Local electricity: Africa goes off-grid Tom Levitt | 29th July 2009 Giant wind farms may grab the headlines but plans to develop local off-grid electricity will have bigger impact on Africans and carbon emissions … spend searching for wood could be spent in school or on other activities. 'If they had a …
Personal carbon trading: the next step in tackling carbon emissions? Tom Levitt | 3rd September 2009 A report published by the IPPR next week will say personal carbon trading may be the next step in tackling climate change … Capstick, who has been researching PCT at the School of Psychology, Cardiff University. ‘PCT …
Heat pumps no more eco-friendly than gas-fired boilers - new research Tom Levitt | 8th October 2010 Government subsidies to replace oil or traditional electric heating with heat pumps ignore the global warming impact of their HFCs, argues new analysis … Housing and Social Exclusion at the London School of Economics, on why nearly all …