http://www.reuserecycleit.co.uk/news Cisco Asset Recovery and IT Disposal Services Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:30:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 welcomed the conversion but said it had ...http://www.reuserecycleit.co.uk/news/2010/09/green-groups-cautiously-welcome-bj%c3%b8rn-lomborgs-call-for-100bn-climate-fund/ 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 of CO2.They say it would make evenings ...http://www.reuserecycleit.co.uk/news/2010/08/uk-time-change-would-save-co2-emissions/ Michael McCarthy is given the chance to put his environmental policies to the testWednesday, 28 July 2010It'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 or your workstation and redesign UK energy policy for ...http://www.reuserecycleit.co.uk/news/2010/08/how-i-tried-to-save-the-world-%e2%80%93-from-the-comfort-of-my-desk/ 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 to the grid by councils, which ...http://www.reuserecycleit.co.uk/news/2010/08/chris-huhne-urges-local-councils-to-lead-green-energy-revolution/ 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 banker's bonus trough, key offices and departments ...http://www.reuserecycleit.co.uk/news/2010/08/76-months-and-counting-why-is-the-greenest-government-ever-slashing-environmental-bodies-instead-of-pursuing-tax-avoiders-to-raise-funds/ 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 the electricity market, will ensure that the ...http://www.reuserecycleit.co.uk/news/2010/07/emission-cuts-threatened-by-economic-recovery/ 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 the Feed-in Tariff (FIT) system.For every ...http://www.reuserecycleit.co.uk/news/2010/06/how-green-are-feed-in-tariffs/ The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC), formerly the carbon reduction commitment, is a mandatory scheme designed to:* promote energy efficiency * reduce carbon emissions * help businesses save money by reducing their energy bills.The CRC targets emissions that are not ...http://www.reuserecycleit.co.uk/news/2010/05/comply-with-the-crc-energy-efficiency-scheme/ The Government promised yesterday to support a European plan to raise the target for cutting greenhouse gases this decade.Chris Huhne, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, urged other European Union members to raise their sights and increase the target from 20 to 30 per cent by 2020.He said: “Global climate ...http://www.reuserecycleit.co.uk/news/2010/05/chris-huhne-backs-european-plan-to-raise-target-for-emission-cuts/ The grounding of 63,000 flights over the past four days has saved 1.3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide, more than the annual emissions of many developing countries.Aviation is responsible for about 2 per cent of global emissions of CO2, but accounts for a much higher proportion of emissions in European ...http://www.reuserecycleit.co.uk/news/2010/04/europe-counts-saved-carbon-emissions-as-flights-stay-grounded/