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Posted in February 4th, 2008
The following has been reproduced from the Department Of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs website:-
With almost half the UK’s CO2 emissions arising from the use of heat, a call for evidence has today been published setting out plans to deliver long-term reductions in emissions.
Heat Call for Evidence – published by the Department for Business, […]
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Posted in January 28th, 2008
Which of these statements do you think is true:-
1- The production of bioethanol from wheat shows a carbon savings of 7%
2- The production of bioethanol from wheat shows a carbon savings of 77%
You may be suprised to know they both are! How is that possible, well its all to do with assumptions made in […]
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Posted in January 28th, 2008
John Hutton, Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, will be in 10 Downing Street for a live webchat on 28 January at 13.30 GMT. Log on and bag yourself an opportunity to speak out about the new energy bill.
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Posted in January 24th, 2008
The recently held 2008 Oxford farming conference provided a useful forum for the continuing debate about biofuels and sustainability.
Biofuel production has caused deforestation, increased food prices and displaced small-scale farmers in some parts of the world - but in many cases does not significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a Government scientist has said.
Professor Robert […]
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Posted in January 19th, 2008
The recent report from the highly respected Royal Society undertaken by a working group concluded that
“biofuels have a potentially useful role in tackling the issues of climate change and energy supply. However, important opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels, and to ensure wider environmental and social benefits, may be missed with existing policy […]
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Posted in January 18th, 2008
The detractors of renewable energies are painting a broad brush in condeming the growing of renewable energy crops on soils that can produce food. This is to simplistic a picture, the question has to be about efficiency. The right crop on the right soil type with the right climate to maximise the biomass output per hectare has to be […]
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Posted in January 17th, 2008
Latest figures from DEFRA in the UK give further reinforcement to the arguments that climate change is a reality, Jonathan Shaw the Minister for Marine, Landscape and Rural Affairs has stated that
2006 was the second warmest year for UK coastal waters since records began in 1870; with seven of the 10 warmest years in […]
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Posted in January 11th, 2008
Did you know that If you currently have no loft insulation and you install the recommended 270mm depth you could save around £110 a year on your heating bills and nearly 1 tonne of CO2 per year. Thats great news for you and great news for the atmosphere.
Unlike many energy saving initiatives such as […]
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Posted in January 4th, 2008
Test your knowledge of Energy Saving with a simple quiz, you may be suprised by the answers!
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Posted in December 21st, 2007
Christmas is a really good time to think about saving energy and recycling, the woodland trust is running a card recycling scheme and for a sideways look at what you can do to recycle take a look at comedian Ed Byrne’s video below, and remember just like the puppy recycling is for life, not just for […]
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