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Deputy Prime Minister and Environment Secretary welcome initiative on Sustainable Development Goals

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The UK Government will support an initiative to build Sustainable Development Goals, which will focus international attention on the need to sustainably manage the world’s natural resources, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman announced today.

UK support for initiating a process to develop Sustainable Development Goals was revealed following meetings in London today between Mr Clegg and President Santos of Colombia, and between Mrs Spelman and Colombian Environment Minister Frank Pearl.

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2K MANUFACTURING DOUBLES PRODUCTION OF ECOSHEET TO SATISFY FARMING MARKET

llge eco_front_view2K Manufacturing, the pioneering company behind the revolutionary environmentally-friendly EcoSheet, is doubling production at its Luton factory to meet demand from the agricultural sector.

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Current profiling work takes place on Mersey Estuary

Researchers got an unusual view of Runcorn and Widnes this week as part of research into tidal flows in the River Mersey.

Survey work to map the strength and direction of currents in the Mersey Estuary has taken place this week (Monday 14th November) as part of the development of the Mersey Gateway Project.

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11 out of 10 for the Welsh Government in reducing carbon emissions

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The Welsh Government has reduced its carbon emissions by 11% in a single year, beating the 10:10 target to reduce emissions in key areas by 10%. In December 2009, the First Minister confirmed the Welsh Government's commitment to the 10:10 campaign, which asked organisations to reduce their emissions in certain areas by 10% within an ‘action year’ that started in 2010.

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MIKE PUTNAM TO GIVE POVEY LECTURE

JCTMike Putnam will give this year’s JCT Povey Lecture on Tuesday, December 6. Mike is president and chief executive of Skanska UK, the UK’s greenest company, and also a member of the Green Construction Board.

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