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“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...

Brown admits 60% carbon cut may be inadequate

23rd November 2007

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?

21st November 2007

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...

Uncertainty over Carbon Intensity of Electricity

19th November 2007

Like the rest of the carbon accounting/footprinting industry, we've always used DEFRA's published figure for the carbon intensity of electricity of 0.43 kgCO2 per kWh....

New Green Taxation Commission Starts Work

16th November 2007

Source: edieThe new Green Fiscal Commission was launched on Wednesday and brings together leading politicians from all major parties, academics, industry experts, regulators and consumer...

Watch out for green conmen!

14th November 2007

Like any sector of industry, the environmental sector has its fair share of con artists and cowboys. At one end of the scale is dodgy...

UK Commits To Legally Binding Carbon Reductions

12th November 2007

In last week's Queen's Speech, Prime Minister Gordon Brown made a commitment to legally binding carbon emissions targets for the UK - a 60% cut...

Can biofuels be sustainable?

9th November 2007

ENDS is reporting that the Department for Transport has set up a watchdog, the Renewable Fuels Agency, to help ensure that biofuels used in the...

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