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14th December 2007

...oops, you just have!We're planning an overhaul of the Terra Infirma website in the New Year, so I've been spending 'idle' moments (I say "idle"...

RSC calls for more green product development

12th December 2007

While most environmentalists are focussing on the big issue du jour, climate change and the talks in Bali, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has...

Bleak News from Bali

10th December 2007

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

7th December 2007

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”

5th December 2007

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…

4th December 2007

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?

3rd December 2007

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%

30th November 2007

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

28th November 2007

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

26th November 2007

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...

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