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BRANSON WARNS THAT OIL CRUNCH IS COMING WITHIN FIVE YEARS

Sir Richard Branson and fellow leading businessmen will warn ministers this week that the world is running out of oil and faces an oil crunch within five years. The founder of the Virgin group, whose rail, airline and travel companies are sensitive to energy prices, will say that the coming crisis could be even more serious than the credit crunch. 'The next five years will see us ...

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Air & Climate

MELTING ARCTIC COULD COST GLOBAL ECONOMY OVER $2.4TN

The melting of ice in the Arctic could result in economic costs of between $2.4 trillion (£1.54tn) and $24 trillion by 2050, according to a major new study that predicts that the loss of 'the planet's air conditioner' ...

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Energy & Renewables

RENEWABLE ENERGY GOVERNMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAMS

Federal and state governments are offering a myriad of renewable energy incentive programs, devised to encourage industry growth and energy savings through government-funded consumer and commercial initiatives, ...

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Environmental Mgmt

GREEN POLICIES COULD HELP MOVE UK OUT OF THE RED

The UK could slash its deficit by £12bn a year by scrapping tax breaks for carbon-intensive industries and halting investment in projects that will increase carbon emissions, according to a study from sustainable ...

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Health & Safety

HSE WELCOMES IAEA REPORT

The Health and Safety Executive has welcomed the publication of a second report into its Nuclear Directorate from the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). A team of senior nuclear regulators ...

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Monitoring & Testing

PREPARATIONS FOR OLYMPIC GAMES IN RUSSIA NOT MEETING ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS - WWF

Despite a recent visit by the United Nations Environment Programme, preparations for the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia are failing to meet proper environmental standards, according to ...

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Soil & Groundwater

A VILE AND DIRTY BUSINESS

Gwen Johansson lives in what used to be idyllic surroundings a few kilometres west of Fort St. John in B.C.'s northeast. Lately, though, the tranquillity of her home overlooking the placid Peace River has been shattered ...

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Waste & Recycling

CAVENDISH CONFERENCE VENUES ANNOUNCE TWO MAJOR GREEN INITIATIVES

We have now moved all our electricity supplies from the Megalith that is EDF albeit on a green tariff (Carbon levy exempt) to Ecotricity. The logic is twofold. Firstly we prefer dealing with smaller companies, EDF ...

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Water & Wastewater

SHORTLISTED BIDDERS BOTH PROPOSE EFW FOR LEEDS

A new Energy from Waste facility could be built in Leeds after Leeds City Council announced that it has cut the list of bidders for its waste PFI contract to just two. Both of the contenders have ...

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