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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...

Terra Infirma goes corporate

5th November 2007

Last month we decided to put Terra Infirma on a more established footing and created the corporate entity Terra Infirma Ltd. You may notice small...

New Course: Sustainable Development for Local Authorities

31st October 2007

We are proud to announce that we have created a special version of our Introduction to Sustainable Development course for Local Authorities. The new one-day...

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