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'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...
Greening my office: I got them to switch the heating off!
Sylvia Sunshine
9th July, 2010
Sylvia scores her first eco success - persuading her sceptical boss that heating an unoccupied portion of the office is a terrible waste of resources 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...
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...
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...
Having both emissions trading and feed-in tariffs is a waste of time
Dan Box
12th March, 2010
The new feed-in tariffs are nothing if not controversial, but they also run the risk of conflicting with other, international, climate change policies more...
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EU exporting 'one-third' of CO2 emissions to poorer countries
Ecologist
9th March, 2010
Study shows industrialised countries are 'outsourcing' carbon emissions to countries like China, one quarter of whose CO2 emissions are from exports more...
LSE's Anne Power: my recipe for 80 per cent energy savings in your home
Matilda Lee
3rd March, 2010
Anne Power, Professor of Social Policy Housing and Social Exclusion at the London School of Economics, on why nearly all homeowners can afford to insulate properly, and how to save energy on a budget more...
Cutting carbon through people-powered innovation
Ecologist
21st January, 2010
NESTA's Big Green Challenge inspired community groups to come up with innovative ways to reduce carbon emissions. Along the way, it has proved that change really can come from a grassroots level more...
UK emissions figures distorted by offsets, say MPs
Ecologist
11th January, 2010
UK emissions figures are ‘misleading’ and need to be recounted because they include offsets, according to a committee of MPs more...
Marine mammals under threat from ocean noise pollution
Ecologist
21st December, 2009
Oceans becoming noisier as sounds travel further in increasingly acidic water more...
Carbon emissions: the world in 2010
Tom Levitt
23rd December, 2009
A post-Copenhagen look at where the carbon emissions are coming from and how that is projected to change over the coming decade more...
Will sugar be the oil of the 21st century?
Matilda Lee
1st December, 2009
You can turn it into everything from fuel to plastics. But will the surge in demand for sugar end up having a serious environmental impact? more...
EU could easily make 40 per cent cuts by 2020
Ecologist
1st December, 2009
Phasing out fossil fuels, encouraging faster take-up of renewables and making radical improvements in energy efficiency would double Europe's emission cuts, says study more... Google, McDonalds and Amazon dodge carbon disclosure
Ecologist
25th November, 2009
Survey of whether UK's biggest brands are reducing their carbon emissions finds more greenwash than progress more...
Make your 10 per cent CO2 cut for 2010
Laura Sevier
2nd September, 2009
Join the thousands of people, companies and organisations pledging to cut emissions by 10 per cent in 2010 as part of a new campaign launched by The Age of Stupid team more...
Tell the Government: we want cheaper trains
Rebecca Heald
6th August, 2009
Help the Campaign for Better Transport push for cheaper, greener, less crowded trains by filling in a simple online form more...
UK to miss 2010 carbon-reduction goal
Ecologist
28th October, 2009
Forecasts of our likely failure to meet carbon reduction targets is putting UK Government credibility on climate change at risk, say independent analysts more...
Does shipping have a green future?
Chris Carroll
27th October, 2009
The aviation industry has its climate change plans, car manufacturers are working on 'eco' alternatives, and rail is considered top of the class, but what has the transport mode that delivers 90 per cent of goods to the UK done to improve upon its environmental credentials? more...Members
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