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The single most significant step we can take in the UK to reduce carbon emission is to make Britain truly energy efficient. With the right policies at national and local levels, we can deploy existing solutions on a scale large enough to bring about real changes.
Perhaps the only problem is deciding where to start. From badly insulated buildings to poorly designed appliances and gas guzzling vehicles, the UK needlessly throws away almost a third of the energy it uses. This is costing us all dearly – damaging the climate and hitting our pockets.
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Posted by jamie — 3 August 2010 at 3:04pm
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The BP stations we closed down last
week have all long since opened again but the effects our thirst for oil is
having on the planet continue. The oil spill in the Gulf is now officially the
largest accidental spill ever, and the environmental havoc being wrought in China, Nigeria and elsewhere doesn't get
the same news coverage but is just as disastrous.
Meanwhile, lobbyists working for BP
and other oil pushers are busy trying to hobble laws and legislation which
could set us on the road to reducing our oil dependency and making the
transition to a cleaner energy future. One such piece of legislation is the Fuel
Quality Directive and if its full potential is realised, it could prevent fuels
from dirty sources like tar sands being sold in Europe.
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Commenting ahead of the government's
announcement on its high speed rail plans expected tomorrow, Greenpeace
transport campaigner Anna Jones said:
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Today sees the start of court
proceedings challenging the government's controversial decision to give the go
ahead to a third runway at Heathrow.
Posted by jamie — 18 November 2009 at 5:07pm
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One of third runway architects Grimshaw's earlier works (photo by Mat Strange)
Even though it hasn't been officially
announced, it's been widely
reported that architectural firm Grimshaw has won the bid to design the
third runway at Heathrow. How much design a strip of tarmac needs I don't know,
but presumably there's more to it than my ignorant assumptions suggest.
Grimshaw are, of course, the firm behind such
eco-hits as the Eden Project and the firm's chairman Sir Nicholas Grimshaw has
something of a reputation for sustainable and environmentally considerate approaches
to architecture.
Posted by jamie — 13 November 2009 at 11:47am
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Alison Steadman, Carol Ann Duffy and Richard Briers muck in on the Airplot
Down on the parcel of land
Greenpeace has bought on the site of the proposed third Heathrow runway, a new element is being added to the Airplot.
Typically for this time of year, it's a bit chilly and a bit muddy, but that
makes it perfect for what we've got planned today, which is planting an apple orchard.
With the help of people like actress Alison
Steadman, poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy and former Heathrow writer-in-residence
Alain de Botton, we're planting yet more roots into the land we own on behalf of
tens of thousands of people around the world, a right spanner in the works for
advocates of bigger airports at Heathrow and elsewhere.
Posted by jamie — 22 October 2009 at 4:14pm
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While BAA continues to make its case for a third runway at Heathrow, the plot of land we bought on the proposed site is still there, and the allotment Richard Briers helped establish has been providing the local community with all manner of produce. Leeks, potatoes, cabbages, rhubarb and blackberries were harvested, although many of the apples were scrumped and reappeared later as bottles of cider.
We now have 57,000 people who've agreed to be beneficial owners of this land (if you haven't become one, you still can) and it feels like the tide is turning. But we still need your help, now more than ever.
