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Death Be Not Toxic Green Burials Catch on Amongst the Eco-Friendly Set		12 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Death Be Not Toxic Green Burials Catch on Amongst the Eco-Friendly Set It's no longer enough to live an eco-friendly life; now, the greenest of the green are planning for their own eco-friendly deaths. A small but growing number of people are seeking out burial in green cemeteries. Ramsey Creek Preserve in Westminster, S.C., is one such spot, a 35-acre expanse of woodla ...
Topics: green living, pollution and waste, South Carolina, toxics, United Kingdom, wildlife (all these topics)

Terror Error Top British Scientist Calls Global Warming Bigger Threat Than Terrorism		09 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Terror Error Top British Scientist Calls Global Warming Bigger Threat Than Terrorism Which menacing global problem should be keeping you up at night: terrorism or climate change? Britain's top government scientist is creating a bit of a stir by arguing that it's the latter, and lambasting President Bush for having his priorities all out of whack. In an article in today's issue of the U.S. jo ...
Topics: climate, green living, politics, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics)

We Love to Fly and It Shows Britain Mulls Ways to Limit Impact of Aviation Industry		17 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
We Love to Fly and It Shows Britain Mulls Ways to Limit Impact of Aviation Industry With the holidays looming, the airports and skies are fuller than ever -- unfortunately for the environment. Air travel is the most environmentally damaging way to get around, with planes using vast quantities of fossil fuels and emitting toxic byproducts and greenhouse gases. The issue is looming larg ...
Topics: Friends of the Earth, placemaking, pollution and waste, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Yeah, I'm the Tax, Man British Think Tank Proposes a 'Kyoto Tax' for the U.S.		08 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
Yeah, I'm the Tax, Man British Think Tank Proposes a "Kyoto Tax" for the U.S. With Europeans none too happy about the U.S. having ditched the Kyoto Protocol, a British think tank has come up with an idea for making the U.S. pay its fair share to deal with climate change: trade sanctions. The New Economics Foundation has proposed that the European Union tax imports from countries th ...
Topics: climate, energy, European Union, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics)

Bloody Appalling Britons' Bodies Contaminated with a Stew of Chemicals		25 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Bloody Appalling Britons' Bodies Contaminated with a Stew of Chemicals A cocktail of toxic chemicals was found in the bodies of every person tested as part of a British study commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund. In one of the most comprehensive such surveys to date, 155 people from around the U.K. had their blood analyzed for 77 persistent chemicals known to accumulate in human bodies, including DDT ...
Topics: health, toxics, United Kingdom, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics)

Warm Planet, Cold Shoulder Bush Met in London by Environmental Protestors		19 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Warm Planet, Cold Shoulder Bush Met in London by Environmental Protestors Protesting the U.S. government's refusal to address the problem of global warming, environmental demonstrators gave President Bush a less-than-warm welcome yesterday as he arrived in London for a state visit. Up to 600 people noisily marched to the U.S. embassy to criticize Bush's ...
Topics: climate, Friends of the Earth, George Bush, Iraq, London, politics, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics)

Ding Dong, the Plant Is Dead Germany Shutters First N-Plant in Beginning of End of Atomic Industry		14 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Ding Dong, the Plant Is Dead Germany Shutters First N-Plant in Beginning of End of Atomic Industry Germany began its historic phaseout of all atomic energy by shutting down the first of 19 nuclear power plants today. The Stade plant, in a city of the same name, had been open since 1972, making it the nation's second-oldest atomic energy facility. Anti-nuclear activists celebrated i ...
Topics: France, Germany, Greenpeace, nuclear power, placemaking, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Unsafe at Any Seed? A new consumer revolution could change the way we label food		30 Oct 2003	The Gist
There's a tongue-in-cheek ad campaign going on in New York City right now regarding smoking in public places. The ads feature slogans like, "If they ban smoking in airports, people will never fly again," and "If they ban smoking in bathrooms, people will never gossip again." I thought of this campaign when I stumbled across a Reuters article on Tuesday describing opposition to a new l ...
Topics: Department of Agriculture, food and agriculture, GMOs, green living, politics, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics)

