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An Environmental Burial
When someone dies, the close relatives are usually thrown into a turmoil, even if the death has been expected. In the midst of their grief, they must register the...
Are Big Stores Having An Energy Saving Revolution?
Most of us visit shopping centres or large stores at various times in the week, including in the middle of a bright sunny day. Have you ever...
Are Biofuels Green or Not?
Biofuels may be renewable sources of energy, but that does not necessarily mean they are environmentally sound. A key problem with biofuels – which have been more...
BedZED: The UK's Biggest Eco-Community
The government's recent commitment to make all new homes and house building carbon neutral by 2016 is a step in the right direction in the ongoing...
Energy Saving, but is it Money Saving?
Saving energy is a good thing for the environment and the government is very keen for every individual in the UK to adopt a lifestyle that has a...
EU Targets for Climate Change
Europe is one of the biggest CO2 emitters but the continent is attempting to curb its bad habits with a series of commitments with the sole purpose of reducing...
European Initiatives for Waste Reduction
It is not just people here in the UK who are interested in preserving the environment for future generations. Every country in Europe is...
Facts and Figures About Fossil Fuels
A piece of coal is around 440 million years old. All that time ago, it was part of a fern or primitive tree growing in a bog. When it died and was buried, it was...
Government Targets for Climate Change
With the growing concern over climate change there’s been pressure for the government to respond with targets aimed at combating the issue. Indeed,...
Habits of a Lifetime
The Habits of a Lifetime report was the first cross-European survey to try and understand how households use energy. It gave an insightful look into the habits that...
Insulation Versus Burst Pipes
These days it is frowned on not to have the best insulation that you can possibly afford in as many places as possible in your home. Cavity wall insulation, loft...
Is Carbon Offsetting Ethical?
The practice of carbon offsetting is relatively new. Few companies 20 years ago would have heard of such a thing but now there seems to be overwhelming interest in...
Kyoto Treaty
The Kyoto treaty is heralded as one of the most significant pieces of global legislation in the fight against climate change helping to make the world a greener place....
Making Street Lights Green
There are few homes left that do not have at least some energy saving light bulbs. As the availability of standard light bulbs dwindles, even the laziest of us will...
The Energy Cost of a Hard Winter
The last two winters have been the coldest that the UK has seen for several years and have coincided with a general hike in prices for oil, coal and gas for domestic...
The Financial Cost of Climate Change
A recent report by economist Nicholas Stern put the effects of climate change into hard monetary terms. The outcomes of the report were an eye opening indication of what...
The Rest of The World's Track Record
The onset of climate change is a global threat and the effort to combat it must also be global. The acceleration of climate change and the increase in global te...
The Stern Report
It’s been impossible to avoid the green debate in the media and political arena – the world it seems, is waking up to the very real dangers and consequences of climate...
The UK's Track Record on Energy
The current social and political climate has climate change CO2 emissions and doing our bit for the environment at the fore. But how has the UK fared so far in going...
What is the Carbon Trust?
The Carbon Trust is an organisation that is often mentioned as the source of reliable information in press releases about issues related to climate change and carbon...
Why We Need to Save Energy
We all know that it’s important to save energy. In fact it’s been impossible to ignore the headlines telling us to do our bit for the environment, reduce our carbon...
