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 ...
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...
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 ...
Tuesday, February 16th 2010
Governments Agree To Protect Endangered Sharks
A landmark agreement to protect shark species threatened with extinction was reached today by over 100 countries signed up to a United Nations-supported wildlife treaty, according to the UN Environment Programme.
“Wildlife conventions,...
Tuesday, February 16th 2010
British Airways To Fly Jets On Green Fuel Made From London's Rubbish By 2014
British Airways and the US bioenergy company Solena are to establish Europe's first green jet fuel plant in the East End of London.
When it is up and running in 2014, the factory will turn 500,000 tonnes of landfill waste – including household...
Monday, February 15th 2010
Decline In Fog Threatens California's Redwoods
A surprising new study finds that during the past century the frequency of fog along California's coast has declined by approximately three hours a day. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences the researchers are concerned th...
Friday, February 12th 2010
Midlands Car Industry In Line For 'low Carbon' Funding Boost
The government is investing £19.5m to help establish the Midlands car industry as a world leader in next-generation, low-carbon automotive technology. The money from the Advantage West Midlands regional development agency will fund research int...
Thursday, February 11th 2010
National Trust To Cut Fossil Fuel Use In Half By 2020
The National Trust has unveiled plans to reduce its use of fossil fuels by 50% over the next 10 years, to achieve its goal of reducing its energy consumption by 2020.
The trust – the UK's largest private landowner and custodian of many of Bri...
Wednesday, January 27th 2010
Conservationists Urge Gordon Brown To Create 'Britain's Great Barrier Reef'
A coalition of conservationists is calling on the British public to urge Gordon Brown to create "Britain's Great Barrier Reef" by designating its territory in the Indian Ocean as the biggest protected marine area on Earth. This week the 10,000t...
Friday, January 22nd 2010
British Government Pledges To Use More Sustainable Timber
The British Government has pledged to stop using wood from unsustainable sources. From April 1 the Government, which buys about 40% of the UK's timber, has committed to only buy it from sustainable sources. Hilary Benn, secretary of state for the ...
