Posted on November 20th 2008
A High Court Judge in the UK has finally agreed with what many have long suspected. Rural dwellers are bring harmed by crop spraying with symptons running from flu like attacks, blistering and possible long term damage including cancers and Parkinsons disease. In a case brought Georgina Downes, 35, who lives in the countryside in West Sussex, […]
Posted on November 20th 2008
As the US companies that produce gas guzzling monsters take corporate body blows in the face of the world recession and economic downturn and US drivers start to think green after the recent spikes in petrol prices, designers in Japan, helped by a Government tax policy which promotes cars with engines under 660cc, have moved to fill a […]
Posted on November 20th 2008
The UK Government has provoked angry protests from campaign groups as it began Europe’s first auction of carbon emissions permits after admitting that the proceeds would not necessarily be used to tackle climate change. Reporting in the Times, Robin Pagnamenta, Energy and Environment Editor, says that the Treasury has raised £54 million through the sale of four million permits […]
Posted on November 15th 2008
The next Live Earth show, scheduled for the 7th December at the 40,000 capacity Andheri Sports Complex in Mumbai, will target India’s rapidly expanding economy and growing middle classes. The event, which will be broadcast accross the Star TV network, will aim to raise environmental awareness to a potential audience of 500 million people. Event organiser Kevin […]
Posted on November 15th 2008
As news breaks that the Government of the Maldives are taking a fighteningly pragmatic approach to climate change by looking for a new home for the near 400,000 person nation because predicted rising sea levels will leave the 1200 island and coral atoll based state nearly totally under water by 2100, Al Gore has sent a […]
Posted on November 13th 2008
Posted by Helen Heathfield, JB Energy Management Team
The Climate Change Bill is due to become law this month, and with it a legally binding commitment to reduce UK carbon emissions by 80% from 1990 levels by 2050. I’ve typed that sentence, re-read it, and it’s amazing to me how far we’ve come in the last […]
Posted on November 11th 2008
The Conservative party in the UK is calling on consumers to consider using European high-speed train services rather than the plane for holidays on the continent. With the travel industry coming to terms with cimate change (this week’s World Travel Market at Excel in London’s Docklands hosts the Responsible Toursim Conference) the Tories point out that train […]
Posted on November 10th 2008
Posted by Ben
Donald Trump has finally won permission to build a 800 hectare golf resort in Scotland on an ecologically sensitive stetch of special sand dunes overlooking the North Sea. The planned resort, will include two 18 hole championship golf courses, four blocks of 950 timeshare flats, 500 ‘exclusive homes’, 36 villas, a golf academy and homes […]
Posted on November 9th 2008
Its bad news for the green sector as a number of news stories point to a negative fall out from the global credit crunch. Firstly BP has ditched its ‘Beyond Petroleum’ plans at least in the UK, and has scrapped plans for investments in the UK wind sector, preferring instead to focus on renewable energy in […]
Posted on November 7th 2008
By Juliette Jowit in the Observer, 2nd November 2008
Parts of the world may have to be abandoned because severe water shortages will leave them uninhabitable, the United Nations environment chief has warned. Achim Steiner, executive director of the UN Environment Programme, said water shortages caused by over-use of rivers and aquifers were already leading to […]