The Bees' Knees Are Knocking Major British Study Pans GM Crops as Harmful to Wildlife		17 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
The Bees' Knees Are Knocking Major British Study Pans GM Crops as Harmful to Wildlife Bad news just keeps on coming for British backers of genetically modified foods, a group whose most high-profile member is Prime Minister Tony Blair. The latest: A three-year government investigation billed as the world's largest study of the environmen ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, European Union, food and agriculture, GMOs, toxics, United Kingdom, wildlife (all these topics)

Can't Get a Piece of the Rock British Insurance Companies Would Not Cover Farmers Growing GM Crops		08 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Can't Get a Piece of the Rock British Insurance Companies Would Not Cover Farmers Growing GM Crops The general public in the U.K. is deeply opposed to genetically modified crops, and now British farmers have yet another reason not to grow them: No one will insure them. A study by the agricultural organization Farm found that none of Britain's five major insurance underwriters would be willing to insure farms that ...
Topics: food and agriculture, GMOs, United Kingdom (all these topics)

As If British Food Weren't Bad Enough British Citizens Voice Overwhelming Opposition to GM Foods		24 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
As If British Food Weren't Bad Enough British Citizens Voice Overwhelming Opposition to GM Foods The British government is poised to support the planting of GM crops in Europe when a five-year ban on them expires next year -- but British citizens could scarcely disapprove more of that plan. According to "GM Nation?," a report on the results of 600 meetings held throughout England this summer, British sentiment on GM foods &qu ...
Topics: GMOs, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Gm-oh! Blair Backing Off Plans to Introduce GM Crops in UK		25 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Gm-oh! Blair Backing Off Plans to Introduce GM Crops in UK British Prime Minister Tony Blair is dramatically scaling back his plans to open UK farms up to widespread planting of genetically modified crops. The Blair government had been expected next month to announce blanket approval for GM plantings, but faced with unwavering public opposition to GM foods, and weakened by scandals surrounding the Iraq war, the government has backed of ...
Topics: GMOs, United Kingdom (all these topics)

The Postman Always Recycles Twice U.K. to Increase Recycling of Junk Mail 70 Percent Over 10 Years		07 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
The Postman Always Recycles Twice U.K. to Increase Recycling of Junk Mail 70 Percent Over 10 Years The U.S. has finally got a "Do Not Call" registry to ward off would-be telemarketers -- but will it ever get a "Do Not Mail" registry to stem the endless tide of junk mail? Maybe not, but across the Atlantic, the U.K. is taking steps to limit the environmental impact of unwanted mail. At present, ab ...
Topics: green living, recycling, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Seeds of Destruction GM Crops Harm Neighboring Flora and Fauna, British Test Results Indicate		04 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Seeds of Destruction GM Crops Harm Neighboring Flora and Fauna, British Test Results Indicate Genetically modified crops can cause more damage to nearby plants and animals than conventional strains of the same crops, according to preliminary results from British government farm trials. The three crops studied -- GM sugar beet, maize, and oilseed rape -- destroyed more insects and weeds than their non-GM counterparts. Th ...
Topics: GMOs, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics)

The Fine Line British Polluters Undeterred by Penalties		31 Jul 2003	Daily Grist
The Fine Line British Polluters Undeterred by Penalties Some of the biggest and best known companies in the United Kingdom are also some of its worst polluters -- but neither financial penalties nor shame seem able to keep them in line, according to the Environment Agency's fifth annual Spotlight report on the environmental violations of companies in England and Wales. For the billion-dollar businesses in ques ...
Topics: business, pollution and waste, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Crop Circles		23 Jul 2003	Daily Grist
Crop Circles A much-anticipated review by the British government of genetically modified (GM) crops has found that they are safe to consume but pose a serious threat to the environment. The 300-page report, produced by a panel of 24 scientists and policy advisors, is by far the most exhaustive study of GM crops to date. To the relief of GM advocates, it found that transgenic food products do n ...
Topics: food and agriculture, GMOs, toxics, United Kingdom, wildlife (all these topics)

