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The article focuses on the need for buildings and homes to be well-insulated so that they are more energy efficient. Information about the British government's efforts to make homes more energy efficient is provided. Germany's energy efficiency standards are discussed. Also discussed are the costs to renovate a home so that it is more environmentally friendly.

States that the Centre for Alternative Technology in the Welsh hills is undergoing a surge in interest due to the greening of the British public in the past few years. Waning of enthusiasm during the Thatcher years; Tapping into the eco-boom; Selling shares in the center; Promoting ideas about alternative technology; "Prehistoric poo"; Options for energy planning.

Opinion. Comments on Great Britain's policies on protection of natural environment of its Dependent Territories. Ascension Island; Saint Helena Island; Tristan da Cunha; Falkland Islands; British Indian Ocean Territory; Pitcairn Islands; The Caribbean.

Part 1. Describes the plight of Britain's natural habitats. Caingorms in Scotland; Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) voluntary principle system; Caledonian pine forest; Red deer; Options to preserving pine forests; Gaps in SSSI legislation; English Nature; Estimates of damage in SSSI designated areas; Acid emissions; British government action. INSET: The fight for natural life in Burren..

Previews the British government's 1990 White Paper on the environment. Argument that the report reveals a lack of commitment on long-term environmental issues; Government's adherence to free market strategies as an element of environmental stewardship; Promise of more money for environmental research; Government's pledge to encourage developing countries to protect the stratospheric ozone layer.

The author discusses the negative effects that the government of Great Britain will encounter if they exit the European Union (EU). The author states that the exit would risk environmental gains and the ability of Britain to tackle global challenges. The author mentions that the exit would throw the country into doubt regarding the environmental protections.

The article discusses the possible prosecution of Great Britain for failing to meet its targets, or goals, in reducing emissions in the country, including in regard to the impact that British environmental policy has on its emissions and emissions' impact on climate change. An overview of the use of renewable energy in Great Britain, including its use of biomass, is provided.

The article reports that British chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne announced a reduction in taxation of revenues for the North Sea oil and gas industry, which is apparently counter to the climate agreements reached at the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Paris, France.

The article looks at research on the possible harm to bees caused by insecticides and the potential impacts of the study on the British government's pesticide policy. It discusses the controversy over possible misinterpretation of a study by researcher Helen Thompson on the impact of neonicotinoid pesticides on bee colonies which it says was used by British government officials in 2013 to justify their opposition to a European Union (EU) ban on such pesticides.

The article reports that studies by the economic research organization Cambridge Econometrics and the Institute for Public Policy in London, England, found that efforts to reduce Great Britain's carbon dioxide emissions would improve the country's economy rather than hurt it.

Focuses on Britain's green agenda for its colonial outposts. Details of the agenda to protect the environment released by Foreign Secretary Robin Cook; Popularity of the British colonies to entrepreneurs and ecologists; Plans for British colonies; Anguilla as a launch site for untested BA-2 rockets; East Caicos as a port for luxury cruise liners; Concern for wildlife from ecologists on the development of these areas; Difficulties for the British government.

Comments on the advertisement for the position of Chief Officer of the new Joint Nature Conservancy Committee. Need to cement relationship of three other agencies; Britain's Department of Energy; Renewable energy; Problem of PCBs.

Focuses on Great Britain's environmental policy. Departments responsible for the Biodiversity Action Plan of the government; Use of Alyssum lesbiacum as a means of cleaning up soil contaminated with nickel; Problems of Scottish and Welsh farmers with too much sheep.

Reports on the examination of John Major's proposal for honoring the commitments he made at the Earth Summit. Plans for implementing the Biodiversity Convention; Criticisms for the proposal; Good points; Pledge from Rio; Elimination of projected increase in carbon emission a year; Financing; Opposition from gas industry; Plans of several European countries; Government report on climate change.

Takes a look at whether the `environmental audits' that Britain's largest corporations are producing are just public relations gloss or a serious analysis. How the Confederation of British Industry defines the environmental audit; The more green-minded corporations are demanding evidence of the environmental probity of their suppliers before making orders; What environmental audits need; How the current round of environmental audits fall short.

