Showing posts with label green news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label green news. Show all posts
Thursday, 27 December 2007

MacDonalds tries to go green

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McDonalds, an institution more commonly known for its poor environmental policies and damage to the planet is trying to ‘green-up’ its image...
Wednesday, 7 November 2007

ExxonMobil accused of ‘misleading advertising campaign’

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Friends of the Earth (FoE) has just launched an online video called ‘The Exxon Files’, an animated spoof of the X-Files that gives the low-d...
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UK power companies fail to tackle climate change

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The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has claimed that the UK’s biggest power companies are failing to deal with climate change. In its annual surve...
Monday, 15 October 2007

Fear turns Catalina green

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The small but idyllic Catalina Island is turning green. Catalina is a small island off the southern coast of California. It has a population...
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The Great Global Warming Swindle appears to have been a swindle

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How many of you watched ‘The Great Global Warming Swindle’ recently on channel 4? If you did, you will remember the whole programme was an a...
Thursday, 13 September 2007

UK Ministry of Defence pays £12 million to identify potential climate change conflicts

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In the UK, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has agreed a £12 million contract with the Meteorological (Met) Office to identify areas of the wor...
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Tuesday, 11 September 2007

Tories embrace the environment with new policies

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The conservative party is fast becoming the party of the environment, with an 800-page report due to be published on Thursday outlining a ra...
Tuesday, 4 September 2007

Eco-housing gets a boost

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The second largest house-builder in the UK, Persimmon has pledged to support the government’s plans for low carbon emission housing. The com...

Biofuel demand starts to hurt poorest communities

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As predicted by many environmentalists recently, the demand for corn (or maize) for biofuel production has started to cause suffering among ...
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Monday, 3 September 2007

Wind turbines in your backyard

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There are many people, myself included that believe wind and solar power is a good solution to our energy needs. So far, the majority of win...
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The real cost of distressed denim

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Distressed denim may be all the rage in the fashion world at the moment, but the style comes at an environmental and human cost. In Tehuacán...

Climate change hits Inuit way of life

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Climate change is something that we sometimes perceive as abstract and a bit unreal at the moment, in our country at least. We have not real...
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Offshore wind farms are a danger to whales and dolphins

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Offshore wind farms are expected to account for around 20% of our electricity needs by 2020, which is good news for the government as it is ...
Thursday, 2 August 2007

Government policy on climate change lacking

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The Commons Environmental Audit Committee has urged the government to take more effective and co-ordinated action to reduce the emissions th...
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Website helps you to reduce CO2 from your car

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There are a few simple steps you can take to reduce the environmental impact of driving your car. By choosing the right car and driving the ...

Water transport promises greener way

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Using coastal waters and the canal system to transport goods around the country can produce 80% less carbon emissions compared to road haula...

Velib cycle scheme hits Paris

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Paris is trying out a cycling scheme first developed in Lyon, which looks like a good way to reduce city centre congestion and therefore pol...
Tuesday, 24 July 2007

African organic farms under threat

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Starting Monday 23rd July, the Soil Association (SA) is debating the merits of banning the certification of African organic produce due to t...
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Wednesday, 18 July 2007

Public transport costs rise as motoring costs drop

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The benefits of going green are not lost on businesses and governments. Green has political capital right now. Green sells and green gets vo...
Friday, 13 July 2007

Electricity firms are trying out new Smart meters

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Four major UK electricity suppliers has signed a contract with the government to install 40,000 smart meters as part of a two year trial. Th...