Energy savings in UK households could be up to 30% lower than previously thought, jeopardising efforts to cut the nation's carbon dioxide emissions. The UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) blamed the miscalculation on "rebound effects" from … [Read more...] about Less is More
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UK to Abandon Renewable Energy Targets?
Earlier this year, ex-prime minister Tony Blair signed up to the EU target of 20 per cent of all European energy to come from renewable sources by 2020. New prime minister Gordon Brown is now likeky to be advised that the target is too expensive and … [Read more...] about UK to Abandon Renewable Energy Targets?
Election 07 in Australia and The Environment
I can’t work out whether ‘the environment’ is more or less important as an issue in Australia this federal election. Both the Coalition and ALP have agreed to allow a pulp mill to be built in Tasmania, both are hell bent on buying back water … [Read more...] about Election 07 in Australia and The Environment
Kansas Rejects Coal-Fired Power Plant due to CO2 Emissions
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment yesterday became the first government agency in the United States to cite carbon dioxide emissions as the reason for rejecting an air permit for a proposed coal-fired electricity generating plant, … [Read more...] about Kansas Rejects Coal-Fired Power Plant due to CO2 Emissions
Forest Saved from Sugar Plantations in Uganda?
Is this a case of biodiversity before biofuels? "Uganda's cabinet suspended the proposal by President Yoweri Museveni to give 7,100 hectares or nearly a third of Mabira Forest to Mehta's sugar estate in May, following a public outcry... "Critics … [Read more...] about Forest Saved from Sugar Plantations in Uganda?
200 Year Payback for Saving Energy at Home
You lucky Aussies have more potential for domestic solar energy than us poor Brits stuck in the rather dull UK. With global warming hysteria at fever pitch, and the apparent belief that we can contol the weather or climate by attempting to reduce the … [Read more...] about 200 Year Payback for Saving Energy at Home