Discusses the need of government grants specifically for the voluntary conservation bodies to ensure that graduates are employed in areas where they are both needed and where there are established organizations with the experience to administer the work. One such beneficiary; Other options.

The article reports that the London Convention governing burial of material in the sea was amended on November 2, making it legal to bury carbon-di-oxide in natural structures under the oceans. Jeff Chapman, chief executive of the Carbon Capture & Storage Association, seven prototype schemes are planned in Great Britain alone, and that by 2025 they could cut carbon-di-oxide emissions by a quarter, far faster than any other option.

The author discusses the politicizing of global warming espoused in two government reports for Great Britain. British foreign secretary Margaret Beckett sees global climate change as being a security issue and uses the civil war in the Darfur region of Sudan as example of conflict over areas with water. Former chief economist of World Bank Nicholas Stern feels that global climate changes could reduce the world's standard of living by 20 percent.

Discusses topics of scientific interest, in connection with British governmental policy. The government's examination of a Japanese system to analyze airline pilots' voice patterns for signs of fatigue; Belief of the British Dept. of the Environment, Transport, and the Regions, as well as the Civil Aviation Authority, that the system needs more testing; Parliamentary concerns about the vanishing of Britain's coastal habitats; Efforts by the organizations English Nature and the Environment Agency to protect these habitats.

Offers science-related opinion pieces on a variety of topics. Promise by Chris Mullin, minister of England's Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions to better protect sites of special scientific interest; Use of sonar to detect leaks in Yorkshire, England's water mains; Update on the seizing of three Lear's macaws by England's Customs and Excise; Others.

Reports on government and environmental issues in Great Britain as of April 3, 1999. Conservation efforts to protect the basking shark; Resumption of the international trade in ivory; Opposition to Japan's scientific whaling program.

Details the actions of many of England's power stations in their attempts to challenge the country's new policy of environmental glasnost. The Environmental Protection Act of 1990 and its requirement that companies must provide details of their industrial processes and emissions; PowerGen and National Power and their appeals to environment minister Michael Heseltine; Opinion of Fiona Weir of Friends of the Earth.

Reveals that, in an attempt to save one of Britain's rarest plants, the design of a new road has been altered. The buttercup `Ranunculus ophioglossifolius', also known as the Badgworth buttercup; Where it grows; Britain's smallest nature reserve.

Announces the launch this week of English Nature, the largest of the three bodies replacing the dismembered Nature Conservancy Council. Vow to create partnerships between landowners, local authorities and voluntary conservation groups; Statutory duties inherited from the Council; Program to reintroduce rare species to their former habitats; Discussion of sites of special scientific interest.

Reports that a network of students in England is urging colleges and departments to begin to recycle and to reduce energy consumption. Environmental action at Cambridge; Lack of college policy on energy; Waste of high quality paper; Actions at King's College.

Comments on the regulation of the quality and cost of water in Great Britain. Fight between the National Rivers Authority and the Office of Water Services; Government's environment policy; Review of the government's capital programs.

Relates that the British government has changed its tactics regarding the future of Antarctica. Wellington Convention on Antarctica; Environmental concerns; Greenpeace; Australia and France which want to turn the continent into a world park.

Presents the results of a report entitled `Trends '90,' by Gregg Marland and the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, that falsify claims by the British Government that stabilizing carbon dioxide emissions at 1990 levels would be a major achievement.

Examines the new research commissioned by Britain's Department of the Environment to revise planning controls to discourage driving in cities and towns. Reducing carbon dioxide emissions; Christopher Patten.

Reports that Britain's Environmental Protection Bill has now become an Act. Terms of the Act include larger fines for polluters, greater public access to information and an integrated approach to combating emissions.

Reports on the controversy surrounding the British government's scheme to dispose of scrap tires and generate power. Criticism on the plan's hampering of alternative technological solutions; Plan to use the incinerator technology at a former industrial site in Wolverhampton, England; Use of the combustion process to generate electricity in conventional fashion through turbines.

Discusses the opposition by Great Britain towards a ban on drift-net fishing proposed at the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe. Reasons for Britain's response.

