Bleak News from Bali
UK political orthodoxy has two main tenets when it comes to climate change: "yes, we can fix it, if only the Americans/Chinese/this month's scapegoat do...
Don’t sweat the little stuff
I've just been on the phone with someone in the commercial sector fretting over the use of paper plates in their canteen outside main meals...
Waste heat “will be zero carbon”
Another positive from the Local Government Association Climate Change conference. I asked the Audit Commission's carbon gurus about the use of heat from electricity generation...
Blears: “Merton Rule Not Under Threat”, but…
I'm at the Local Government Association Climate Change conference today and the Government's Communities Secretary Hazel Blears stated quite categorically that the Merton Rule was...
Why don’t we do district heating in the UK?
I was giving a presentation on Sustainable Construction on Friday to a group of Local Authority energy managers. I mentioned Kalundborg in Denmark where the...
“Ethical” consumer spending doubles to 5%
The Co-operative Bank is reporting that ethical* consumer spending in the UK has doubled to 5% of our total since 2002. Food in particular is...
Google Searches for Cheaper Solar Power
Google's reputation as a corporate goodguy (motto: Don't be evil) took a big hit recently with charges of complicity in political censorship by the Chinese...
CBI Members Make Climate Change Commitments
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has released "Climate Change: Everyone's Business" the report of its Climate Change Task Force. The task force consists of...
Brown admits 60% carbon cut may be inadequate
With all the furore over Northern Rock and the loss of 25m people's personal data, you may have missed a significant speech on climate change...
Green Dragons?
It was great to see Max McMurdo get some cash backing for his Reestore eco-design business on last week's Dragons' Den. The funny bit was...