, 01 November 2009 Scotland's worst climate polluters have been unmasked as big-name energy companies including Scottish Power, Ineos, ExxonMobil, BP, Shell and E.ON. The French multinational, Lafarge, paper mills and landfill sites http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za37168952/Government+watchdog+withdraws+safety+advice+on+lead from The Guardian, 05 November 2009 Government advice suggesting that people exposed to low levels of lead pollution don't suffer serious illness has been withdrawn after it was criticised as inaccurate by experts. The Health and Safety Executive (HS http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za36968093/People%2C+pollution+and+profits book review for New Scientist, 28 October 2009 'Green Intelligence: Creating environments that protect human health' by John Wargo Published by: Yale University Press Price: £25/ $32.50 The buses that take our children to school should be safe place http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za36922453/Revealed%3A+where+the+MoD+wants+to+dump+its+radioactive+waste from Sunday Herald, 01 November 2009 A secret shortlist of a dozen sites across the UK where the Ministry of Defence (MoD) is thinking of dumping dangerous radioactive waste from defunct nuclear submarines can be revealed today by the Sunday Herald. http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za36885195/Scotland%27s+major+climate+polluters+exposed from Sunday Herald, 01 November 2009 Scotland's worst climate polluters have been unmasked as big-name energy companies including Scottish Power, Ineos, ExxonMobil, BP, Shell and E.ON. The French multinational, Lafarge, paper mills and landfill sites http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10555za36542863/Africa%3A+the+unfolding+catastrophe+caused+by+our+pollution from Sunday Herald, 25 October 2009 Bandiagara, Mali Adama is not happy. He is hanging from the blue-cloth harness of a weighing machine, his spindly limbs waving in the air, fear writ large in his wide eyes, crying. But his sobs are half-strangled a http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10554za36463919/WRG+Announcement+Gives+Welcome+Boost+to+UK+Solid+Recovered+Fuel+Market It a good news announcement for UK MBT Plants. Global building solutions provider CEMEX is forming a partnership with the Waste Recycling Group (WRG) PLC to produce Climafuel, an renewable fuel known as SRF (Solid Recovered Fuel) derived from waste, http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10554za36427899/Britain+to+Become+a+Zero+Waste+Nation+Hilary+Benn+Says We must now work in partnership to build a zero waste nation - where we scale back the resources we use, reuse and recycle all that we can and only send to the rubbish heap the things that have no other use for. 'To do this every one of us - state, l http://hdlns.com/g1269zf10553za36378938/What%27s+new%3F Crab in hole at Maracas Bay*Greetings Dear Members,Even though Greenlight Network has not been as visible as usual (like a crab in a hole) ... we have been very present. You will be happy to know that we have continued working behind the scenes, put