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SCOTLAND: STUDY TO EXAMINE BIOFUELS WITHIN SCOTLAND
More of Scotland's farmland could be used to grow energy crops under recent reforms to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
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SCOTLAND: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AT HEART OF POLICIES - MINISTER
The Executive's programme for the environment and sustainable development for the next four years has been outlined at an event in Edinburgh.
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URGENT VACCINE NEEDED FOR BOVINE TB - GEORGE
Commenting on the Government's decision to suspend the reactive culling of badgers in the bovine TB trials because initial results show reactive culling caused a 27% increase in bovine TB cases,…
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WILDLIFE REGULATION MUST NOT BE THROWN TO THE DOGS - GEORGE
Responding to reports that Lord Haskins will recommend that the Government's wildlife watchdog, English Nature, be scrapped in favour of a new 'land management' agency, Andrew George MP, Liberal…
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WALES: Carwyn stops sleep-walking over TAN8, says Bates
Mick Bates AM, Welsh Liberal Democrat environment spokesperson, today praised Carwyn Jones for waking from his sleep-walk and bringing TAN8 to the top of his report in the Environment, Planning and…
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WILL GHOST FLEET HAUNT BRITISH WATERS WAITING ON DRY DOCK DECISION? - BAKER
Plans to dismantle the ghost fleet, currently en route to Teeside, have been blocked by the Environment Agency.
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GM PUBLIC DEBATE MUST BE RE-RUN WITH ALL THE FACTS - GEORGE
Commenting on reports that more than 100 scientists have written to the Prime Minister criticising the way the Government handled the national debate on GM crops, Andrew George MP, Liberal Democrat…
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GM TRIALS FLAWED FROM OUTSET - DOUGHTY
Former Environment Secretary, Michael Meacher, yesterday revealed to the Environmental Audit Select Committee that the farm scale trials of GM crops were flawed from the outset, as the organisation…
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Fast Food Litter Should Be Recyclable - Baker
Commenting on the Government's move to urge fast food outlets to take responsibility for the litter they generate, Norman Baker MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary, said:
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SCOTLAND: PRINGLE UNVEILS PLASTIC BAG POLLUTION LEVY PLAN
Edinburgh South MSP Mike Pringle has unveiled a proposal to lodge a Members Bill in the Scottish Parliament to introduce a levy on disposable plastic bags. The plan would mean that plastic bag use…
