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Paington Zoo to Reduce Carbon Emissions with Elephant Dung

March 8, 2010

Paignton zoo in Devon is hoping to reduce it’s carbon emissions by 10% by utilising one of their home-made resources – elephant dung. The zoo hopes to burn biogas produced by the dung to generate electricity. Both Paignton and its sister zoo in Newquay have signed up to the 10:10 campaign and pledged to reduce [...]

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Marks & Spencer Aims for 100% ‘Eco / Ethical’ Product Porfolio by 2020

March 1, 2010

One of the UK’s biggest retailers, Marks & Spencer are to step up their efforts to sell only products that have at least one ‘eco-friendly’ or ‘ethical’ attribute. The retailer has planned for half of their products to meet this standard by 2015, and by 2020 M&S aims to have that figure at 100%. To [...]

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British Airways Plans Europe’s First Green Jet Fuel Plant

February 18, 2010

British Airways is planning to establish Europe’s first green jet fuel plant that would turn rubbish into carbon-neutral aviation fuel by the year 2014. According to the Independent, British Airways would establish the plant, in collaboration with the US bioenergy company Solena. When it is up and running in 2014, the factory will turn 500,000 [...]

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New Hybrid Honda CR-Z To Make Debut At Geneva Motor Show

February 12, 2010

Perpetual innovators Honda plan to show off their all new hybrid car, the CR-Z at next months Geneva motor show. Honda hope that their new model will shake off the stigma that has been attached to hybrid cars of them being somehwhat dull, ugly and sluggish. From the photos of the CR-Z that have been [...]

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February 8, 2010

Hi, Welcome to our new blog. This blog is the number one place to keep up to date with all the major news – good and bad – about stuff that could affect our environment. So please subscribe to our feed and feel free to speak your mind in the comments section about any of [...]

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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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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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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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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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