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One of the leading UK supermarket chains Sainsbury'sis launching milk sold in a recyclable plastic bag pouch in thirty five of its stores.

The chain expects to have the bagged milk available in as many as 500 stores within the next year.

Last week saw the opening of the first hydrogen fuelling station in England. The station is based at Birmingham University, where experiments are being carried out to test the viability of hydrogen in transport applications, as part of Birmingham’s ‘Science City’ hydrogen energy project.

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It turns out that the claimant in the recent UK case against showing The Inconvenient Truth in schools, Mr. Stewart Dimmock, school governor (and “father of two” as various media agencies were quick to highlight) is in fact a member of a right wing political group that is anti-environmental, and even described as "fascist' by Scottish press.

The government says the regulation is designed to "help kick start the market for zero-carbon homes, encourage microgeneration technologies, and raise public awareness of the benefits of living in zero-carbon homes".

Home buyers can save up to £15,000, but the building industry warns that not many are likely to benefit soon.

In the UK high-energy light bulbs will begin to be phased out from shops within months, under a timetable agreed by retailers and energy companies. Full article in our Environment main discussion forum.