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27 Nov 2008 VAT Nonsense divydovy 1
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17 Oct 2008 What percentage of UK energy could be produced from Renewable Energy? Toddington 0
14 Oct 2008 What is the evidence that Climate Change is NOT caused by mankind? Toddington 1
26 Sep 2008 Calling all good low carbon policies... David Lockie 2
29 Aug 2008 Is the UK Energy Market Broken? David Lockie 0
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How Much Does That Cost to Run?
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The UK Climate Change Bill - Update and Information
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UK Junk Mail Opt-Out Stats
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Global Marine CO2 Emissions
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Barack Obama = Great news for the Low Carbon Economy
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UK recycles only a third as much waste as other European countries
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Size / Value of the Low Carbon Economy
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Prepare your house for winter now
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Mushroom season!
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Save 5-10% of your energy for free
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Make use of seasonal free foods
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Using three planets worth of resources
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You can use orange peel as firelighters
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Low Carbon Economy worth >$3 Trillion
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How Big is a Tonne of CO2?
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Keep the lid on your saucepan!
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Solar Power can Provide Electricity and Heat
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Clean Your Solar Panels
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Demand Shifting
This could be the easiest win in reducing the UK's carbon footprint - flatten those peaks! Added by: David Lockie
Guide to Facts and Fictions about Climate Change
If you are in any doubt that climate change is happening, or it is caused by mankind - read this! Added by: Toddington
Sustainable Energy Management and the Built Environment Project Outputs
Outputs from the project to explore how the UK built environment can help the transition... Added by: David Lockie
Americans: Have Your Say!
Should the EPA regulate carbon dioxide emissions as a form of pollution? Added by: David Lockie
WWF Living Planet Report 2008
The Living Planet Report is WWF's periodic update on the state of the world's ecosystems Added by: David Lockie
Biofuels for transportation - A climate perspective
Written by Naomi Peña from the Pew Center on Global Climate Change Added by: David Lockie
South Africa's Move to a Low Carbon Economy
SA's Disclosure Project report for 2008 recommends the move to a low carbon economy to be competitive Added by: Toddington
Opt Out of Junk Mail
A free, simple and quick way to reduce the amount of junk mail you receive through your door. Added by: David Lockie
Brits Go Green to Save Pennies
Rumbled.... Added by: David Lockie
Some Optimism for a Change
Here's what can be achieved if we stick to the policy targets, roadmaps and predictions hold. Added by: David Lockie
Observing Buried Carbon Dioxide
A project proves that millions of tons of the sequestered gas can be safely monitored Added by: David Lockie
Study of Emissions from Biomass Boilers
This AEA report shows that biomass heating emissions are less than previously thought. Added by: David Lockie
What's the Real Cause of the Global Recession?
Jeff Rubin and Peter Buchanan of CIBCWM argue that the staggering oil price rises are to blame Added by: David Lockie
A New Chapter on Climate Change
President-elect Obama promise of "a new chapter of American leadership on climate change Added by: David Lockie
The Human Toll of Climate Change
A look at some of the impacts of climate change being felt in the US Added by: David Lockie
Where the oil comes from: Not from where I thought
An interesting post by Jon Udell about the sources of oil imported into the US Added by: David Lockie
The Outlook for Palm Oil Production
Palm oil is used in a third of all groceries: Read more about its sustainability here. Added by: David Lockie
How IT can cut carbon emissions
ICT will become a major source of GHG emissions but has the potential to abate far more of them Added by: David Lockie
Greenpeace Presents Coalfinger
A James Bond spoof featuring David Mitchell, Brian Blessed and music by David Arnold Added by: divydovy
List of Commercial UK Gasifiers
This list, sent in by an email correspondent has useful information about UK gasifiers Added by: David Lockie
Get Help With Your Energy Bills!
The Motley Fool's guide to getting financial assistance with your heating and electricity Added by: David Lockie
Mark Watson's Solar PV Survey
Please respond to this survey looking at the best ways to encourage adoption of PV in the UK Added by: David Lockie
The Energy Challenge: Security of Supply
A presentation by Mark Griffiths to the Royal Bath & West of England Society Added by: David Lockie
Peak Oil Task Force
Eight leading UK companies announce report: "The Oil Crunch: Securing the UK’s energy future" Added by: David Lockie
Kuwait Forsees Challenges with New Oil Production
Kuwait Oil Company admits 4mbd target for 2020 will be a 'challenging task' to realise Added by: David Lockie
Public Science Report into an Incinerator PFI
This report was written about a decision Brighton & Hove Council took about their waste strategy Added by: David Lockie
Forestry Commission - Economics and Statistics
Interesting statistics from the UK's forestry body - a good reference for those into bioenergy Added by: David Lockie
The End of the Line for Coal-to-Oil in China?
