Posted on October 13th 2008
Posted by Ben
As the spectre of a full blown global depression looms, and the recession bites, the European Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry, Günter Verheugen, has said that energy-intensive industries could receive a huge cash boost from the European Commission in a move to protect Europe’s industrial sector from world recession. Within weeks the EU is to […]
Posted on October 13th 2008
Posted by Ben
Tamsin Omond, a 23 year old Cambridge graduate, and a candidate for the priesthood could exchange her chaotic but comfortable north London flat for a single room provided at Her Majesty’s pleasure, via an examination hall and a high-profile Westminster climate change demonstration attended by the likes of Baroness Tonge and Rosie Boycott. ‘I don’t […]
Posted on September 23rd 2008
An early Albert Einstien fridge design from the 1930s is being rebuilt by scientists who are trying to develop a fridge that runs without electricity and doesnt use freons - the man made greenhouse gases which are far far more damaging in terms of climate change than C02. The fridge, patented in 1935 by Einstien and […]
Posted on September 23rd 2008
Commuters at one of London’s busiest train and tube stations no longer have an excuse not to recycle their rubbish as they make their way to and from the rat race every day after twelve dual recycling and litter bins were installed at Euston Station to allow travellers to recycle their papers, plastic bottles and cans. […]
Posted on September 23rd 2008
Its official - summer was a total washout and August was the dullest on record since 1929 with only 463.9 hours of sunshine up to the 31st August . And its rained (you must have noticed!) lots and lots in August - and then even more at the start of Septemeber. 327.3mm of rain fell […]
Posted on September 20th 2008
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Climate change has brought new opportunities to Greenland - from agriculture to fishing to mining - that could secure its independence from Denmark and herald a return to its prosperity of over 1000 years ago. The Time’s Martin Fletcher reports on a positive tale that has widespread implications for the planet and humanity
Lasse Bjerge lives […]
Posted on September 8th 2008
The Observer newspaper reports that the chief honcho at the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has said that one of the best ways to reduce personal carbon footprints is to eat less meat. “Why is that?” you might ask (or you might not of course), well for a start it take seven pounds […]
Posted on August 10th 2008
It may be a wet summer in the UK at the moment, but remember the devastating fires that have plagued Australia, Greece, California and Turkey over the last few years? Well these are likely to become common in the UK within years according to the Fire Brigades Union, which claims there has been a huge rise in the […]
Posted on August 3rd 2008
A traditional childhood pastime could provide a breakthrough in renewable energy, after successful experiments in flying a giant kite at one of Europe’s top research centres. Scientists from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands harnessed energy from the wind by flying a 10-sq metre kite tethered to a generator, producing 10 kilowatts of power. […]
Posted on August 3rd 2008
A group of the world’s biggest pension funds brought together by The Prince of Wales and known informally as the P8 (an allusion to the G8 group of the world’s wealthiest nations) is to release an action plan on fighting climate change later this summer. The plan will be sent to global policy makers with the aim […]