Posted on July 19th 2008
Article by Kevin Dowling in the Times
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A Channel 4 documentary that argued that global warning was a fraud is to be criticised by the UK’s media regulator. On Monday Ofcom is expected to publish a long-awaited report that upholds […]
Posted on July 18th 2008
An independent report commissioned by Centrica, which owns British Gas, has warned that gas prices could rise by up to 700% over the next two years. See Julia Kollewe’s article in The Guardian today for more.
Meanwhile across the Atlantic, Al Gore threw down the gauntlet on renewable energy in the US, in a speech given […]
Posted on July 16th 2008
By Hannah Strange, from Times Online, July 15 2008
US government scientists have warned of a rising death toll from heat waves, wildfires, disease and smog caused by global warming, in a study the White House repeatedly tried to bury to avoid regulating greenhouse emissions.
In a 149-page analysis released last night, experts for the first time […]
Posted on July 14th 2008
Posted by Richard - Radiohead Tour Production Manager on the Radiohead website on 30 June 2008
In 2003, the year of the last major Radiohead tour, the lighting system required an electricity supply of 600amps 3phase (that’s 1800A). A kettle, being one of the larger consumers of power in the home, pulls between 8 and […]
Posted on July 14th 2008
By Kristin Underwood, San Diego, CA on 07.13.08 for Treehugger
This years Coachella festival was the first of its kind with its own train and train station. To help reduce the carbon footprint of a 3-day music festival held in the desert, organizers found a way to make one giant carpool – that came in the […]
Posted on July 8th 2008
The switch to biofuels will be slowed down in the UK as the Government looks at the impact of green fuels on world food resources. The rapid switch to biofuels has been blamed as one of the factors which have put millions of people worldwide into ‘food poverty’ and caused rocketing prices in staples such […]
Posted on July 7th 2008
A cute little robot left to clear up the earth after humankind has to evacutate when the rubbish piles up too high is causing an almightly eco-row in Hollywood according to the Observer (6th July 2008). The robot, Wall-E, looks set to be the must have toy for children this christmas in a film that […]
Posted on July 6th 2008
Gordon Brown today warned Britain’s G8 partners against a retreat into isolationism, and insisted that the looming threat to the global economy instead required a speeding up of the fight to tackle climate change and poverty.
Amid fears the credit crunch will cause the G8 to backpedal on pledges to cut carbon emissions and increase aid […]
Posted on July 2nd 2008
How has Prince Charles adpted a greener lifestyle? Well his household’s carbon footprint has been reduced by 18% according to a report from the Duchy of Cornwall
- His 38 year old Aston Martin sports car runs on converted British wine (bioethanol)
- His other cars - Jauguars, Audi and a Range Rover - run on used cooking fat & […]
Posted on July 2nd 2008
The Guardian (1st July 2008) reports that the UK government has stepped up the pace of change in the battle against global warming by announcing a shortlist of four bidders pre-qualifying for its carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration project and outlining a proposed new legislative framework for “clean coal”. Among the bidders are E.ON, which […]