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Media mentions

9 June 2011

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Tags: Centre for Environmental Policy, Chemistry, Department of Medicine, World Health Organisation
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Media Mentions

7 March 2011

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Tags: Centre for Environmental Policy, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Media Mentions, Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Surgery and Cancer
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Climate survey: Blow a bubble and spot a contrail

7 March 2011

Meteorologists and other scientists are asking everyone in England to take part in a new survey exploring the impact we have on our climate and how good we might be at adapting to its changes.

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Tags: Centre for Environmental Policy, Faculty of Natural Sciences, News
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Successes in international development

17 December 2010

Calum Handforth, Communications and Administrative Officer (Environmental Policy), reports on an event he attended on 18 October at the Science Museum, where Bill and Melinda Gates gave a lecture on behalf of their foundation about successes in international development.

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Tags: Centre for Environmental Policy, Inside Story
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Young Scientist Award on Environmental Issues

16 December 2010

Research Associate Dr Rocio Araceli Diaz-Chavez (Centre for Environmental Policy) has been awarded the Young Scientist Award on Environmental Issues by the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) and Zhongyu Environmental Technologies Corporation. Dr Diaz-Chavez was recognised for her research related to environmental management. The award was presented at the International Symposium on Urban Futures and Human and Ecosystem Wellbeing in Shanghai by UNESCO, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and SCOPE at the end of October.

Tags: Awards and Honours, Centre for Environmental Policy
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Europe risks failing to help transform food production across Africa

23 November 2010

Europe risks squandering a rare opportunity to transform food production across Africa, according to a report released on 26 October by a panel of European and African development experts, led by Imperial’s Professor Sir Gordon Conway (Environmental Policy).

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Prestigious water quality award

1 November 2010

Dr Nick Voulvoulis (Environmental Policy) has been awarded the prestigious Eddy Wastewater Principles/Processes Medal by the Water Environment Federation, an international, not-for-profit, technical and educational, water quality organisation. Dr Voulvoulis was recognised for his findings recorded in the article, Removal of steroid estrogens from wastewater using granular activated carbon: comparison between virgin and reactivated carbon.

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Ringing endorsement for 2,000 Imperial graduates

20 October 2010

A new honorary award recognising meritorious service to Imperial College London will be presented for the first time at the College’s Commemoration Day graduation ceremonies today, which sees over 2,000 undergraduates receive their degrees in science, engineering and medicine. (more…)

Tags: Bioengineering, Centre for Environmental Policy, Commemoration Day, Computing, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, National Heart and Lung Institute
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Skea wins Melchett Award

17 September 2010

Professor Jim Skea, Research Director of the UK Energy Research Centre, based at Imperial, has received the Energy Institute’s 73rd Melchett Award for his significant contribution to the energy industry. Professor Skea also holds a Chair in Sustainable Energy (Environmental Policy). He is a Fellow of the Energy Institute and one of the UK’s leading experts in energy policy and climate change, Professor Skea received the award on 1 July at an evening reception in London, where he addressed guests and presented the Melchett Lecture. Professor Skea is a founding member of the UK Committee on Climate Change and a Vice-Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group III. The award was presented by James Smith FEI, President of the Energy Institute and Chairman of Shell UK.

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Innovative bottle recognised

8 July 2010

A sustainable Coca-Cola bottle called ‘PlantBottle’, which was developed by Dr Richard Murphy (Life Sciences), has won a gold award for innovation and sustainability in the 22nd DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation. Through Imperial Consultants, Dr Murphy, Dr Jeremy Woods (Environmental Policy) and Miss Miao Guo (Life Sciences) carried out a full life-cycle analysis of the product as part of Coca Cola’s development programme. The bottle is made by a process that turns sugar cane and molasses, a by-product of sugar production, into monoethylene glycol, which is a major component of PET plastic. The packaging is made of up to 30 per cent plant-based material and can be recycled in the existing recycling infrastructure.

Tags: Awards and Honours, Centre for Environmental Policy, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Life Sciences
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Long server

23 April 2010

Long server Karen Lyle, Centre Manager (Institute of Mathematical Sciences) and Departmental Operations Manager (Centre of Environmental Policy) speaks to Reporter about her twenty years of service to the College.

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Tags: Centre for Environmental Policy, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Issue 218, Long service
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