Carbon Offsetting
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September 21, 2010 // By Andrew // 12 comments
Wed 15 Sept 2010 – Finnair has launched a new revised emissions calculator that the airline claims is the only one in the world to be based on actual cargo, passenger and fuel consumption figures, not averages or assumptions. In the calculations, consumed fuel
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September 13, 2010 // By Andrew // no comments
• Wind-generated electricity hits new peak • Experts claim green energy targets are in danger Wind energy hits new peak Wind turbines in the shadow of the Drax power station in Selby. Last week, the National Grid confirmed that at one point over 10%
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September 7, 2010 // By Andrew // 2 comments
Climate scientists meeting in Britain this week hope to build a database to predict natural disasters precisely. And records of the voyages of the Bounty and Beagle will assist them in their task Leading climate scientists will gather in the UK this week to
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September 2, 2010 // By Andrew // no comments
Self-styled “sceptical environmentalist” Bjørn Lomborg’s call for a $100bn a year global fund for research into climate change solutions was today given a cautious welcome by some leading green groups and thinktanks, but was dismissed by others as politically naive. A Greenpeace spokesperson
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August 18, 2010 // By Andrew // no comments
Moving the clocks forward one hour would save hundreds of thousands of tonnes of carbon dioxide each year, campaigners say. A study for the 10:10 climate campaign suggested putting clocks forward during winter to an hour ahead of GMT could save almost 500,000 tonnes
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August 17, 2010 // By Andrew // no comments
Michael McCarthy is given the chance to put his environmental policies to the test Wednesday, 28 July 2010 It’s not quite being at the controls of the Starship Enterprise. But it’s on the way there. As from today, you can sit at your laptop
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August 10, 2010 // By Andrew // no comments
Local councils will be allowed to sell renewable electricity to the National Grid from today, with the energy secretary, Chris Huhne, urging them to position themselves at the forefront of a power revolution. Huhne has lifted a ban on the sale of surplus electricity
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August 2, 2010 // By Andrew // no comments
A bonfire of the environment is being stoked methodically along government corridors. Yet, simultaneously, banks still refuse to renounce the bonus culture that blinded our financial system and created the conditions for cuts. As expensive City PR firms brace to defend this year’s anticipated
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July 6, 2010 // By Andrew // 1 comment
Britain is not on course to meet its climate change targets for reducing carbon emissions, the Government is bluntly warned today. Only a step change in effort, brought about by a range of new policies ranging from boosting numbers of electric cars to reforming
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June 7, 2010 // By Andrew // 2 comments
In China it is illegal to be without a solar panel on a certain-sized home. It’s the type of policy that works better in a totalitarian state, so here in Britain we are to be enticed to turn houses into energy-generating hubs courtesy of
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