Midlothian Council are offering free emission tests to Midlothian motorists in an attempt to cut emissions and fuel usage. “Carbon dioxide, although not directly harmful to human health, is the most significant of the greenhouse gases contributing to climate change.” Cllr Jack Aitchison, environment protection committee chairman If you are in the area, you can …
There are no two ways about it, flying is bad for the environment, as explained by Ru Hartwell, project director of Treeflights.com: When we travel in an aeroplane we use loads of aviation fuel. In a few hours we each burn up hundreds of litres of a non-renewable resource that it took the earth (and …
Friends of the Earth have launched a competition for schools and youth groups to win a wind turbine worth over £1500. The “Shout About Climate Change Solutions 2006” competition is open to schools and youth groups taking part in the FOEs “Shout about climate change solutions” week from November 6 – 10 2006. “Shout About …
Sir Menzies Campbell, Liberal Democrat leader, has branded the move by the UK government towards a new generation of nuclear power stations unaffordable, unecessary and a bad deal for taxpayers. “Taxpayers are already liable to pay up to £90bn to clean up after the existing generation of nuclear power stations. “The taxpayers are picking up …
African leaders are hoping to spur a “Green Revolution” in their countries, similar to that of Asia and Latin America in the 1950’s and 1960’s. They have proposed to eliminate taxes on fertilizer and have introduced a funding mechanism to make fertilizer more affordable to farmers who are often forced to abandon their lands and …
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The Guardian reports that Mikhail Gorbachev, former Soviet president, has written to Tony Blair in an attempt to stop him pursuing nuclear power in the United Kingdom, telling him that it is not viable solution either socially, environmentally or economically, and that it certainly won’t help the climate change problem. “There is too much at …
Tonight is the start of the BBC’s Climate Chaos series of programmes, and first up is David Attenborough’s Are We Changing Planet Earth? It will air tonight on BBC One at 9pm. Talking to Michael McCarthy for The Independent, Attenborough says: ” I was sceptical about climate change. I was cautious about crying wolf… … …
Friends of the Earth International have launched their first ever photo competition, with the theme of Climate Justice. FOEI are looking for striking photographs that will illustrate the impact that the changing climate is having on the environment and show who is responsible for dangerous climate change, for example: the impacts of climate change: featuring …
REM are singing along to the BBC Climate Chaos television ads, and seeing those apolcalyptic images whizzing across the screen makes for worrying watching. I will be sure to see as many of the series of programmes as possible, and I hope that the hard hitting ads will lure the more complacent members of society …