A Bug's Death		01 Jul 2003	Daily Grist
A Bug's Death The "splatometer" is poised to become the next hip conservation tool. Worried that insect numbers seem to be falling in Britain, and that the drop may be leading to a decline in birds, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is gearing up for a nationwide survey next year to gather data on insect populations. The society hopes to convince tens of thousands of Britons to adorn the windshields of their c ...
Topics: United Kingdom, wildlife (all these topics)

Blair Switch Project		13 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Blair Switch Project As part of a broad cabinet reshuffle that has British politicians and citizens alike shaking their heads, U.K. Environment Minister Michael Meacher was asked yesterday by Prime Minister Tony Blair to step down. Meacher, who has held his post since 1997, was increasingly at odds with Blair over the issue of genetically modified crops; Meacher opposes them while Blair is pushing for their acceptance. First ...
Topics: GMOs, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics)

When Irish Eyes Are Smiting		11 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
When Irish Eyes Are Smiting Meanwhile, in nuclear news from elsewhere on the globe, Ireland has gone to international court in The Hague to try to shut down Britain's Sellafield nuclear power plant. The Irish, who have been fighting the plant for decades, claim that it violates the U.N. Convention of the Law of the Sea by polluting the Irish Sea with radioactive waste. The Sellaf ...
Topics: energy, nuclear power, pollution and waste, United Kingdom, United Nations (all these topics)

They Otter Be Proud		13 May 2003	Daily Grist
They Otter Be Proud The English otter, a beloved mammal once thought to have all but disappeared from the nation's waterways, is staging an impressive comeback. Otters can now be found in nearly 35 percent of England's rivers and wetlands, a five-fold increase over numbers from 25 years ago, according to survey results released by the government yesterday. Otter populations dropp ...
Topics: air pollution, European Union, United Kingdom, water bodies and marine life (all these topics)

Great, Britain!		08 Apr 2003	Daily Grist
Great, Britain! Industries in Great Britain have surpassed goals for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by almost three times national targets and almost twice international obligations, the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs announced this week. In 2000, the British government signed 10-year climate change agreements (CCAs) with 44 industries (including steel, aluminum, cement, chemicals, paper, and f ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Nuclear Falling-Out The feds are backing nuclear power -- in the name of the environment	Amanda Griscom	03 Apr 2003	Powers That Be
It's a long-held tenet of U.S. environmentalists that nuclear power is bad news. Critics argue that the clean-air benefits of nuclear reactors are far outweighed by the consequences of uranium mining and radioactive waste storage -- not to mention the damage that could result from an accident at an atomic power station. Now more than ever, with growing concern about terrorist at ...
Topics: mining and drilling, Nevada, nuclear power, politics, solid waste treatment and disposal, United Kingdom, United States, West (all these topics)

Fish and Cheeps		21 Mar 2003	Daily Grist
Fish and Cheeps Never mind doctors and drug dealers -- there's a new clientele for beepers: dolphins. If some lawmakers in the U.K. get their way, British fishing fleets will soon be required to use high-tech equipment resembling beepers to keep dolphins, porpoises, and other cetaceans out of fishing nets. Known as "pingers," the devices emit random ultrasonic noises designed to keep marine mammals away from potentiall ...
Topics: marine life, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Tony Tony Tony!		25 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
Tony Tony Tony! In a speech that compared the danger of environmental degradation to the threat of terrorism, British Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday outlined a sweeping plan to combat global warming. Blair called on his country, the European Union, and would-be E.U. members in Eastern Europe to cut carbon dioxide emissions 60 percent ...
Topics: air pollution, climate, European Union, international government agencies, politics, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics)

London Bridge Is Clearing Up		18 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
London Bridge Is Clearing Up Traffic in central London fell by roughly 25 percent Monday, the first day of a congestion-mitigation plan that was the controversial brainchild of Mayor Ken Livingstone. Under the plan, it costs about $8 per car to enter central London from 7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., with steep penalties for those who don't pay. About 80,000 people ponied up the money yesterday, while the r ...
Topics: England, London, placemaking, population, United Kingdom (all these topics)

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