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It's time to make all homes and businesses more energy efficient

Posted by petespeller — 25 January 2012 at 12:21pm - Comments
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The Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University have just put out a new report calling for new laws to increase energy efficiency standards in all of the UK’s 26 million homes and 2 million business properties. Implementing these recommendations would mean that energy use in all buildings in the UK result in zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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Greenpeace to swap boats for hoovers, to clean up chemicals in our homes

Last edited 18 October 2002 at 8:00am
18 October, 2002

Volunteers needed across the UK to help the campaign - call today!

On Wednesday 30th October the environmental group Greenpeace will be swapping its high speed rigid inflatable boats for vacuum cleaners and will set off to clean 100 homes across the UK

Article tagged as: chemicals, homes, press releases, toxics

Poisons underfoot - carpets and vinyl linked to indoor pollution

Last edited 26 February 2001 at 9:00am
26 February, 2001
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Article tagged as: chemical kitchen, chemicals, flooring, HFN, homes, press releases, PVC, toxics, WEN

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