Anger as coal power plant bid goes ahead

(NEW SCOTSMAN) - PLANS for a new £3 billion coal-fired power station in Scotland will be lodged tomorrow, prompting warnings of mass protests by green groups.
Ayrshire Power infuriated environmental organisations yesterday when confirming its intention to build a new coal plant at Hunterston in Ayrshire.

A leading Scottish environmentalist predicted this [...]

Environment Agency maps hydropower hotspots

(GUARDIAN) - Thousands of small-scale hydroelectric schemes could power 850,000 homes and produce 1.5% of the UK’s electricity needs, according to an Environment Agency study (EA) published today (pdf).
The agency mapped the energy hotspots of English and Welsh rivers and identified almost 26,000 locations where turbines could be installed to [...]

How public trust in climate scientists can be restored

(GUARDIAN) - We know from many long-term records of environmental change (for instance, analysis of bubbles of air trapped in ice cores) that planet Earth is a truly remarkable “living” entity. The climate has had both warm and cold periods in the past. But what is different about the present is [...]

Google Penalises UK Websites Hosted On ‘Green’ Servers

As businesses across the globe are urged to reduce their carbon footprints, it seems Google, the company founded on the principle ‘don’t be evil’, currently penalises UK websites hosted on foreign servers powered 100% by green energy. Epicado, a UK web marketing company based in Stroud, Gloucestershire has created an online petition to persuade [...]

Climate change sceptics ‘playing Russian roulette with planet’

(TELEGRAPH) - Prof Peter Liss, acting director of the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit (CRU), said sceptics were endangering the lives of generations to come by making unsupported claims.
“The evidence is hugely for there being substantial climate change due to man’s [...]

Climate expert concedes more openness needed

(FT) - The climate change scientist at the centre of the storm over hacked e-mails has broken his months-long silence conceding there needs to be more transparency in his field of research.
“We do need to make more of the data available, I fully accept that,” said Phil Jones, of the UK’s [...]

Homeowners wasting money on ‘eco-bling’ which makes little difference to the environment

(MAIL ONLINE) - British homes and offices are being plastered with useless ‘eco-bling’ which make little difference to the environment, a leading engineer has claimed.
Prof Doug King said too many people are wasting cash on small-scale renewable energy projects such as wind turbines and solar panels that produce just a trickle of energy.
Rather than spoiling [...]

Lower CO2 from new Meriva

(PARKERS) - Vauxhall has unveiled its second-generation Meriva promising lower CO2 emissions across the range and class leading flexibility from its rear-hinged doors passenger doors.
The new Meriva, which will be shown in public for the first time in March, is unique in its class with its rear doors hinged at the back, which allows easier access [...]

Boats, Homes and Rice - Tsunami ‘Practical Action’ Helps More Than 120,000

Five years ago, the tsunami struck on Boxing Day, devastating lives and claiming more than half a million lives. Charity Practical Action has been working with communities determined to rebuild their lives with independence, pride and dignity. Whether building fishing boats, growing different types of crops or building houses, Practical Action has helped more than [...]

Little egret arrives in Britain thanks to global warming

(TELEGRAPH) - In the last decade Britain has suffered massive declines in many garden and farmland birds including the turtle dove and fieldfare.
But due to mild winters and conservation efforts other bird populations have grown, including the little egret and Mediterranean gull that have flown over [...]