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UK on target to tackle global warming, apparently
The UK is on target to exceed its Kyoto commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 12.5 per cent, according to a report. The Department of Energy and Climate Change has indicated that UK
Read More »Government should offer incentives for homes to go green
By Hank Kalet | The federal government should help homeowners go green. Several states are already seeking ways to encourage homeowners to switch from dirty fuels to cleaner energy sources, kick-starting a green revolution
Read More »Activists lose legal bid to stop expansion
ANTI-EXPANSION campaigners lost their High Court battle yesterday to block the decision to expand Stansted airport. The Stop Stansted Expansion (SSE) group was opposing proposals for an additional 10 million passengers a year to
Read More »From Fuel Cell to Jail Cell
Or how we learned to stop encouraging scientific innovators and start prosecuting them. By Phil Leggiere The DCExaminer.com reports Critics who contend federal prosecutors too often go far beyond common sense and the law
Read More »Hemp Could Be The Plastic Of Tomorrow
Plastic was one of the great innovations of the 20th century, but German scientists believe a new invention, liquid wood, could soon supplant the chemical in terms of everyday usefulness. Though it has
Read More »The Asian Brown Cloud: Global Climate Chaos and Tropical Glaciers
Colonos | The United Nations have released a report on the phenomenon dubbed as the Asian Brown Cloud, which is a thick soup of human waste engulfing Asia, and which has been widely reported: “A
Read More »Genuine UK Activists Invade and Occupy UK Power Plant
Because they care about the issue — not about Youtube hits, UK truthers take note ;) By Alex Felsinger | The crown jewel of Greenpeace’s naval arm, the Rainbow Warrior, pulled in to the harbor alongside
Read More »10 Ways to Reduce Plastic Consumption
By Neil McLaughlin | By now you have likely heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a tragic byproduct of the plastics industry and consumerism that is an island of garbage floating in the
Read More »SchNEWS DRILLS FOR THE TRUTH IN PEAK OIL THEORY
SchNEWS | From Transition Town workshops to the city slickers at the Financial Times (to over-excited pieces in ill-researched journals like SchNEWS), there’s been more and more interest in ‘Peak Oil’. Perhaps it’s got
Read More »Leave it in the ground!
Earth First | A new open cast coal mine site is about to get under way in beautiful Derbyshire unless we stop it. Lodge House site which is east of the village of Smalley and
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