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Tanzania’s Serengeti Highway plan could destroy major carbon sink
Ecologist
13th August
Environmentalists are dismayed at plans by the Tanzanian government to build a major commercial highway through Serengeti National Park more...
Five steps to developing a community-based energy project
Mary Walsh
17th August, 2010
A practical guide to help would-be community developers turn renewable energy projects into climate change-busting reality more...
'Street champions' inspire communities to adopt low-carbon lifestyles
Laura Laker
13th August, 2010
A pioneering social marketing project in Richmond and Ham is using neighbourhood networks to improve energy efficiency in the borough more...
US climate sceptics fail to stop carbon emissions being labelled danger to health
Ecologist
30th July, 2010
Campaigners say ruling 'opens the door' to the US to limit carbon emissions from industry under existing laws and removes the need to force through new bitterly opposed climate legislation more...
UK businesses call for compulsory carbon reporting
Ecologist
28th July, 2010
BT, Aviva and Microsoft among host of big corporations urging the Government to make reporting on carbon emissions a legal requirement by the end of 2010 more...
US Senate drops bill to cap carbon emissions
Haroon Siddique
23rd July, 2010
Plan to charge large polluters abandoned in favour of narrower legislation focusing on increasing firms' liability for oil spills more...
Will high petrol prices help the environment?
Mark Jansen
12th July, 2010
High petrol prices mean less demand and less pollution, right? Not necessarily, finds Mark Jansen. Our relationship with our cars is far more complex... more...
Ashden Award Winners: building self-sufficient communities across the UK
Ecologist
13th July, 2010
The Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust is the 2010 UK Gold Winner of the Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy. Watch and read about how they and five other finalists have made significant cuts to energy use on a community level... more...
GRAPHIC: Find out the carbon footprint of...
Ecologist
1st July, 2010
Using data from Mike Berners-Lee's fascinating new book, 'How Bad are Bananas?', this graphic shows the carbon impact of some everyday activities more...
I love Glastonbury, but there's absolutely nothing green about it
Tom Hodgkinson
30th July, 2010
Tom partied in the fields of Somerset last weekend like the best of them, but the commercial and environmental impact of Glastonbury left a sour taste in his mouth more...
Barclays Bank, British Gas and RBS implicated in ‘scandalous’ carbon trading scheme
Ecologist
24th June, 2010
British companies accused of profiting from emissions trading scheme while consumers foot the bill more...
Zero carbon Britain: how to get there in 10 steps
Tom Levitt
21st June, 2010
A blueprint for how Britain could reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to zero over the next 20 years by a combination of electrification, insulation and a massive scaling up of offshore wind reports Tom Levitt more...
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Pay hill farmers to protect water supply and carbon sinks, report urges
Martin Wainwright
16th June, 2010
Peat stores 200m tonnes of carbon in England and hills are source of 70 per cent of the country's drinking water, say rural experts more...
Government ignoring rail in favour of domestic flights
Ecologist
10th June, 2010
Majority of UK Government departments are choosing to fly staff to destinations easily accessible by train, such as London to Glasgow, Edinburgh and Manchester more...
What is biodiversity offsetting and how would it work?
Tom Levitt
9th June, 2010
European observers say it is going to be as ‘big as the carbon market’, but is buying a licence to cause ecological damage a sound strategy? Tom Levitt investigates more...
US airlines mount legal challenge to EU emission cuts
Ecologist
1st June, 2010
American aviation sector accused of using 'every trick in the book' to block the European Union's efforts to reduce carbon emissions more...
Letter - Time to get serious with the EU Emission Trading Scheme
27th May, 2010
Mark Chadwick
Mark Chadwick from Carbon Clear argues a full auctioning of ETS permits is needed if the trading scheme is to start working more...
How to campaign: climate change and energy
Zofia Walczak & Matilda Lee
25th May, 2010
From direct action campaigns to eco-village renewable energy systems, there are many ways to learn about and get involved in actions to prevent climate change more...
The Government has found a backhanded way to subsidise nuclear power
Dan Box
24th May, 2010
21st century nuclear power needs a 21st century subsidy... no blank cheques this time - just an apparently green tweak to the emissions trading system, and voila! more...
Industry threats to relocate over carbon targets exposed as 'misleading'
Ecologist
22nd May, 2010
Heavy industry has pleaded for special treatment since the European Emissions Trading System was set up, but a new report suggests their complaints were exaggerated more...
Paul Collier: saying 'nature has to be preserved' condemns the poor to poverty
Matilda Lee
14th May, 2010
Oxford Economics Professor and former head of Development Research at the World Bank, Paul Collier on reconciling romantic environmentalism and mainstream economics to help poor countries more...
Scientists: emissions-based climate deal 'not possible'
Ecologist
12th May, 2010
Current climate policy of emissions targets and trading will not suceed and should be replaced by a 'politically attractive' one based on providing cheap, non-carbon energy, says new paper more...
Turning our Victorian terrace into an ecohome: part one
Sue Wheat
29th April, 2010
One family's journey to turn a draughty, turn-of-the-century terrace into a snug paragon of eco efficiency more...
Australia ditches carbon trading plans
Ecologist
27th April, 2010
Carbon trading plans were opposed by conservative politicians and criticised by environmental groups for containing loopholes for industry more...
What if we all traded energy between ourselves?
Mark Jansen
16th March, 2010
The time may soon be coming when every government will need to think about rationing fossil fuel usage. What's the quickest and most equitable way to do it? more...Members
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