China has ended nearly all of its coal-to-oil projects due to 'business risks' Added by: David Lockie
UK National Grid's Winter Outlook
Reports and Consultation by the UK national grid looking ahead to winter electricity demands Added by: David Lockie
Generation Homes
An initiative aiming to reduce the carbon emissions of the UK's existing housing stock Added by: David Lockie
The Existing Homes Alliance
A coalition of organisations calling for urgent action on the UK’s existing housing stock Added by: David Lockie
UK wind farm plans on brink of failure
An Observer article looking at the realities of scaling up the UK's wind power generation Added by: David Lockie
CO2SINK
A research project to investigate the subterranean storage of CO2 in Germany Added by: David Lockie
Interreg 4c Second Round About To Open
New EU funding round - receive up to 75% of €5m for environment & risk prevention projects in EU Added by: David Lockie
Water Footprints for Food
News about a new strategy for calculating water footprinting for crops: indirect carbon footprint Added by: David Lockie
Kombikraftwerk
Not a Euro-pop ensemble, but an experiment in powering a national grid with renewable energy Added by: David Lockie
Living Roofs and Walls
Technical Report: Supporting London Plan Policy - download the PDF here Added by: David Lockie
The Wildlife Trusts’ Biodiversity Benchmark for Green Roofs
Created to support the increased development of green roofs in the UK, focussing on biodiversity Added by: David Lockie
Environment Agency's Green Roof Toolkit
A green roof guide and tool kit for developers including benefits, challenges and guidance Added by: David Lockie
Betz' Law - the ideal braking of the wind
This law describes the optimum amount of energy for a turbine to take from wind passing through Added by: David Lockie
MushroomPharm
An online resource and forum focussing on the many and diverse benefits of mushrooms Added by: David Lockie
Environmental Transformation Fund
Funding from DEFRA to bring forward development of new low carbon and energy efficiency technology Added by: David Lockie
Swedish waste to energy case study
This RegenSW publication looks at an innovative farming, waste and energy project Added by: David Lockie
Ofgem A&D Connection Fees Consultation
A consultation dealing with the effect of upfront Assessment & Design fees levied by DNOs Added by: David Lockie
Major Discovery Should Empower Solar
Those clever people at MIT have come up with a new way to store solar energy as hydrogen Added by: David Lockie
Climate Solutions: WWF Vision for 2050
In response to the impending climate crisis WWF have published the following report Added by: Toddington
Bob Watson's Climage Change Warning
A report from James Randerson of the guardian on DEFRA's chief advisor's warning. Added by: David Lockie
Interim report on Crude Oil
A new report from the US government that says speculation can't be blamed for oil price rises Added by: David Lockie
Priced off the Road?
A useful synopsis of Quentin Wilson's tonight programme on reducing driving costs - good links Added by: David Lockie
UK Renewable Energy Strategy news
An interesting piece on Channel 4 news about the UK government's renewable energy strategy Added by: David Lockie
Harnessing Off-shore Wind
A BBC News video showing the world's largest offshore array under construction off Skegness Added by: David Lockie
Government response to CEMEP
Building a low carbon economy: unlocking innovation and skills Added by: David Lockie
The BBC's Climate change: In graphics
Graphical illustrations on how much global temperatures may rise over the next century Added by: Toddington
Schools Environmental Assessment tool
The Think Leadership! site contains a free tool and provides access to information and links Added by: David Lockie
Greenhouse Gas Life Cycle Emissions,
Air Pollution Impacts and Economics of Biomass Production and Consumption in Scotland Added by: David Lockie
2% of all household waste is direct mail
Here the Direct Marketing Association give some interesting statistics about direct mail Added by: David Lockie
How countries can cut carbon emissions
Governments are under pressure to reduce emissions - this report gives some good ways to achieve this Added by: David Lockie
Join the transition towns movement!
A Transition Initiative is a community working together to combat climate change and peak oil Added by: David Lockie
Community-owned wind farm!
Westmill Wind Farm Co-op is the first onshore wind farm to be built in the south-east of England Added by: David Lockie
Electric Car in-wheel motor on YouTube
Video showing the innovations possible for in-wheel electric motor designs Added by: David Lockie
Waste wood: an untapped resource?
A DEFRA press release stating the huge potential to use waste wood as biomass fuel in the UK Added by: David Lockie
Germany's Renewable Energy Strategy
A good interview with Hermann Scheer, Germany's renewable energy champion in the Guardian Added by: David Lockie
The McKinsey Quarterly on Climate Change
An interesting collection of articles on climate change, the economics and opportunities Added by: David Lockie
The Paradigm Is Shifting
An interesting post about the changing politics of global warming and the metalanguage involved Added by: David Lockie
UK’s 5 top renewable energy technologies
A useful introduction to the top five technologies that the UK can use to reduce our carbon footprint Added by: David Lockie
Should I turn off CFL light bulbs?
