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International development agency Christian Aid says that G8’s agreement to halve carbon emissions by 2050 was a step in the right direction, but would not be enough to halt global warming while allowing poor countries to develop in a sustainable way. Its senior climate change policy analyst Nelson Muffuh argues: ‘The science says that global cuts of at least 80 percent by 2050 are necessary if temperature rises are to be kept below 2C.’
Environment	The War Cry - 19th July 2008



The government said pilot schemes testing micro-chipped wheelie bins will go ahead even though one council which tried out the technology scrapped it after it “failed to work”. The micro-chips enable bins to be weighed by the refuse lorry so the amount each household recycles and throws away can be checked. South Norfolk Council became the first in England to use the scheme which it introduced in 2002.
Environment	The Sentinel - June 17th 2008



Sainsbury’s announced plans today to halve the number of disposable plastic bags used by customers over the next year. The supermarket chain said it would reward customers who reused bags with store points. It also pledged that its disposable bags would be made of 50% recycled content by June this year, up from the current 33%.
Environment	The Sentinel, April 17th 2008.



The worrying fact is that, we are disposing more waste now than ever before even though there are many active environmentally conscious campaigns at present. If we think about it – plastic can take up to 500 years to decompose. A recycled plastic bottle would save enough energy to power a 60-watt light bulb for three hours. Also, recycling plastic allows for conservation of non-renewable fossil fuels. Few people know that glass that is thrown away and ends up in landfill will never decompose. Ironically, it is one of the few materials that is 100 per cent and recyclable and can be used again and again. For every tonne of recycled glass used, 1.2 tonnes of raw materials are preserved.
Environment	The Main Event April 2008



A map of Britian’s flora and fauna produced in 2002 showed that habitats here are being destroyed by pollution from cars and lorries. Area’s in particular decline are chalk and limestone grasslands, heaths and bogs. Ten species familiar to our grandparents have been lost entirely from the British countryside since 1930. And this is a trend that’s likely to continue. But A Rocha’s passion is to conserve environments and stop this happening. “We will see some very sad things in terms of extinction and destruction of habitats,” says Bookless. “There’s a real urgency about this. We have 10 to 15 years at most in which our lifestyles, our economic system and our dependency on fossil fuels need to change if we are to give the world a long-term future. We are already seeing changing habitats in th UK. We are losing species”.
Environment	Idea May/June 2008



A bid to source half of all milk packaging from recycled materials by 2020 is one of a series of goals unveiled today to make the dairy industry greener. The Milk Roadmap, launched by the industry and the Environment Department (Defra), also outlines plans to cut green – house gas emissions from dairy farms by 20 – 30 per cent by 2020. Defra said the roadmap aimed to address the environmental consequences of producing liquid milk through the supply chain from farms to retailers. Milk and meat production account for around seven per cent of UK greenhouse gas emissions.
Environment	The Sentinel May 2nd 2008



The sight of a different kind of “hoodie” is becoming increasingly common in the UK’s city centres – the peregrine falcon, the RSPB said today. Changing landscapes and increasing numbers of the black-hooded bird of prey has meant peregrines, once associated with cliffs and wild crags, are becoming a regular sight in city streets.
Environment	Evening Sentinel - March 31st 2008



Woodland birds once common across Britain and Europe are declining. Species like the nightingale, lesser spotted woodpecker and wryneck have reduced significantly, says a recent report in the scientific journal Ibis. Bird Population Studies across 20 European countries revealed that some woodland bird numbers had fallen by up to 20% in the past two decades. A third of the 90 forest birds examined have declined since the 1980s.
Environment	Evangelical Times - January 2008.



Every household in Britain could be powered by off shore wind farms under major expansion plans being announced by the government today. Up to 7,000 turbines could be installed around d the UK’s coastline in a bid to boost the wind energy produced 60 fold by 2020. Business secretary John Hutton admitted the “step change” would alter the face of the waters around the country with the equivalent of two turbines to every mile.
Environment	The Sentinel - December 10th 2007.



Britain’s drinking water is under threat from medicines and cosmetics flushed down the drains of millions of households, a report claimed today. The Royal society of Chemistry (RSC) report claimed today. The Royal Society off Chemistry (RSC) report warns that treatment works are unable to remove all these substances, leaving some of them to contaminate water supplies.
Environment	The Sentinel - December 10th 2007



A report into flooding which affected more than 10,000 homes, schools and businesses has criticised a water company for failing to take effective preventative measures despite repeated warnings about the risk. The Independent Review Body’s report into floods in Hull in June, said Yorkshire Water had commissioned several reports into its flood measures in the past 11 years but had been unable to prove it had taken action to meet many of the recommendations The water company is also accused of overestimating the capacity of its equipment to deal with heavy rain, a failing which the report said had probably contributed to thousands of pounds worth of damage.
Environment	The Sentinel - November 2007



International action is urgently needed to protect Antarctica and conserve species such as whales, albatrosses and penguins, environmentalists warned today. The WWF said the world’s last great wilderness was under threat from climate change, unsustainable fishing and the spread of non-native species. The environmental charity is demanding marine protected areas to cover millions of square kilometres of the Southern Ocean by 2012.
Environment	The Sentinel - October 17th, 2007



Up to 40 per cent of packaging used by leading supermarkets cannot be recycled, a report says. Britain will fail to hit recycling targets unless big food chains cut back on excessive packaging, the Local Government Association warned. Marks & Spencer was the retailer which used the lowest percentage of packaging which could be recycled, the survey found.
Environment	The Sentinel - October 23rd, 2007



Britain could cut out carbon emissions to zero in 20 years –but only if people accept a virtual end to air travel and stop using fuel-driven cars, a report said today. Meat would also need to disappear off menus and an “armada” of wind turbines must be built around the coast to achieve the goal says the new research. Money would meanwhile be overtaken in importance by carbon credits traded by everyone. The radical vision was put forward by scientists from the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT). They set themselves the task of seeing of Britain could cut fossil fuel emissions to zero by 2027. They claim such a cut is possible and may be the only way to tackle climate change which threatens to spiral out of control.
Environment	The Sentinel - July 9th 2007



68 per cent of Britons believe climate change is already happening, but 51 per cent think it will have little or no immediate effect. 27 per cent admit they are doing nothing to combat climate change, and 70 per cent say it’s up to the Government to take a lead by passing laws.
Environment	Salvationist (The Week) - 14 July 2007

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