Tag: carbon emissions
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Google discloses carbon footprint for the first time
Saturday, and the last gasps of summer are upon us. We’re busy getting ready for Grand Designs Live in October, and compiling lots of great tips to help you reduce your carbon footprint. Speaking of which – did you hear that Google has revealed details of its carbon footprint? Earlier this week, Duncan Clark reported…
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Andhra Pradesh at the forefront of Indian ‘coal rush’
The Guardian´s environment editor, JohnVidal, reports that energy generated from new coal-power stations in the single state of Andhra Pradesh could eclipse emissions from an entire country. A single Indian state is to build a new fleet of coal-power stations that could make it one of the world’s top 20 emitters of carbon emissions – on a par…
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Green Power offsets holiday carbon emissions!
This week, I´m taking a welcome break in sunny Spain. Hurrah. Not so great for the planet though. From London to Alicante, and back again, my air travel has created no less than 822 lbs CO2. Ouch. So, to offset my round trip, Green Power have very kindly (and responsibly) offered to adopt a plot of land in…
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Npower and UK’s “big six” utilities await reform white paper
David Blair, Energy Correspondent for the Financial Times, reports today that the moment that Npower and all of the UK’s “big six” utilities have been waiting for will finally arrive next Tuesday, when the government announces the most radical reform of Britain’s electricity market for two decades. Chris Huhne, the energy secretary, will publish a…
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The EU risks falling behind the green century
The European Parliament will on Tuesday be asked to endorse an increase in the European Union’s target for greenhouse gas reductions, from 20 to 30 per cent by 2020, compared with 1990. This makes good economic sense, and would be a major step forward in the battle against climate change – as 20 per cent…