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UK Needs To Build Two New Nuclear Power Stations Every Year… Forever!

Posted on 19. Mar, 2010 by Ross.

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In order to meet its carbon reduction targets, the UK must build two new nuclear or CCS-equipped coal power stations every year, starting right now and continuing indefinitely - and do a whole lot more besides.
UK energy policy is failing by not facing up to the realities that its aim of an 80% reduction in [...]

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New Artificial Photosynthesis Leaves Algae Biofuels Foaming At The Mouth

Posted on 17. Mar, 2010 by Ross.

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Frog foam could provide the answer to the ultimate biofuels, as well as the promise of other chemical feedstocks via artificial photosynthesis.
First there was wheat and corn biofuels, along with controversy over threatened food supplies and question marks over their carbon-neutrality. Second generation biofuels from non-food crops are still starting to emerge and gain funding [...]

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Green Virgin To Rock The Low Carbon Boat

Posted on 16. Mar, 2010 by Ross.

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The rise of the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs across the world saw an explosion in world shipping trade, with 85% of worldwide cargo travelling by ship, and so it’s no surprise that shipping is a major contributor to climate change.
Always one to spot a keen business opportunity - even if it’s to the benefit of [...]

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Carbon Trust Building The Low-Carbon Workplace: £350 Million Commercial Energy Efficiency Fund

Posted on 15. Mar, 2010 by Ross.

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Is £100 million in interest-free loans to UK companies for energy efficiency projects through the Carbon Trust’s Big Business Refit not enough? The Carbon Trust seems to think so, as it is now amassing a new fund in order to push forward the retrofitting of commercial properties into new high-specification, low-carbon environments.
By collaborating with fund [...]

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Let Battle Commence: Green ‘Buy America’ Will Kick-Start Carbon Trade Wars

Posted on 12. Mar, 2010 by Ross.

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After the collapse of the Copenhagen conference, there was one prediction which Energy-Saving News felt was easy to make: that a new era of green carbon tariffs in developed countries on dirty imports from developing nations was at hand. After recent comments from UK politicians suggesting a direction towards such steps, the battle in the [...]

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CBI: We Want Energy Efficiency On Driving Tests

Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by Ross.

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Business lobby organisation the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has called for mandatory energy efficiency testing as part of the driving test, doing a U-turn on its growing resistance to UK low-carbon legislation in the wake of the failed Copenhagen conference.
Smooth driving and the avoidance of sharp braking or acceleration can reduce fuel use by [...]

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UK Energy Efficiency Home Loans Take A Lesson From The Carbon Trust

Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by Ross.

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Smart, forward-thinking businesses have been doing it for years. An interest-free Carbon Trust loan of up to £500,000 for new energy-saving machinery, energy efficient lighting or other low-carbon technologies has been a great way to cut costs, whilst lower loan repayments than the achieved savings led to immediate positive cash flow.
Now UK householders are being [...]

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What Is The Best Enterprise Carbon Accounting Solution?

Posted on 02. Mar, 2010 by Ross.

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Enterprise carbon accounting has seen massive growth over the past 12 months, as companies flock to engage with sustainable business practices, comply with new carbon reduction legislation and justify green PR claims.
Numerous companies have set up their stalls in this new emerging marketplace, but which is the best enterprise carbon accounting solution? Here are some [...]

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What is the Carbon Footprint of Whaling?

Posted on 26. Feb, 2010 by Ross.

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The last century of whaling has released as much carbon dioxide into the air as 128,000 Humvees driving continuously for 100 years: and that’s without taking emissions from the whaling fleet into account.
One of the flagship issues of the environmental movement in the 20th century, whaling has long been condemned not just by green groups but [...]

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Dimming Coventry’s Street Lighting Will Save 40%

Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by Ross.

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Using lighting more efficiently - and using energy efficient lighting - is an obvious way to save substantial quantities of money, energy and carbon. However, it has taken public bodies a long time to finally wake up to the clear sense behind the business case for the adoption of energy efficient technologies and practices.
According to [...]

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UK and India Proves That Not All Of Copenhagen Was All Talk And No Action

Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by Ross.

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Copenhagen was full of hot air, right? Commitments by developed and developing nations fell short of the mark then and have since been further scaled back, correct? There’s no hope for further progress on the international response to climate change, is there?
Some countries have other ideas.
The Copenhagen agreement was a complicated beast, and although most [...]