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Tuesday, March 2nd 2010
Ed Miliband Unveils Loans Scheme For Green Home Improvements
The energy and climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, today announced details of a "green loans" scheme to help people pay for improvements to their homes to make them more energy efficient. The scheme, which would see loans remain attached to the ... click here to read more »
Monday, March 1st 2010
Spring Is Back To Normal – After 15 Freak Mild Years
Spring begins today, Monday 1 March, and it is running about three weeks to a month late compared to recent years. The coldest winter since 1981 has kept the natural world locked up tight, substantially setting back the blossoming of trees and sprin... click here to read more »
Thursday, February 18th 2010
UK's Greenest Office - The Greenshop Group
Following a countrywide search to name the UK’s Greenest Office, Gloucestershire based Greenshop Group have been announced as the Overall Winner of the “Cartridge Word’s Greenest Office competition. co2balance have been working in ... click here to read more »
Why Offset your Carbon Emissions?
It is now very clear that human activities are causing the global climate to warm with potentially dangerous consequences. It is incumbent on all of us to reduce our emissions of greenhouse gases. However, it is equally clear that it is not going to be possible for any UK resident to eliminate entirely their carbon footprint. Carbon offsetting exists as a means to enable us to do something about our residual carbon footprints rather than just ignoring them.
It works by helping businesses and individuals to assess the size of their residual carbon footprints and then invest in projects around the world that save the emission of, or absorb, an equivalent amount of CO2. Through this process, they balance out their unavoidable emissions and become CarbonZero.
While carbon offsetting has some detractors, it has plenty of high profile proponents with impeccable environmental credentials such as Sir Jonathon Porritt and Dr Steve Howard, Chief Executive of the Climate Group.
In addition, the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee recently held a hearing into carbon offsetting and came out strongly in favour of the concept, properly implemented and regulated. Click here for a copy of its report