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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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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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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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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 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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