Do we need the Carbon & Energy Saving Trusts?
Compared to the furore over other UK Government cuts, the announcement that two key environmental quangos, the Carbon Trust and the Energy Saving Trust, are...
Carbon Trust ‘could do better’, but can they?
May 29, 2008
The UK's Committee of Public Accounts has criticised the Carbon Trust's ability to cut emissions as 'pretty small beer'. The committee has listed a number...
Carbon Trust Label Revisited
Mar 27, 2008
I saw a presentation by the Carbon Trust yesterday on Teesside. It was excellent and the presenter was full of enthusiasm - helped no doubt...
Oil exceeds $100 mark for the first time
Feb 20, 2008
The Guardian is reporting that the trading price of oil on the futures market has tipped $100 a barrel - the first time since trading...
BREW funding to be slashed by 50%
Jan 23, 2008
I heard yesterday from good sources that the Government is going to slash the funds distributed through the Business Resource Efficiency and Waste (BREW) programme...
Environment Agency will require Resource Efficiency data from IPPC sites
Oct 3, 2007
The ENDS Report is, well, reporting that the Environment Agency in England and Wales is planning to make the reporting of Resource Efficiency data mandatory...
Big Businesses Tackle Carbon Emissions
Sep 28, 2007
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)'s fifth annual report into the carbon emissions of FTSE 500 companies shows that 76% of those who responded to its...