Environment
Madrid News
A team of over 25 technicians has mapped the Spanish capital
London News
Greenpeace buys up Heathrow runway land.
Campaigners opposed to the controversial third runway planned for Heathrow have bought a piece of land the size of a football pitch, which is part of the area earmarked for the airport
Copenhagen News
Copenhagen short-listed for EU
The Danish capital is among eight cities nominated for the first
London News
Hackney council gets tough on littering.
Environmental enforcement officers employed by Hackney council in north London are using their mobile phones to film people who drop litter or fail to clean up after their dogs, as part of a campaign...
Paris News
Recycling Christmas trees in Paris.
Paris city council has set up 95 collection points in parks and gardens across the city for its annual Christmas tree recycling drive. Trees must be delivered
Brussels News
Recycling glass mandatory in Brussels.
Recycling glass will become mandatory in Brussels as of 1 January 2009. Under the new rules people who do not dispose of glass in the correct street containers (white for clear glass and green for col...
Brussels News
Anti-smog measures for Brussels.
As from 1 January the Brussels city government is to introduce graduated traffic restrictions for days when pollution reaches alarm levels in the Belgian capital. When Alarm Level 1 is reached, a redu...
Berlin News
Polar bear Knut to leave Berlin.
Since polar bear cub Knut was first presented to the public in March 2007, more than five million people have visited Berlin Zoo
Berlin News
A group of Berlin motorists is currently testing out 100 electric cars as part of a joint initiative by the Daimler car manufacturer and electricity giant RWE. Daimler is providing electric Smart and...
Jersey News
Electricity price rises in Jersey will rise by 24 per cent next year.
The Jersey Electricity Company said that it had been forced to increase prices from 1 January because of soaring wholesale energy...
Dublin News
Dublin councillors debate high-rise buildings.
Councillors have agreed to debate a variation to the 2005-2011 Dublin development plan which would allow greater height and density in new buildings in five key inner city areas. Should the change be...
Paris News
Large salmon caught at Seine barrage.
An Atlantic salmon measuring nearly one metre in length and weighing seven kilos has been caught at the Suresnes barrage on the Seine, just west of Paris. Being particularly sensitive to pollution, th...
Dublin News
Dublin Bay infill controversy.
Local residents are up in arms over a proposal currently before the An Bord Pleanala (town planning authority) to infill 52 acres of Dublin Bay. Over 4,000 people have already voiced their objections...
Jersey News
Jersey voted overwhelmingly on 15 October not to adopt Central European Time (CET). The proposal was thrown out by 72 per cent of those who voted in the island
