Environment
Jersey News
Phone mast emissions in Jersey could be tested regularly by an independent body at the expense of mobile phone companies.
The minister for economic development, senator Philip Ozouf, has advised the...
Paris News
Teachers at nursery and primary schools in the French capital can now apply for a kit from the Mairie de Paris which brings recycling into the classroom. The teaching aid helps pupils to learn about t...
Madrid News
Madrid public transport: Green taxis for Madrid.
Ten Madrid taxis are to be converted to natural gas fuel (LPG) in a pilot project aimed at reducing the capital
Oxford News
Oxford’s old bins become water butts.
Following the delivery of new recycling wheelie bins and blue boxes to households around Oxford, the city council has promised to collect and recycle as many unwanted old bins as possible. A home has...
Jersey News
From 1 May until 30 September all dog owners exercising their pets to the beach must make sure that they are on a lead. The summer-time ruling, which comes into force every year, coincides with the re...
Jersey News
A proposed law could allow officers of the Environment and Planning Department to order the cutting of high hedges that block sunlight from neighbours
Jersey News
Jersey will be able to quiz French authorities in June on the plans and the safety arrangements for the new nuclear power station Flamanville 3 planned on the Normandy coast, almost exactly opposite t...
Brussels News
Smoking banned in Belgian schools.
The partial smoking ban currently operating in Belgian schools is to become total as of 1 Sept 2008, with the banning of smoking in the playground. Smoking is currently banned in all school buildings,...
Jersey News
New ferry runs into bad weather.
The new ferry company, HD Ferries, which this week started a service between Jersey and St Malo was forced to cancel all sailings Monday 19 March because of bad weather conditions.
But rival carrie...
Barcelona News
Recycling bags distributed to Barcelona homes.
Barcelona city council has launched a new recycling campaign with the delivery of free recycling bags to 720,000 homes across the city. The re-usable bags are colour-coded to correspond to the city
Paris News
Nitrogen oxide (NOx) and carbon dioxide (CO2) greenhouse gas emissions in Paris dropped over the period 2002-2007 according to a recent report on the air quality in the capital. NOx emissions (a major...
Oxford News
A new community woodland is to be created on a former landfill site in Oxford
Oxford News
Primary school to get wind turbine.
Oxford city council has given the go-ahead for the building of a 12-m wind turbine at a local school. The turbine, which will generate electricity for the Sandhills primary school, is to be built on t...
Oxford News
Central Oxford gets recycling bins.
Homes in the city centre are to receive wheelie bins and blue boxes for recycling as of 13 November. Over the following fortnight Oxford
Paris News
The Ville de Paris is urging Parisians not to heat their apartments above a maximum temperature of 19
Madrid News
Residents parking permits renewal.
Madrid residents have until 29 December to renew their parking permit; they can apply for a renewal by post, in any one of the 17 offices of L
