Posted on August 9th 2008
South Londoner Andy Pag is organising a rally from London to Athens which is a road race with a difference as all the entrants will be in cars which rely on waste products as their fuel and drivers will have to scavenge their used cooking oil en-route to get to to the Greek capital. And […]
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 […]
Posted on July 31st 2008
The Guardian (Thursday July 31 2008) reports that climate change activists have occupied the proposed site for Britain’s first coal-fired power station in 30 years, claiming the development will cause huge damage to the environment if it goes ahead. More than 150 protesters descended on the site near the village of Kingsnorth in Kent ahead of next […]
Posted on July 28th 2008
The new lights which the Greater London Authority plan to install in Trafalgar Square will cover the whole spectrum of colours but will be much greener than the current set of halogen bulbs. The current lights are only 20 years old but are already judged to be beyond repair, especially as the large halogen bulbs cost £1000 a pop […]
Posted on July 28th 2008
Has the cost of fuel signed the death warrant for the in-flight magazine - those strange magazines you can pick up free on a plane? A number of airlines including Japan Airlines and North West Airlines have announced that they are shrinking their onboard mags, but Emirates have just announced they will be scrapping their inflight magazine on […]
Posted on July 27th 2008
Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King has told the Observer newspaper that whilst plastic bags were ‘inconic’ in the fight against waste is the disposable society, they were not top of his green agenda. Justin King told the newspaper that” plastic bags are inconic, I accept that” but added “but they are iconic, not material. In […]
Posted on July 26th 2008
One of Britain’s most windswept schools has taken advantage of its position on an exposed Cornish headland to reduce its electricity bills by up to 90 per cent. The Times (Friday July 25th) reports that Gorran School, near St Austell, has attracted £55,000 in grants to install a 50ft (15m) wind turbine in a corner of […]
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 […]