climate change

How many retailers does it take to change the lightbulb?

Posted by bex — 30 March 2007 at 12:07pm - Comments

An energy efficient compact fluorescent light bulbWell, all of them, but the Co-op has made a fine start. The supermarket has announced that it’s going to remove all inefficient light bulbs from its shelves within a few months.

Scotland's energy "silver bullet"

Last edited 26 March 2007 at 10:37am
26 March, 2007

Edinburgh at night

Economic model shows route to lower carbon emissions, less gas, lower costs and no new nuclear for Scotland.

Putting new nuclear power stations at the heart of Scotland's energy strategy will lead to higher carbon emissions, more reliance on gas and be more expensive when compared to producing Scottish energy locally, according to a report released today.

Decentralising Scottish energy

Last edited 26 March 2007 at 10:31am
Publication date: 
26 March, 2007

Cleaner, cheaper, more secure energy for the 21st Century. Application of the WADE economic model to Scotland.

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Change your ticket, not the climate

Posted by bex — 22 March 2007 at 3:08pm - Comments

Greenpeace volunteers set up a climate ticket exchange in Gatwick airport

Greenpeace volunteers set up a climate ticket exchange in Gatwick airport

Passengers queuing for BA's first domestic flight between Gatwick and Newquay are being offered an upgrade with a difference today: the chance to exchange their plane tickets for climate-friendly train tickets.

BA's new domestic route, opened today, isn't just irresponsible given what we know about climate change - it's also completely unnecessary. If you take into account the time and cost of travel to airports and checking in, travelling by plane works out to be more expensive than train, only a little quicker and ten times more damaging to the climate.

Flying in the face of reason?

Posted by jamie — 21 March 2007 at 6:39pm - Comments

Aeroplane vapour trails forming a rude hand gestureClimate change - you can't open a paper or watch the news without banging your head against it, right? So obviously the message is getting through - our major companies are tripping over themselves in the rush to proclaim their green credentials and how keen they are to take 'corporate responsibility' for their business. Well - up to a point.

'Green fuels' could be bad for the planet, say environmental and development groups

Last edited 20 March 2007 at 8:00am
20 March, 2007

A misjudged push for 'green' fuels could instead damage the climate and trash rainforests, according to the UK's largest environmental and development groups today.

Biofuels - which are similar to petrol but less environmentally damaging because they are made from crops and wastes - could play an important role in tackling global warming. But, say bosses from the RSPB, WWF, Greenpeace, Oxfam and Friends of the Earth, the government's dash for biofuels is ill thought out, lacks appropriate safeguards and could be creating more problems than it solves.

Greenpeace sets up climate ticket exchange in Gatwick airport

Last edited 20 March 2007 at 8:00am
20 March, 2007

A Greenpeace activist at Gatwick Airport where passengers bound for Newquay were offered train tickets instead

Campaigners offer free train tickets to travellers, call on BA and govt to act on aviation emissions.

Greenpeace has set up a "climate ticket exchange" in Gatwick airport, where people booked on BA's latest domestic route can swap their plane tickets for climate-friendly train tickets.

Greenpeace sets up climate ticket exchange in Newquay airport

Last edited 20 March 2007 at 8:00am
20 March, 2007

A Greenpeace activist is moved on by a policewoman at Newquay airport

Campaigners offer free train tickets to travellers, call on BA and government to act on aviation emissions

Greenpeace has set up a "climate ticket exchange" in Newquay airport, where people booked on BA's latest domestic route can swap their plane tickets for climate-friendly train tickets.

The impacts of climate change on nuclear power station sites

Last edited 12 March 2007 at 6:00pm
Publication date: 
12 March, 2007

 

This review looks at the impacts that climate change will have on the coastal environment around a selection of power station sites, over the lifetime of both existing and proposed nuclear reactors, and examines the risks to which they would be exposed by rising tide levels, coastal erosion and storm surges. It also highlights the even more disastrous consequences that would ensue upon the loss of a significant area of land-based ice such as the Greenland ice shelf, which could result in a catastrophic global sea level rise.

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