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Tesco Opens World’s First Zero Carbon Supermarket

February 3, 2010

The UK’s biggest supermarket chain, Tesco this week opened what it claimed to be the first zero carbon supermarket in the world. The new store is the first step on the ladder in Tesco’s bid to be a carbon neutral company by 2050. The shop, which has been opened in the town of Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, [...]

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IPL Reveals Plans for Carbon Neutral Cricket

February 2, 2010

The Indian Premier League has teamed up with the United Nations Environment Programme to commit the league to carbon off-setting and greener practices. The 2010 Indian Premier League will start on 12th March, when the new climate-friendly programme will commence. Achim Steiner, the UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNEP, said: “Together the IPL and [...]

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Roof Mounted Wind Turbines are Just a Load of Hot Air

January 22, 2010

Expensive roof-mounted wind turbines and solar panels are nothing more than ‘eco-bling’, that allow their owners to show off about their green credentials, but which in reality do little or nothing to help reduce carbon emmisions – according to a new report by The Royal Academy of Engineering. Developers will waste millions of pounds installing [...]

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Student Invents Coca-Cola Powered Mobile Phone

January 14, 2010

Charging your mobile phone up using a traditional battery charger may well become a thing of the past thanks to a novel new invention from Central Saint Martins University graduate Daizi Zheng. Ms Zheng designed the ‘greenphone’ – which is powered purely by the soft drink Coca-Cola – as part of her final year university [...]

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New ‘Smart Paint’ Could Help Reduce Carbon Emissions

January 12, 2010

The latest step along the path to carbon neutrality has been developed by Dr Rachel Armstrong, of University College London. Dr Armstrong has developed a new ’smart paint’ which could help to turn buildings into carbon sinks, according to a story published in the New Scientist this week. According to the Energy Saving Trust, carbon [...]

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Top 10 Areas Worst Affected By Global Warming

January 8, 2010

As scientists claim that the snows of Kilimanjaro are disappearing, the Nepali government hold a cabinet meeting on mount Everest, and the Maldivian government hold a cabinet meeting under the sea, The Telegraph have complied a list of the ten areas most affected by global warming worldwide: Bangladesh People living in the flood-prone delta nation [...]

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Carbon Neutral Interactive Cloud Over London Proposed to Mark 2012 Olympics

January 4, 2010

Architects, engineers and artists have collaborated to propose a highly ambitious structure called the Cloud – which is intended to serve as both a monument and a real-time digital display for the London 2012 Olympics. The size of the cloud will depend on the level of funding that is received; as it is intended that [...]

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Good News At The End Of Day 1 Of The Copenhagen Climate Summit

December 8, 2009

There was good news at the end of the first day of the Copenhagen summit as America’s Environmental Protection Agency formally declared that greenhouse gases endanger human health – a decision which will give President Obama the power to regulate emissions with or without the backing of Congress. There had been fears Mr Obama would [...]

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Carbon Neutral Home Of The Future To Be Built In Bolton

December 4, 2009

A futuristic home is to be built in Bolton as a national example of how to create carbon neutral, environmentally friendly housing. The four-bedroom house will be built on the edge of the West Pennine Moors and will be powered by its own wind turbine. It is one of a series of government pilot schemes [...]

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2010 World Cup in South Africa to Leave Massive Carbon Footprint

November 30, 2009

A new study by the Department of Environment and Tourism, conducted by Swedish consultants and the Norwegian embassy, and financed by the Norwegian government has predicted that the 2010 football World Cup, to be held in South Africa, will leave a carbon footprint nearly nine times bigger than that left by the 2006 World Cup [...]

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