Criticizes the first environment White Paper to be released by the administration of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1990. Environment secretary Chris Patten's responsibility for the report; Finding that established government departments do not take kindly to any attempt to intrude in their hegemony; Unwillingness to accept a set of rules designed to place environmental issues at the center of any policy formulation.

Reports on possible amendments to Britain's Environment Protection Bill. Considering releasing information concerning genetically altered organisms; Possible advisory committee to monitor proposed releases of organisms.

Focuses on the British policy on the protection of the ozone layer. Impact of the revisions agreed upon in London concerning the Montreal Protocol; Phasing out of chlorofluorocarbon; Assessment of the impact of the reduction on ozone layer on the incidence of skin cancers according to the United Nations Panel on the Environmental Effects of Ozone depletion; Reaction of ICI, a company which produces ozone-destroying chemicals, to efforts to protect the environment.

Reports on the environmental crisis in `Dependent Territory', the South Atlantic island of Ascension in Great Britain. Inaction of the British government on the problem; Feasibility study concerning the eradication of cats and rats on the island; Lack of government funding on the supposed project aiming to solve the problem.

Reports on the publication of a National Strategy for Global Environmental Research at the British Academy. Efforts of scientists to stop funding cuts for international environmental research; Proposal of a committee; Crisis arising from the withdrawal of government funding from two major British programs.

Focuses on the environmental policy of Great Britain. Department of Environment secretary John Gummer's comments on the findings presented at the Climate Change Convention in Geneva, Switzerland; Advocacy of speedy action to abort further climate changes; Need for the control and elimination of particulate pollution from dirty car exhausts.

Discusses efforts to reconstruct environmental resources damaged by road construction in Great Britain through the science of environmental engineering. Restoration of the beauty of the Twyford Down; Habitat creation and recreation initiatives of the government; Financing of environmental projects through the Millennium Fund; Economic opportunities created by environmental improvement projects.

Editorial. Focuses on the policy of the British government regarding the environmental effects of public transportation. Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution's revision of transport policy; Department of Transport's Green Paper; Implications; Expectations.

Cites the British policy on smoking in the workplace and the environment. Encouragement for employers for smoke-free environment; British commitment to environmental projects in the third world.

Reports on the British government's decision to repeal section 143 of the 1990 Environmental Protection Act which requires public registration of contaminated land. Pressure exerted by property and insurance industries on Environmental Secretary John Gummer; Adoption of new approach preventing public awareness of contaminated land location; Contradiction with 1991 consultation paper outlining the need for public registers.

Reports on the draft legislation for the creation of the Environmental Agency in Great Britain prepared by environment secretary John Gummer. Combination of the functions of the National Rivers Authority, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Pollution and local waste regulation authorities; Concern of environmentalists.

Opinion. Comments on British environment secretary John Gummer's draft legislation for the creation of an Environment Agency. Importance given to industry; Vision for the agency to be the apostle of innovation in pollution control.

Cites Green College fellow Crispin Tickell's address before the British Association regarding the need for the government to support research on population and environmental problems. Inconsistency of government actions with treaties; Need for rich nations to consider the environmental implications of economic growth.

Reports that over 1000 jobs could be lost from organizations overseeing environmental protection and waste regulation in England and Wales under a plan for creating a unified environment agency. Total savings a year under the plan.

Comments on developments on science policies in Great Britain. Member of parliament Ian Lloyd's urging for more representational democracy in science policy; Percentage of politicians attending the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee; Banning of aircraft to protect the ozone layer; Agencies concerned in controlling developments on Britain's seabed and foreshore.

Comments on various aspects concerning the environmental policy of Great Britain. Designation of Glenfeshie estate as National Nature Reserve; Attempt to measure costs of air, water and traffic pollution; Government's Sustainable Development Strategy; Lothian Health Board's investigation on source of Escherichia coli infection; Public consultation for approval of Sizewell B's waste disposal.

Discusses the activities of the environmental department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in Great Britain. Concerns on the feral cats on Ascension Island where the feline population expanded during the Falklands War; Accusation of neglecting its responsibilities.

Opinion. Discusses several issues in Great Britain regarding the environment. Policy of holding the polluter responsible for the cost of pollution; Redesigning of towns and cities to cut emissions of carbon dioxide; Repeal of the Weeds Act of 1959.