Feature Articles

From the time the first pixellated maps crept out into the digital landscape, GIS (Geographic Information System) has quickly evolved to become an important set of tools in environmental study, planning and management. Today, GIS is a very different animal from its 1960s' ancestors. Graham Morgan looks at how it has developed.

The cloud continues to integrate itself into business infrastructure but, with the drive to reduce costs and maintain high corporate social responsibility, the environmental credentials of data centres are now under the spotlight. Dave Howell reports.

Revised statutory guidance for implementation of Part 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 has been laid before Parliament. But Defra’s proposed revisions to legislation governing contaminated land have raised concerns in some quarters. Rob Bell reports.

Matthew Pitts looks at the role of sustainable urban drainage systems (SuDS) in reducing the risk of flooding.

Jon Herbert looks at how the Met Office is plotting real world climate change as UK renewable energy use increases, but the future of electric cars hangs in the balance.

With the 2012 Olympic countdown well under way, and all eyes focused on London, the city’s and the Games’ environmental policies are coming under increasing scrutiny. Flemmich Web reports on the capital’s air quality in the run-up to the greatest show on Earth.

John Barwise asks if we are rising to the climate change challenge or just kidding ourselves on emissions reduction.

Caroline Hand provides a summary of the main proposals outlined in the Government’s recently published White Paper on water.

Protecting the environment is now central to all organisations’ activities as they expand their CSR. But is greenwashing now a thing of the past? Dave Howell reports.

Biofuels would seem to be a natural renewable for a planet with a long-term history as a successful biosphere. Jon Herbert considers how human intervention might shape their future.