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Argyll and the Islands Enterprise

Posted by bex — 27 August 2002 at 8:00am - Comments
Islay wave bus logo

Islay wave bus logo

What is Argyll and the Islands Enterprise (AIE)?
Argyll and the Islands Enterprise is the local enterprise company. AIE is part of the Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) network which consists of a strategic office based in Inverness and 10 local enterprise companies. HIE is the government economic development agency for northern Scotland, including Argyll.

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Greenpeace: defenders of the skies

Posted by bex — 30 October 2001 at 9:00am - Comments
Earth from space

Earth from space

Greenpeace has always fought to defend the atmosphere from industrial pollution.

From the early 1980s, we confronted factories across Europe and North America who were causing acid rain and documented its effects: dead lakes and forests and acid-eroded historic buildings.

Greenpeace also launched an international campaign to halt the depletion of the ozone layer. In 1992 Greenpeace scientists developed Greenfreeze, a refrigeration technology that uses hydrocarbons in place of ozone-eating CFCs and climate-busting HCFCs and HFCs. Greenfreeze was the world's first refrigerator technology which is safe both for the ozone layer and the climate and it has spread like wildfire throughout Western Europe and to other parts of the world.

Article tagged as: climate change, kyoto protocol, oil, renewable energy, transport, wave power, wind power

Response to government's draft UK climate change strategy

Last edited 21 March 2000 at 9:00am
21 March, 2000

Greenpeace Executive Director, Peter Melchett said,
''Prescott and Meacher have done a good job sticking to the 20% target and in stressing the need for much deeper future cuts in fossil fuel emissions to protect the climate. Now the Government has to deliver - wind, wave and solar industries will have to supply all our electricity - but in the UK these big businesses of the future are being ignored while New Labour worries about the needs of the declining oil industry" Significantly, the Government has outlined its long-term strategy in the following two areas:

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Greenpeace launches new 'Commission for wave power in Scotland'

Last edited 7 October 1999 at 8:00am
7 October, 1999

On 7 October, 1999, Greenpeace announced the launch of a 'Commission for Wave Power in Scotland,' at a briefing on the potential of wave power to the Scottish Parliament. The members of the new Commission range from MSPs, electricity suppliers and wave energy experts, to the Scottish TUC.

The commission will work independently of both Government and Greenpeace to determine how to capitalise on the industrial opportunities offered by Scotland's position as world leader in wave power. (1) It will report its findings to the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Executive.

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Wave goodbye to fossils

Posted by bex — 10 September 1999 at 8:00am - Comments
Wind power in action

Renewable energy has the potential to create thousands of jobs and generate power without imperilling the climate.

The UK government must set a series of progressive renewable energy targets, leading to a fossil fuel phase out in the next 30 to 40 years and open up the huge UK offshore wind resource. At the very least this means announcing a licensing round for offshore wind. To assure industry that investment in UK offshore wind is worthwhile, the Government must ensure these rounds are substantial and regular.

Article tagged as: climate change, fossil fuels, renewable energy, solar power, wave power, wind power

Wave power brings Rainbow Warrior to Edinburgh

Last edited 10 August 1999 at 8:00am
10 August, 1999
SY Rainbow Warrior

SY Rainbow Warrior

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Greenpeace announces wave power collaboration with Scottish companies

Last edited 30 July 1999 at 8:00am
30 July, 1999

Greenpeace today announced a unique collaboration with Scottish wave power companies to promote and maintain Scotland's place as a world leader in wave power. The announcement was made on board the Greenpeace flagship, the Rainbow Warrior, which is on a 3-day visit to Glasgow to highlight the Scottish wave industry. Scotland already has the world's most innovative wave power companies, one of the world's best wave climates and some of the world's leading wave research scientists.

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