Forum Brief: Environmental Budget response
Policy Consultation 17 April 2002
During his Budget speech, the chancellor said: "There is a huge potential for British firms to capture new world markets by investing in environmentally-friendly technologies and creating new businesses and
Forum Brief: Recycling initiative
Policy Consultation 28 March 2002
Local councils in England have today been invited to bid for a slice of a £140 million household waste and recycling fund to help them treble recycling and composting to
Forum Brief: Fridges
Policy Consultation 21 February 2002
Environment minister, Michael Meacher, has been accused of misleading parliament when he told MPs that the European Commission was to blame for the thousands of fridges piling up across Britain.
Forum Brief: Fridges
Policy Consultation 21 February 2002
Environment minister, Michael Meacher, has been accused of misleading parliament when he told MPs that the European Commission was to blame for the thousands of fridges piling up across Britain.
Forum Brief: Environmental tax report
Policy Consultation 12 February 2002
A committee of MPs has criticised chancellor Gordon Brown for failing to provide an environment tax agenda, despite a 1997 manifesto pledge.
Forum Brief: Toxic waste dumps
Policy Consultation 25 January 2002
A study of 23 sites in Britain, Denmark, France, Belgium and Italy by EU researchers has found that the chances of having a baby with downs syndrome increase by 40
Forum Brief: Waste summit
Policy Consultation 21 November 2001
Margaret Beckett has convened a summit to examine how Britain's poor record on recycling waste can be improved.
Forum Brief: Margaret Beckett's speech
Policy Consultation 24 October 2001
Margaret Beckett has called for Britain to become a low-carbon economy in a speech to the Environment Forum at an ERM Green Alliance event in London.
Forum Brief: Climate Change Levy
Policy Consultation 24 September 2001
British manufacturing has been hit by a "burden" of over £100 million since the controversial climate change levy was introduced, the Engineering Employers Federation (EEF) claimed today.