CFLs require a boost of energy to start up, so is it best to leave them on when you leave a room? Added by: David Lockie
Reduce waste by using washable nappies
The Real Nappy Campaign - organised by WRAP - has a washable nappy retail finder by postcode Added by: David Lockie
Eating Weeds: Nettle Soup
Nature provides a wide range of free 'weeds' that are bursting with vitamins and minerals Added by: David Lockie
What is Sustainability?
It must be the biggest eco buzzword of the decade, yet what exactly does it mean to you? Added by: David Lockie
Top 35 organic box schemes in the UK
Find a local organic box scheme with this resource from the Times Online and enjoy fresh local veg! Added by: David Lockie
BERR Energy Measures Report
Addressing climate change and fuel poverty: energy measures information for local government Added by: David Lockie
Daily Telegraph's Carbon Action Series
Weekly series of in-depth features and interviews exploring topics relating to commercial activities Added by: David Lockie
World’s Most Fuel Efficient Car: 285 mpg
A VW concept car with a one litre diesel engine that travels 100 km on 1 litre of fuel Added by: David Lockie
UK Parliament biofuels podcasts
Could biofuels offer a way of powering our vehicle while still helping combat climate change? Added by: David Lockie
Reducing US Greenhouse Gas Emissions
How Much at What Cost? Downloadable reports, summaries and presentations showing a way forward. Added by: David Lockie
Campaign for Contraction and Convergence
A methodology for stabilising Greenhouse Gas Concentrations, by The Global Commons Institute Added by: Toddington
Greenpeace List: Most Overfished Species
Conscientious seafood consumers take note: here are the twenty-two ‘red’ species: Added by: David Lockie
CARMA - Carbon Monitoring for Action
CARMA reveals the carbon emissions of more than 50,000 power plants and 4,000 power companies Added by: David Lockie
Craig Venter's TED Talk: 4th gen biofuel
His latest research into "fourth-generation fuels" biologically created fuels with CO2 as their feeds Added by: David Lockie
The Ampere Strikes Back
An Energy Savings Trust report into the dawn of an ICE (Information,Communication, Entertainment) Age Added by: David Lockie
Seeing the World in Carbon Emissions
A Dorling cartogram showing the world's carbon emissions (called "Carbon Atlas") Added by: David Lockie
Clean Energy Intro: Solar Thermal
What if you could produce clean solar energy night and day, rain or shine, without a PV panel? Added by: David Lockie
In praise of coach travel
coach travel is probably the most environmentally friendly form of long distance travel Added by: David Lockie
A solar-powered lawn mower
For the lazy and the eco-friendly, here comes a solar-powered robotic lawn mower, the Automower Added by: David Lockie
Ban on bags can't carry weight
Article in an Australian newspaper arguing that banning plastic bags doesn't make sense Added by: David Lockie
UK Energy Performance of Buildings
The EU has started court proceedings against the UK for failing to act on 2002 legislation Added by: David Lockie
Getting cars off the road...
...and data into the skies - a TED Talk by Robin Chase, founder of Zipcar Added by: David Lockie
On the Sustainability of biofuels
The comments underneath this news article give are quite a good look at biofuels sustainabiity Added by: David Lockie
Buyer’s Guide to a Greener Home
Created to give you confidence and the knowledge to buy a greener, more sustainable, home Added by: David Lockie
DIY Electric Car!
Forums for the DIY electric car community, build your own electric vehicle! Added by: David Lockie
Are New Car Emissions Standards Rigged?
An article that looks at new hard-won emissions and asks whose interests they best serve? Added by: David Lockie
Learn How To Make Biodiesel On YouTube
A page with links to YouTube videos that guide you along the process of making your own biodiesel Added by: David Lockie
Zero Carbon Britain
Links to the download page for the Zero Carbon Britain alternative energy strategy reports Added by: David Lockie
How to Save the Rainforests
An interesting article that reminds us of the importance of conserving rainforest habitats Added by: David Lockie
How I built my house for £4,000
A great article about a very low budget eco-home build project in Scotland Added by: David Lockie
How to make your fridge energy efficient
Some great tips for saving money and energy in your kitchen by optimising your refridgeration Added by: David Lockie
PowerShift Approved Vehicle Suppliers
Link to an Energy Savings Trust list of PowerShift approved low emissions vehicles suppliers Added by: David Lockie
Low carbon vehicles financial incentives
Funding for alternative refuelling stations, recharging points and congestion zone discounts Added by: David Lockie
What Do You Know About Hydrogen?
New National Hydrogen Association educational website about hydrogen as a clean fuel Added by: David Lockie
How I Cut My Electric Bill 56%
7 Steps to a More Energy Efficient (and Cost Effective Home) Added by: David Lockie
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