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Government To Spend £60m On New Eco-Towns

February 10, 2010

LONDON, UK – The British government has announced plans to spend almost £60 million to build four carbon-neutral towns in England. The so-called eco-towns were chosen from a list of 12 finalists. They are St. Austell in Cornwall, Whitehill-Bordon in Hampshire, North West Bicester in Oxfordshire and Rackheath in Norfolk. The money will be used [...]

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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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