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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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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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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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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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V11 Countries Send S.O.S Over Climate Change

November 16, 2009

Ahead of the forthcoming climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries have called on the developed countries to provide money amounting to at least 1.5 per cent of their gross domestic product to assist developing countries make their transition to a climate resilient low-carbon economy. Bangladesh, Nepal, Vietnam, Kiribati, Barbados, The [...]

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How Electric Cars Could Actually Increase Carbon Emissions

November 12, 2009

A major new report carried out by the European Federation for Transport & Environment (T&E) has dispelled the myth that a wholesale switch to electric powered cars would automatically reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The report, entitled ‘How to avoid an electric shock: Electric cars from hype to reality’, states that whilst there are potentially significant [...]

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Nepali Government To Meet On Everest To Highlight Global Warming

November 2, 2009

After the Maldives’ government last month held a cabinet meeting six meters down on the ocean floor, the Nepali government today announced plans to hold a cabinet meeting on the 8,848 meter high Mount Everest in order to highlight the threat of global warming. It is hoped that the meeting will raise awareness of the [...]

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